Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,476
2	John	2,218
3	Richard	1,863
4	William	1,394
5	James	1,236
6	Donald	1,053
7	Joseph	950
8	George	797
9	Edward	792
10	Paul	732
11	Charles	706
12	Thomas	612
13	David	589
14	Francis	484
15	Ronald	466
16	Arthur	404
17	Raymond	357
18	Kenneth	327
19	Peter	312
20	Walter	301
21	Frank	299
22	Albert	263
23	Gerald	242
24	Roger	241
25	Anthony	236

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	235
27	Philip	233
28	Daniel	229
29	Henry	228
30	Ralph	223
31	Harold	207
32	Lawrence	205
33	Frederick	196
34	Michael	191
35	Alfred	184
35	Louis	184
37	Ernest	183
38	Leo	173
39	Eugene	151
40	Carl	134
41	Bernard	130
42	Leonard	127
43	Herbert	122
43	Russell	122
43	Stanley	122
46	Warren	115
47	Roland	109
48	Fred	105
49	Harry	103
50	Bruce	101
51	Gordon	100
52	Theodore	99
53	Stephen	96
54	Alan	94
55	Howard	92
56	Vincent	89
57	Martin	88
58	Chester	76
59	Manuel	72
60	Gerard	70
60	Maurice	70
60	Roy	70
63	Edwin	68
64	Arnold	64
65	Earl	59
66	Douglas	57
66	Victor	57
68	Allan	55
68	Allen	55
68	Edmund	55
68	Nicholas	55
72	Patrick	53
73	Jack	49
74	Gilbert	48
75	Andrew	46
75	Franklin	46
75	Harvey	46
75	Leon	46
75	Salvatore	46
75	Samuel	46
81	Alexander	43
82	Armand	42
83	Phillip	40
83	Wayne	40
85	Clifford	39
86	Leroy	38
86	Normand	38
86	Wilfred	38
89	Everett	37
89	Milton	37
91	Hugh	36
91	Laurence	36
91	Lewis	36
91	Melvin	36
91	Neil	36
96	Clarence	34
97	Jerome	31
98	Dennis	30
98	Earle	30
100	Angelo	29
100	Benjamin	29
100	Gary	29
100	Malcolm	29