Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	7,557
2	William	4,713
3	Joseph	4,485
4	Robert	3,393
5	James	3,034
6	Charles	2,995
7	George	2,985
8	Edward	2,377
9	Frank	2,119
10	Paul	1,676
11	Harry	1,618
12	Thomas	1,514
13	Walter	1,460
14	Albert	1,256
15	Richard	1,142
16	Michael	1,110
17	Raymond	1,002
18	Anthony	979
19	Harold	975
20	Francis	892
21	Donald	868
22	Stanley	849
23	Henry	771
24	Andrew	764
25	Ralph	726

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	703
27	Louis	696
28	David	660
29	Arthur	651
30	Carl	607
31	Peter	602
32	Howard	595
33	Earl	589
34	Kenneth	585
35	Jack	584
36	Clarence	521
37	Bernard	470
38	Daniel	466
39	Stephen	441
40	Fred	420
41	Alfred	406
41	Mike	406
41	Steve	406
44	Eugene	398
45	Russell	391
46	Chester	382
47	Lawrence	377
48	Leonard	357
49	Herbert	352
50	Elmer	350
51	Theodore	345
52	Norman	342
53	Victor	339
54	Frederick	337
55	Vincent	334
56	Ernest	326
57	Leo	316
58	Martin	310
59	Roy	302
60	Philip	300
61	Lester	298
62	Benjamin	285
63	Leroy	283
64	Nicholas	277
65	Edwin	261
66	Alexander	250
67	Joe	237
68	Gerald	234
69	Lloyd	225
70	Herman	224
71	Glenn	220
72	Lewis	216
73	Clifford	211
74	Clyde	208
75	Melvin	207
76	Leon	196
77	Warren	182
78	Jacob	178
79	Ray	175
80	Floyd	170
81	Nick	165
82	Harvey	160
82	Milton	160
84	Allen	157
85	Alex	155
85	Wilbur	155
87	Morris	151
88	Clair	148
89	Franklin	147
89	Matthew	147
91	Woodrow	145
92	Tony	141
93	Alvin	136
94	Sam	134
95	Adam	132
96	Angelo	131
97	Sidney	128
97	Wayne	128
99	Willard	127
100	Andy	125
100	Elwood	125