Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1933

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

RankNameBabies
1John5,711
2Robert5,361
3William3,584
4Richard3,559
5Joseph3,163
6James3,122
7Donald2,432
8Charles2,017
9Thomas1,971
10George1,896
11Edward1,883
12Frank1,707
13Ronald1,402
14Anthony1,246
15Paul1,052
16Michael1,027
17David1,011
18Arthur971
19Raymond864
20Peter849
21Walter770
22Kenneth754
23Louis745
24Gerald741
25Harold717
RankNameBabies
26Eugene677
27Vincent671
28Albert651
29Lawrence624
30Daniel618
31Stanley613
32Jack608
33Henry606
34Francis593
35Fred541
36Martin538
37Ralph535
38Bernard523
39Herbert503
39Leonard503
41Howard496
42Philip475
43Norman458
44Alfred447
45Carl435
46Harry410
47Frederick406
48Theodore353
49Salvatore341
50Roger312
51Arnold310
51Stephen310
53Alan306
54Jerry304
55Nicholas300
56Marvin299
57Andrew297
58Jerome272
59Patrick270
60Bruce267
61Ernest252
62Edwin242
63Franklin227
64Samuel218
65Harvey217
65Melvin217
67Gerard214
68Douglas212
69Roy211
70Gordon210
70Irwin210
72Angelo199
72Victor199
74Leo195
75Leon194
76Warren187
77Allan180
78Sheldon174
79Alvin173
80Neil169
81Allen166
82Earl163
83Larry159
84Dominick158
84Russell158
84Seymour158
87Clifford150
88Gary149
88Morton149
90Irving148
91Clarence143
91Sidney143
93Alexander138
94Lewis135
95Herman134
96Milton131
97Joel130
98Sam127
99Stuart124
100Leroy122