Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1920
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 5,962 |
| 2 | Joseph | 4,284 |
| 3 | William | 4,236 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,851 |
| 5 | George | 2,672 |
| 6 | Edward | 2,518 |
| 7 | James | 2,517 |
| 8 | Frank | 2,422 |
| 9 | Charles | 2,399 |
| 10 | Thomas | 1,602 |
| 11 | Harold | 1,411 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,410 |
| 13 | Anthony | 1,367 |
| 14 | Arthur | 1,270 |
| 15 | Walter | 1,261 |
| 16 | Donald | 1,062 |
| 17 | Louis | 1,051 |
| 18 | Henry | 1,048 |
| 19 | Raymond | 1,022 |
| 20 | Harry | 1,013 |
| 21 | Michael | 991 |
| 22 | Albert | 972 |
| 23 | Paul | 891 |
| 24 | Francis | 875 |
| 25 | Bernard | 845 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Stanley | 792 |
| 27 | Vincent | 786 |
| 28 | Alfred | 779 |
| 28 | Jack | 779 |
| 30 | Peter | 723 |
| 31 | David | 717 |
| 32 | Howard | 701 |
| 33 | Irving | 688 |
| 34 | Herbert | 685 |
| 35 | Ralph | 660 |
| 36 | Kenneth | 623 |
| 37 | Daniel | 597 |
| 38 | Eugene | 596 |
| 39 | Leonard | 582 |
| 40 | Frederick | 568 |
| 41 | Philip | 558 |
| 42 | Lawrence | 541 |
| 43 | Milton | 511 |
| 44 | Martin | 508 |
| 45 | Fred | 493 |
| 46 | Salvatore | 483 |
| 47 | Norman | 464 |
| 48 | Seymour | 446 |
| 49 | Leo | 442 |
| 50 | Samuel | 439 |
| 51 | Theodore | 424 |
| 52 | Carl | 419 |
| 53 | Nicholas | 403 |
| 54 | Sidney | 402 |
| 55 | Edwin | 394 |
| 56 | Andrew | 388 |
| 57 | Morris | 358 |
| 58 | Ernest | 338 |
| 59 | Warren | 332 |
| 60 | Stephen | 328 |
| 61 | Gerald | 326 |
| 62 | Jerome | 315 |
| 63 | Leon | 306 |
| 64 | Benjamin | 290 |
| 65 | Chester | 288 |
| 66 | Murray | 284 |
| 67 | Alexander | 280 |
| 68 | Abraham | 279 |
| 68 | Angelo | 279 |
| 70 | Dominick | 277 |
| 71 | Victor | 271 |
| 72 | Herman | 270 |
| 73 | Sam | 265 |
| 74 | Earl | 256 |
| 75 | Clarence | 248 |
| 76 | Clifford | 241 |
| 77 | Julius | 221 |
| 78 | Melvin | 217 |
| 79 | Max | 215 |
| 80 | Nathan | 210 |
| 81 | Russell | 207 |
| 82 | Arnold | 196 |
| 83 | Gordon | 195 |
| 84 | Roy | 192 |
| 85 | Jacob | 188 |
| 86 | Morton | 187 |
| 87 | Lester | 177 |
| 88 | Matthew | 173 |
| 89 | Patrick | 169 |
| 90 | Douglas | 164 |
| 91 | Marvin | 157 |
| 92 | Alex | 155 |
| 93 | Lewis | 154 |
| 94 | Elmer | 153 |
| 95 | Maurice | 151 |
| 96 | Tony | 150 |
| 97 | Alvin | 149 |
| 98 | Edmund | 148 |
| 99 | Jerry | 147 |
| 100 | Rocco | 145 |