Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,790
2	John	2,102
3	Richard	1,721
4	William	1,406
5	James	1,185
6	David	959
7	Joseph	949
8	Paul	889
9	Donald	876
10	Edward	789
11	George	721
12	Charles	709
13	Thomas	702
14	Ronald	582
15	Francis	441
16	Raymond	385
17	Peter	365
18	Arthur	354
18	Kenneth	354
20	Frank	298
21	Anthony	266
22	Gerald	249
23	Michael	248
24	Lawrence	245
25	Walter	241

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	236
27	Frederick	232
28	Albert	227
29	Henry	224
30	Roger	222
31	Philip	192
32	Norman	189
33	Ralph	182
34	Alfred	166
35	Stephen	163
36	Louis	159
37	Harold	158
38	Bruce	145
39	Leo	136
40	Ernest	131
41	Eugene	125
42	Bernard	123
42	Leonard	123
44	Carl	120
45	Russell	119
46	Stanley	116
47	Herbert	110
48	Alan	108
49	Fred	107
50	Vincent	101
51	Roland	99
52	Harry	91
53	Theodore	88
54	Warren	80
55	Gordon	79
56	Martin	76
57	Howard	71
58	Edwin	63
59	Allan	62
60	Edmund	61
61	Andrew	60
61	Dennis	60
63	Roy	58
64	Douglas	57
64	Wayne	57
66	Patrick	55
67	Harvey	52
68	Samuel	51
69	Earl	50
69	Maurice	50
71	Chester	49
72	Arnold	48
72	Nicholas	48
74	Melvin	47
75	Barry	46
76	Clifford	45
76	Gilbert	45
76	Manuel	45
79	Armand	43
79	Gary	43
81	Gerard	42
81	Neil	42
81	Normand	42
84	Allen	39
84	Lee	39
86	Jack	38
86	Leon	38
86	Lewis	38
89	Hugh	36
90	Jon	35
90	Kevin	35
90	Salvatore	35
93	Brian	34
93	Franklin	34
93	Phillip	34
93	Victor	34
93	Wilfred	34
98	Alexander	32
98	Joel	32
100	Edmond	31