Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,600
2	John	2,157
3	Richard	1,771
4	William	1,396
5	James	1,119
6	Joseph	974
7	Donald	973
8	Paul	833
9	Edward	792
10	David	752
11	George	715
12	Thomas	627
13	Charles	598
14	Ronald	511
15	Francis	461
16	Raymond	406
17	Arthur	385
18	Peter	333
19	Kenneth	324
20	Walter	295
21	Frank	293
22	Anthony	265
23	Gerald	258
24	Michael	257
25	Albert	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	241
27	Daniel	236
28	Lawrence	228
29	Frederick	221
30	Philip	208
31	Henry	196
32	Ralph	191
33	Norman	183
34	Alfred	162
35	Harold	160
36	Leo	159
37	Ernest	152
38	Leonard	146
39	Louis	145
40	Bruce	138
41	Eugene	137
41	Stephen	137
43	Carl	127
44	Bernard	117
45	Alan	116
46	Fred	111
47	Russell	102
48	Roland	101
48	Stanley	101
50	Herbert	99
51	Harry	94
52	Vincent	92
53	Warren	91
54	Allan	81
55	Theodore	80
56	Howard	76
57	Roy	73
58	Edwin	68
59	Martin	67
60	Andrew	64
61	Gordon	62
62	Earl	61
62	Nicholas	61
64	Gerard	59
65	Leon	58
66	Wayne	57
67	Edmund	55
67	Harvey	55
69	Dennis	54
70	Arnold	53
71	Maurice	51
72	Douglas	49
73	Gilbert	47
73	Victor	47
75	Chester	46
75	Neil	46
77	Allen	45
78	Barry	44
78	Melvin	44
78	Salvatore	44
81	Patrick	41
82	Armand	40
82	Clifford	40
84	Laurence	39
85	Wilfred	37
86	Mark	36
86	Phillip	36
88	Jack	35
88	Stuart	35
90	Franklin	34
90	Gary	34
90	Lewis	34
90	Manuel	34
94	Benjamin	33
95	Joel	32
95	Samuel	32
97	Frederic	31
97	Malcolm	31
99	Leslie	30
100	Clarence	29
100	Normand	29