Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,443
2	William	4,045
3	Joseph	3,968
4	Charles	2,652
5	George	2,558
6	Robert	2,533
7	James	2,383
8	Frank	1,905
9	Edward	1,848
10	Paul	1,401
11	Harry	1,275
12	Thomas	1,183
13	Walter	1,168
14	Michael	1,092
15	Albert	1,057
16	Anthony	905
17	Richard	865
18	Stanley	766
19	Harold	756
20	Raymond	742
21	Francis	741
22	Henry	710
23	Louis	686
24	Andrew	672
25	Samuel	625

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	600
27	Donald	596
28	Ralph	577
29	David	571
30	Carl	568
31	Howard	550
32	Arthur	522
33	Kenneth	492
34	Clarence	434
35	Stephen	427
36	Earl	404
37	Daniel	359
38	Bernard	356
39	Steve	350
40	Alfred	346
40	Jack	346
42	Vincent	343
43	Fred	331
44	Eugene	329
45	Russell	319
46	Frederick	318
47	Chester	317
48	Mike	309
49	Elmer	306
50	Norman	305
51	Leonard	294
52	Lawrence	292
53	Leo	284
54	Nicholas	278
55	Roy	268
56	Herbert	266
57	Ernest	264
58	Theodore	247
59	Martin	246
60	Lester	240
61	Benjamin	235
62	Philip	231
63	Leroy	216
64	Edwin	215
65	Herman	212
66	Lewis	202
67	Alexander	200
67	Glenn	200
69	Melvin	195
70	Gerald	194
71	Joe	193
72	Victor	190
73	Leon	179
74	Clyde	167
75	Wilbur	166
76	Jacob	165
77	Lloyd	160
78	Milton	157
78	Willard	157
80	Clifford	150
81	Floyd	149
82	Warren	147
83	Edgar	146
84	Ray	136
85	Alex	135
85	Nick	135
85	Tony	135
88	Morris	132
89	Matthew	128
90	Angelo	121
91	Franklin	120
92	Harvey	119
92	Wayne	119
94	Edmund	117
95	Rudolph	116
96	Clair	114
97	Julius	110
98	Elwood	109
99	Irvin	107
100	Adam	103