Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,602
2	John	2,272
3	Richard	1,872
4	William	1,423
5	James	1,254
6	David	1,036
7	Paul	976
8	Joseph	952
9	Thomas	790
10	George	709
11	Edward	698
12	Donald	683
13	Charles	650
14	Ronald	597
15	Peter	445
16	Francis	413
17	Michael	380
18	Kenneth	372
19	Arthur	362
20	Raymond	334
21	Gerald	303
22	Frank	286
23	Roger	281
24	Daniel	248
25	Walter	245

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	240
27	Albert	239
28	Lawrence	224
29	Frederick	212
29	Stephen	212
31	Philip	209
32	Henry	179
33	Norman	173
34	Bruce	163
35	Louis	159
36	Alan	156
36	Ralph	156
38	Alfred	152
39	Carl	149
40	Harold	139
41	Leo	126
41	Leonard	126
43	Ernest	125
43	Russell	125
43	Wayne	125
46	Eugene	124
47	Bernard	123
48	Fred	122
49	Stanley	107
50	Vincent	101
51	Howard	100
52	Herbert	98
53	Douglas	91
54	Martin	87
55	Roland	86
56	Dennis	85
57	Gordon	84
58	Warren	83
59	Allan	80
60	Harry	74
61	Andrew	73
62	Theodore	70
63	Barry	67
64	Patrick	66
65	Brian	65
66	Roy	62
67	Edwin	59
67	Nicholas	59
69	Kevin	58
70	Allen	55
71	Earl	52
71	Gerard	52
73	Edmund	50
74	Normand	48
75	Chester	47
75	Timothy	47
77	Neil	44
78	Gary	43
78	Laurence	43
78	Samuel	43
81	Clifford	42
82	Arnold	41
82	Harvey	41
84	Mark	39
84	Maurice	39
84	Steven	39
87	Alexander	38
87	Jack	38
89	Wilfred	37
90	Leon	36
91	Jerome	35
91	Salvatore	35
93	Gilbert	34
93	Manuel	34
93	Victor	34
96	Armand	31
96	Everett	31
96	Jon	31
96	Melvin	31
100	Christopher	30
100	Lee	30
100	Lewis	30