Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1924
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 6,318 |
| 2 | Robert | 5,038 |
| 3 | William | 4,447 |
| 4 | Joseph | 4,220 |
| 5 | James | 2,864 |
| 6 | Edward | 2,752 |
| 7 | George | 2,613 |
| 8 | Charles | 2,434 |
| 9 | Frank | 2,336 |
| 10 | Richard | 2,059 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,848 |
| 12 | Donald | 1,525 |
| 13 | Anthony | 1,497 |
| 14 | Harold | 1,411 |
| 15 | Arthur | 1,358 |
| 16 | Walter | 1,247 |
| 17 | Raymond | 1,148 |
| 18 | Albert | 1,037 |
| 19 | Louis | 1,024 |
| 20 | Paul | 969 |
| 21 | Henry | 966 |
| 22 | Michael | 924 |
| 23 | Stanley | 916 |
| 24 | Harry | 887 |
| 25 | Vincent | 871 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | David | 855 |
| 27 | Bernard | 845 |
| 28 | Francis | 809 |
| 29 | Alfred | 803 |
| 30 | Peter | 774 |
| 31 | Herbert | 754 |
| 32 | Jack | 752 |
| 33 | Eugene | 745 |
| 34 | Leonard | 716 |
| 35 | Kenneth | 703 |
| 36 | Ralph | 686 |
| 37 | Howard | 681 |
| 38 | Daniel | 631 |
| 39 | Philip | 613 |
| 40 | Lawrence | 588 |
| 41 | Fred | 579 |
| 42 | Irving | 576 |
| 43 | Norman | 551 |
| 44 | Seymour | 541 |
| 45 | Martin | 533 |
| 46 | Frederick | 532 |
| 47 | Salvatore | 508 |
| 48 | Gerald | 466 |
| 49 | Nicholas | 460 |
| 50 | Carl | 431 |
| 51 | Theodore | 421 |
| 52 | Edwin | 399 |
| 53 | Andrew | 390 |
| 54 | Samuel | 389 |
| 55 | Leo | 385 |
| 56 | Jerome | 378 |
| 57 | Ernest | 375 |
| 58 | Milton | 355 |
| 59 | Warren | 343 |
| 60 | Leon | 336 |
| 61 | Murray | 326 |
| 62 | Sidney | 325 |
| 63 | Marvin | 302 |
| 64 | Angelo | 299 |
| 65 | Stephen | 281 |
| 66 | Dominick | 278 |
| 67 | Victor | 266 |
| 68 | Morris | 262 |
| 69 | Melvin | 261 |
| 69 | Sam | 261 |
| 71 | Benjamin | 255 |
| 71 | Earl | 255 |
| 73 | Arnold | 254 |
| 74 | Clarence | 252 |
| 75 | Herman | 249 |
| 76 | Chester | 245 |
| 77 | Roy | 236 |
| 78 | Alexander | 233 |
| 78 | Irwin | 233 |
| 80 | Russell | 218 |
| 81 | Gordon | 214 |
| 81 | Patrick | 214 |
| 83 | Alvin | 205 |
| 84 | Julius | 202 |
| 85 | Jerry | 198 |
| 86 | Calvin | 195 |
| 86 | Clifford | 195 |
| 86 | Morton | 195 |
| 89 | Lester | 194 |
| 90 | Abraham | 189 |
| 91 | Douglas | 179 |
| 92 | Gerard | 176 |
| 93 | Rudolph | 168 |
| 94 | Roger | 167 |
| 95 | Harvey | 157 |
| 95 | Lewis | 157 |
| 97 | Edmund | 155 |
| 98 | Maurice | 148 |
| 99 | Leroy | 146 |
| 100 | Matthew | 140 |