Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,748
2	John	2,201
3	Richard	1,788
4	William	1,380
5	James	1,190
6	David	1,017
7	Joseph	947
8	Paul	929
9	Edward	739
10	Thomas	731
11	Donald	719
12	George	708
13	Charles	676
14	Ronald	598
15	Francis	442
16	Arthur	404
17	Peter	382
18	Kenneth	379
19	Raymond	339
20	Frank	302
21	Anthony	294
22	Michael	286
23	Gerald	274
23	Walter	274
25	Roger	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	235
27	Lawrence	228
28	Daniel	227
29	Stephen	220
30	Frederick	214
31	Philip	207
32	Henry	201
33	Norman	191
34	Ralph	185
35	Alfred	170
36	Bruce	164
37	Louis	160
38	Ernest	148
39	Harold	142
40	Leonard	141
41	Leo	135
42	Eugene	134
43	Carl	132
44	Stanley	127
45	Alan	125
46	Bernard	112
47	Fred	110
48	Russell	109
49	Herbert	105
50	Gordon	95
51	Douglas	91
51	Roland	91
53	Wayne	85
54	Vincent	84
55	Martin	83
56	Howard	75
56	Theodore	75
58	Allan	73
59	Warren	71
60	Patrick	68
61	Roy	67
62	Andrew	65
62	Earl	65
64	Clifford	64
64	Dennis	64
66	Barry	59
66	Gerard	59
66	Harry	59
69	Nicholas	58
70	Allen	57
71	Edwin	56
72	Arnold	53
73	Harvey	51
73	Maurice	51
73	Timothy	51
76	Gary	49
77	Edmund	47
78	Manuel	44
78	Neil	44
78	Normand	44
81	Leon	43
81	Phillip	43
81	Victor	43
84	Benjamin	42
84	Kevin	42
86	Mark	41
87	Chester	40
87	Jack	40
89	Gilbert	39
89	Samuel	39
91	Alexander	38
91	Salvatore	38
93	Jon	37
93	Melvin	37
95	Laurence	35
96	Everett	34
96	Joel	34
98	Brian	33
98	Malcolm	33
100	Burton	31