Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1929

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,439
2	Robert	2,434
3	William	1,650
4	Richard	1,451
5	Joseph	1,314
6	James	1,091
7	Edward	960
8	Donald	947
9	George	935
10	Charles	798
11	Paul	670
12	Francis	642
13	Thomas	634
14	Arthur	532
15	Raymond	526
16	David	473
17	Frank	446
18	Albert	430
19	Walter	418
20	Alfred	357
21	Henry	334
22	Anthony	314
23	Harold	294
24	Kenneth	277
25	Norman	269

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	269
27	Frederick	259
28	Leo	253
29	Daniel	233
30	Roger	232
31	Eugene	228
32	Louis	227
33	Peter	216
34	Philip	213
35	Ernest	212
36	Herbert	210
37	Lawrence	201
38	Gerald	191
39	Stanley	189
40	Bernard	176
41	Harry	161
42	Ronald	158
43	Michael	150
44	Russell	147
45	Leonard	146
46	Roland	145
47	Carl	134
48	Fred	129
49	Vincent	125
50	Howard	119
50	Warren	119
52	Theodore	114
53	Earl	112
54	Edwin	97
54	Nicholas	97
56	Andrew	95
57	Edmund	92
58	Stephen	88
59	Alan	87
60	Gordon	83
60	Victor	83
62	Samuel	80
63	Martin	77
63	Roy	77
65	Melvin	76
66	Gilbert	73
67	Chester	72
67	Maurice	72
69	Manuel	71
70	Jack	70
71	Gerard	69
71	Normand	69
73	Salvatore	68
74	Wilfred	67
75	Angelo	66
76	Douglas	64
76	Leon	64
78	Allen	63
79	Arnold	62
79	Patrick	62
81	Everett	59
82	Clarence	56
83	Clifford	55
84	Alexander	54
84	Bruce	54
86	Armand	52
87	Benjamin	48
88	Allan	47
89	Irving	43
90	Laurence	42
90	Rene	42
92	Dominic	41
92	Lester	41
92	Sumner	41
92	Wallace	41
96	Alvin	40
97	Mario	38
97	Milton	38
99	Dennis	36
99	Harvey	36
99	Lloyd	36