Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,682
2	John	2,538
3	Richard	2,151
4	William	1,675
5	James	1,393
6	David	1,241
7	Paul	1,121
8	Joseph	1,077
9	Thomas	948
10	Edward	850
11	Ronald	778
12	George	739
13	Charles	733
14	Donald	657
15	Peter	590
16	Michael	521
17	Kenneth	519
18	Francis	443
19	Raymond	389
20	Arthur	370
21	Daniel	347
22	Stephen	334
23	Frank	331
24	Gerald	314
25	Roger	299

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	287
27	Anthony	284
28	Lawrence	276
29	Bruce	263
30	Philip	259
31	Albert	248
32	Henry	208
33	Frederick	202
34	Norman	191
35	Ralph	171
36	Dennis	170
37	Alfred	164
38	Alan	162
39	Carl	156
40	Louis	154
41	Harold	151
42	Leonard	150
43	Stanley	134
44	Leo	132
45	Barry	127
45	Wayne	127
47	Bernard	119
48	Douglas	116
48	Ernest	116
50	Eugene	112
50	Howard	112
50	Russell	112
53	Martin	103
54	Vincent	102
55	Gerard	98
56	Roland	90
57	Steven	88
58	Herbert	86
59	Brian	85
59	Gary	85
59	Kevin	85
62	Allan	84
63	Roy	82
63	Warren	82
65	Fred	80
66	Andrew	79
67	Harry	78
68	Mark	75
69	Gordon	72
70	Allen	66
71	Theodore	65
72	Patrick	63
72	Timothy	63
74	Earl	61
74	Edwin	61
76	Jeffrey	59
77	Chester	58
78	Maurice	56
79	Leon	55
79	Samuel	55
81	Arnold	54
82	Neil	52
83	Laurence	50
84	Edmund	49
85	Harvey	48
85	Nicholas	48
85	Victor	48
88	Gilbert	47
89	Joel	46
89	Phillip	46
91	Stuart	44
92	Everett	42
92	Larry	42
94	Jon	41
95	Alexander	40
95	Armand	40
95	Clifford	40
95	Lee	40
99	Jack	39
99	Manuel	39