Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,591
2	John	5,468
3	Richard	3,749
4	William	3,673
5	James	3,267
6	Joseph	3,054
7	Donald	2,473
8	Thomas	2,003
9	Charles	1,996
10	Edward	1,876
11	George	1,823
12	Frank	1,587
13	Ronald	1,414
14	Anthony	1,226
15	David	1,154
16	Paul	1,078
17	Michael	1,068
18	Arthur	912
19	Raymond	895
20	Peter	832
21	Walter	799
22	Kenneth	777
23	Gerald	761
24	Louis	719
25	Harold	676

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	671
27	Eugene	660
28	Lawrence	659
29	Stanley	642
30	Martin	633
31	Vincent	628
32	Daniel	601
33	Henry	587
34	Francis	584
35	Bernard	543
36	Fred	537
37	Jack	532
38	Howard	526
39	Ralph	517
40	Philip	513
41	Herbert	498
42	Leonard	488
43	Carl	450
44	Norman	446
45	Alfred	438
46	Harry	410
47	Roger	396
48	Frederick	391
49	Theodore	350
50	Stephen	341
51	Salvatore	339
52	Marvin	307
53	Alan	304
54	Bruce	290
55	Andrew	288
55	Patrick	288
57	Nicholas	287
58	Arnold	283
59	Jerry	271
60	Edwin	262
61	Ernest	261
62	Jerome	248
63	Samuel	241
64	Melvin	237
65	Douglas	225
66	Gordon	220
67	Harvey	217
68	Roy	213
69	Irwin	205
70	Warren	202
71	Larry	198
72	Victor	192
73	Gary	188
74	Leon	187
75	Gerard	183
76	Angelo	181
77	Lewis	180
78	Allen	175
79	Sheldon	172
80	Allan	167
81	Joel	165
82	Earl	163
82	Franklin	163
84	Leo	160
84	Russell	160
86	Alvin	149
86	Dominick	149
88	Leroy	148
88	Stuart	148
90	Neil	145
91	Clarence	144
92	Clifford	137
92	Morton	137
94	Benjamin	136
95	Irving	133
96	Herman	126
97	Barry	123
98	Gilbert	122
98	Lester	122
100	Milton	121