Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,067
2	William	1,903
3	Joseph	1,862
4	Charles	1,342
5	James	1,309
6	George	1,226
7	Robert	1,023
8	Frank	926
9	Edward	924
10	Harry	699
11	Paul	665
12	Walter	608
13	Thomas	598
14	Michael	519
15	Albert	511
16	Anthony	425
17	Harold	398
18	Raymond	384
18	Samuel	384
20	Richard	371
21	Francis	368
22	Louis	346
23	Henry	332
24	Arthur	321
25	Ralph	318

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stanley	317
27	Andrew	308
28	David	296
29	Howard	291
30	Kenneth	280
31	Carl	278
32	Peter	253
33	Donald	243
34	Clarence	236
35	Earl	196
36	Daniel	190
37	Eugene	188
37	Lawrence	188
39	Russell	186
40	Jack	184
41	Alfred	174
41	Stephen	174
43	Elmer	167
43	Martin	167
45	Fred	166
46	Ernest	156
47	Frederick	155
48	Chester	147
49	Vincent	145
50	Herbert	144
50	Lester	144
50	Theodore	144
53	Philip	143
54	Benjamin	138
55	Leonard	137
56	Norman	134
56	Steve	134
58	Roy	132
59	Bernard	131
60	Edwin	121
61	Mike	119
62	Leo	118
63	Jacob	117
64	Leroy	112
65	Woodrow	111
66	Nicholas	110
67	Herman	107
67	Leon	107
69	Alexander	104
69	Lewis	104
71	Gerald	101
72	Victor	96
73	Glenn	93
73	Milton	93
73	Morris	93
76	Lloyd	87
77	Warren	86
78	Clyde	83
78	Edgar	83
80	Clifford	76
81	Harvey	74
82	Allen	73
82	Floyd	73
82	Joe	73
85	Willard	68
86	Max	67
87	Melvin	66
88	Elwood	62
89	Franklin	61
89	Ray	61
91	Alvin	57
91	Clair	57
91	Matthew	57
91	Wilbur	57
95	Sidney	55
96	Angelo	54
96	Wayne	54
98	Irvin	52
99	Nathan	51
99	Tony	51