Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1913

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,706
2	William	2,393
3	Joseph	2,327
4	Charles	1,566
5	George	1,496
6	James	1,477
7	Robert	1,362
8	Frank	1,184
9	Edward	1,085
10	Harry	818
11	Paul	765
12	Thomas	758
13	Walter	666
14	Michael	644
15	Albert	595
16	Anthony	502
17	Harold	461
18	Samuel	425
19	Henry	418
20	Andrew	414
21	Francis	407
21	Stanley	407
23	Raymond	400
24	Richard	399
25	Louis	396

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	380
27	Arthur	333
28	David	331
29	Donald	313
30	Howard	309
31	Clarence	291
32	Kenneth	286
33	Peter	280
34	Carl	273
35	Earl	244
36	Stephen	238
37	Russell	220
38	Daniel	216
39	Jack	214
40	Alfred	211
40	Fred	211
42	Herbert	206
43	Frederick	202
44	Lawrence	199
45	Elmer	197
46	Eugene	195
47	Bernard	193
48	Vincent	183
49	Steve	179
50	Leonard	175
51	Chester	168
52	Leo	159
53	Theodore	158
54	Martin	155
55	Norman	152
56	Roy	146
57	Edwin	142
57	Lester	142
57	Mike	142
60	Ernest	139
61	Nicholas	132
62	Philip	131
63	Benjamin	128
63	Lewis	128
63	Woodrow	128
66	Alexander	122
66	Herman	122
68	Jacob	121
69	Gerald	116
70	Leroy	114
70	Victor	114
72	Melvin	113
73	Lloyd	112
74	Morris	105
75	Joe	102
76	Clyde	101
76	Glenn	101
78	Wilbur	93
79	Leon	92
80	Warren	87
81	Floyd	85
82	Milton	83
83	Ray	82
84	Edgar	80
85	Elwood	79
86	Harvey	78
87	Franklin	77
88	Maurice	76
89	Matthew	74
90	Max	73
91	Nick	71
92	Clifford	70
93	Sidney	67
94	Julius	66
94	Willard	66
96	Angelo	65
96	Clair	65
96	Edmund	65
99	Sam	63
100	Adam	62
100	Homer	62
100	Wilson	62