Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,952
2	John	5,828
3	William	4,011
4	Joseph	3,567
5	Richard	3,532
6	James	3,250
7	Donald	2,405
8	Charles	2,251
9	Edward	2,165
10	George	2,147
11	Thomas	1,972
12	Frank	1,833
13	Anthony	1,288
14	Arthur	1,136
15	Paul	1,059
16	Raymond	1,039
17	David	1,014
18	Michael	977
19	Walter	894
20	Harold	868
21	Louis	863
22	Kenneth	852
23	Stanley	845
24	Peter	840
25	Albert	797

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	769
27	Gerald	748
28	Francis	747
29	Henry	737
30	Herbert	697
30	Ronald	697
32	Vincent	696
33	Bernard	662
34	Daniel	652
34	Lawrence	652
36	Jack	651
37	Ralph	627
38	Howard	614
39	Leonard	608
40	Alfred	607
41	Norman	583
42	Fred	558
43	Martin	557
44	Harry	508
44	Philip	508
46	Carl	459
47	Frederick	441
48	Salvatore	385
49	Nicholas	368
50	Marvin	362
51	Andrew	347
52	Theodore	339
53	Edwin	325
54	Arnold	308
55	Patrick	302
56	Alan	299
56	Jerome	299
58	Ernest	294
59	Jerry	284
60	Roger	283
61	Stephen	264
62	Roy	252
63	Irwin	249
64	Samuel	247
65	Angelo	235
66	Melvin	231
67	Dominick	230
68	Victor	228
69	Earl	222
70	Leon	217
71	Irving	214
72	Leo	213
73	Bruce	210
74	Seymour	209
75	Douglas	208
76	Gordon	202
77	Morton	200
78	Allen	198
78	Clarence	198
80	Gerard	194
80	Harvey	194
82	Gilbert	187
82	Russell	187
84	Alvin	183
85	Herman	182
86	Milton	180
87	Sheldon	176
88	Allan	171
89	Warren	170
90	Larry	157
91	Leroy	156
91	Lewis	156
93	Alexander	153
93	Benjamin	153
95	Murray	145
96	Rudolph	142
97	Maurice	139
98	Neil	135
99	Sidney	134
100	Lloyd	128