Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,763
2	John	5,493
3	Richard	3,902
4	William	3,572
5	James	3,330
6	Joseph	3,082
7	Donald	2,400
8	Thomas	2,061
9	Charles	2,004
10	George	1,924
11	Edward	1,809
12	Frank	1,596
13	Ronald	1,451
14	David	1,393
15	Michael	1,233
16	Anthony	1,223
17	Paul	1,095
18	Peter	932
19	Raymond	897
20	Arthur	894
21	Kenneth	836
22	Gerald	818
23	Walter	772
24	Harold	665
25	Daniel	653

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	649
27	Henry	609
28	Stanley	607
29	Eugene	606
30	Vincent	602
31	Lawrence	590
32	Martin	589
33	Albert	585
34	Howard	550
35	Francis	540
36	Philip	522
37	Norman	514
38	Bernard	511
39	Leonard	510
40	Ralph	508
41	Fred	506
42	Jack	499
43	Carl	492
44	Herbert	439
45	Alfred	422
46	Roger	409
47	Stephen	398
48	Frederick	396
49	Harry	379
50	Alan	318
51	Salvatore	307
52	Theodore	306
53	Bruce	304
54	Marvin	301
55	Nicholas	298
56	Arnold	291
57	Patrick	286
58	Jerry	284
59	Andrew	274
60	Harvey	249
60	Jerome	249
62	Gary	246
63	Samuel	239
64	Warren	236
65	Ernest	232
66	Irwin	224
67	Victor	219
68	Melvin	218
69	Larry	217
70	Gordon	216
71	Douglas	210
72	Edwin	209
73	Roy	201
74	Russell	198
75	Allen	189
76	Angelo	185
77	Gerard	184
78	Joel	180
79	Leo	174
80	Barry	173
80	Sheldon	173
82	Leon	167
83	Clifford	162
84	Allan	160
85	Dennis	151
85	Leroy	151
87	Morton	148
88	Lewis	146
89	Dominick	145
90	Alvin	144
91	Stuart	140
92	Earl	131
92	Joe	131
92	Matthew	131
95	Milton	120
96	Benjamin	119
97	Sidney	117
98	Herman	115
99	Clarence	114
99	Neil	114
99	Wayne	114