Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,690
2	John	2,408
3	Richard	1,719
4	William	1,543
5	James	1,182
6	Joseph	1,177
7	Donald	1,053
8	George	908
9	Edward	859
10	Charles	833
11	Paul	754
12	Thomas	632
13	Francis	551
14	David	514
15	Ronald	396
16	Raymond	393
17	Arthur	383
18	Frank	370
19	Walter	327
20	Kenneth	290
21	Albert	283
22	Anthony	275
23	Norman	261
24	Gerald	248
25	Henry	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	242
27	Philip	240
28	Frederick	234
29	Alfred	233
29	Lawrence	233
31	Ralph	223
32	Harold	221
33	Peter	220
34	Roger	202
35	Louis	184
36	Leo	177
37	Ernest	173
38	Eugene	164
39	Michael	157
40	Herbert	156
41	Leonard	155
42	Stanley	144
43	Bernard	129
44	Roland	128
45	Carl	119
46	Russell	109
47	Harry	108
47	Vincent	108
49	Warren	107
50	Fred	101
50	Gordon	101
52	Theodore	96
53	Roy	90
54	Alan	87
54	Chester	87
54	Howard	87
57	Stephen	86
58	Edwin	81
59	Earl	75
59	Maurice	75
61	Nicholas	74
62	Andrew	73
62	Bruce	73
64	Normand	70
65	Edmund	68
66	Samuel	67
67	Gerard	66
68	Douglas	65
69	Allan	59
70	Patrick	58
71	Leon	57
72	Gilbert	56
73	Salvatore	55
73	Wilfred	55
75	Manuel	52
76	Arnold	51
76	Martin	51
78	Allen	50
79	Alexander	49
79	Harvey	49
81	Barry	43
82	Benjamin	42
82	Clifford	42
82	Melvin	42
85	Jack	41
85	Victor	41
87	Everett	40
87	Irving	40
87	Lewis	40
90	Neil	37
91	Armand	36
91	Lester	36
91	Malcolm	36
91	Rene	36
95	Angelo	35
96	Marvin	34
97	Laurence	33
97	Wayne	33
99	Dominic	32
100	Edgar	30
100	Lloyd	30
100	Matthew	30