Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,534
2	John	2,271
3	Richard	1,658
4	William	1,449
5	Joseph	1,226
6	James	1,127
7	Donald	978
8	Edward	901
9	George	876
10	Charles	809
11	Paul	725
12	Thomas	610
13	Francis	582
14	Raymond	494
15	David	483
16	Arthur	440
17	Frank	377
18	Walter	362
19	Albert	332
20	Kenneth	292
21	Norman	283
22	Anthony	278
22	Henry	278
24	Harold	248
25	Alfred	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	234
27	Gerald	223
28	Philip	218
29	Peter	214
30	Louis	213
31	Lawrence	210
32	Daniel	206
33	Ronald	205
34	Roger	202
35	Frederick	201
36	Ernest	194
37	Leo	183
38	Michael	175
39	Leonard	169
40	Eugene	166
40	Herbert	166
42	Stanley	158
43	Bernard	152
44	Roland	141
45	Carl	124
46	Russell	123
47	Harry	115
47	Vincent	115
49	Fred	114
50	Howard	113
51	Theodore	108
52	Warren	102
53	Alan	96
54	Earl	92
54	Edwin	92
56	Gordon	89
57	Roy	87
58	Andrew	86
59	Maurice	85
60	Gerard	84
61	Stephen	81
62	Chester	74
63	Edmund	73
63	Martin	73
65	Gilbert	69
66	Nicholas	68
67	Wilfred	65
68	Douglas	62
68	Samuel	62
70	Normand	61
71	Allen	60
72	Bruce	58
73	Victor	57
74	Arnold	56
74	Everett	56
76	Harvey	54
76	Jack	54
76	Melvin	54
79	Clifford	53
80	Alexander	52
81	Salvatore	50
82	Allan	49
82	Armand	49
84	Angelo	48
84	Manuel	48
84	Patrick	48
87	Leon	47
88	Clarence	46
89	Milton	45
90	Benjamin	44
91	Malcolm	42
92	Laurence	41
92	Lester	41
92	Neil	41
95	Hugh	40
96	Lewis	39
97	Irving	38
98	Rene	37
99	Dominic	33
100	Edgar	32
100	Lloyd	32