Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,482
2	John	2,139
3	Richard	1,798
4	William	1,495
5	James	1,202
6	Donald	1,050
7	Joseph	923
8	George	799
9	Edward	777
10	Paul	733
11	Charles	707
12	David	691
13	Thomas	642
14	Ronald	515
15	Francis	479
16	Raymond	397
17	Arthur	396
18	Frank	327
19	Peter	292
20	Kenneth	287
21	Albert	280
22	Walter	274
23	Anthony	270
24	Gerald	263
25	Roger	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	247
27	Henry	238
28	Norman	229
29	Frederick	227
29	Lawrence	227
31	Philip	208
32	Michael	194
33	Harold	184
34	Ralph	178
35	Alfred	173
36	Louis	168
37	Leo	143
38	Ernest	140
38	Stanley	140
40	Eugene	136
41	Carl	132
42	Leonard	129
43	Fred	126
44	Bruce	124
45	Stephen	121
46	Herbert	119
47	Russell	111
48	Bernard	107
49	Roland	104
50	Vincent	92
51	Alan	91
52	Theodore	88
52	Warren	88
54	Harry	86
55	Howard	84
56	Gerard	81
57	Gordon	76
58	Edwin	72
59	Douglas	68
60	Allan	67
60	Martin	67
62	Roy	66
63	Arnold	63
63	Earl	63
65	Andrew	61
66	Maurice	58
66	Nicholas	58
68	Chester	57
69	Manuel	56
70	Victor	52
71	Edmund	51
72	Salvatore	50
73	Dennis	48
73	Normand	48
73	Samuel	48
76	Harvey	47
77	Clifford	46
77	Laurence	46
77	Patrick	46
80	Barry	45
80	Leon	45
80	Rene	45
83	Gilbert	44
83	Melvin	44
85	Phillip	42
85	Wayne	42
87	Neil	41
88	Allen	38
88	Everett	38
90	Jerome	36
91	Benjamin	35
91	Franklin	35
93	Angelo	34
94	Kevin	33
94	Wallace	33
96	Alexander	32
96	Gary	32
96	Jack	32
99	Armand	31
100	Lewis	30
100	Lloyd	30
100	Milton	30