Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	5,192
2	Joseph	3,119
3	William	3,078
4	Charles	2,111
5	George	1,978
6	James	1,906
7	Robert	1,812
8	Frank	1,516
9	Edward	1,437
10	Paul	1,078
11	Harry	1,006
12	Walter	905
13	Michael	885
14	Thomas	874
15	Albert	793
16	Anthony	652
17	Richard	633
18	Stanley	575
19	Andrew	563
20	Harold	553
21	Louis	541
21	Raymond	541
23	Samuel	536
24	Henry	528
25	Francis	490

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	454
27	Ralph	443
28	David	438
29	Peter	428
30	Donald	411
30	Kenneth	411
32	Carl	398
33	Howard	396
34	Clarence	358
35	Stephen	342
36	Earl	311
37	Russell	292
38	Steve	286
39	Jack	266
40	Alfred	263
41	Chester	260
42	Fred	259
43	Daniel	255
44	Lawrence	252
44	Nicholas	252
46	Eugene	251
47	Elmer	247
48	Vincent	243
49	Mike	242
49	Norman	242
51	Frederick	241
52	Leo	233
53	Bernard	226
54	Herbert	210
55	Martin	209
56	Benjamin	198
56	Theodore	198
58	Leonard	193
59	Edwin	191
60	Ernest	190
61	Roy	188
62	Philip	175
63	Alexander	172
63	Lester	172
65	Herman	170
66	Jacob	166
67	Lewis	164
68	Leroy	163
69	Victor	158
70	Joe	155
71	Gerald	137
72	Clyde	132
72	Leon	132
74	Milton	127
75	Glenn	123
76	Clifford	122
77	Lloyd	120
78	Warren	115
79	Melvin	111
80	Nick	109
81	Ray	108
82	Franklin	106
83	Angelo	105
84	Tony	104
85	Max	102
86	Morris	101
87	Edgar	99
88	Adam	93
89	Alex	91
89	Elwood	91
89	Floyd	91
92	Edmund	90
92	Wilbur	90
94	Allen	88
95	Clair	86
96	Harvey	85
97	Maurice	82
98	Gordon	81
98	Sam	81
100	Alvin	80