Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,791
2	William	4,404
3	Joseph	4,202
4	Robert	3,549
5	Charles	2,842
6	James	2,762
7	George	2,675
8	Edward	2,154
9	Frank	1,971
10	Paul	1,589
11	Walter	1,407
12	Harry	1,383
13	Thomas	1,357
14	Richard	1,138
15	Albert	1,117
16	Michael	1,020
17	Raymond	974
18	Harold	958
19	Anthony	841
20	Francis	827
21	Donald	826
22	Stanley	786
23	Henry	712
24	Louis	676
25	Andrew	665

Rank	Name	Babies
26	David	633
26	Ralph	633
28	Samuel	613
29	Arthur	610
29	Howard	610
31	Carl	534
32	Earl	531
32	Jack	531
32	Kenneth	531
35	Peter	526
36	Eugene	471
37	Bernard	435
37	Clarence	435
39	Daniel	411
40	Fred	384
41	Leonard	383
42	Stephen	381
43	Alfred	374
44	Vincent	362
45	Lawrence	361
46	Russell	360
47	Theodore	348
48	Herbert	343
49	Elmer	342
50	Steve	338
51	Frederick	326
52	Mike	319
53	Chester	317
54	Ernest	314
55	Leo	308
56	Norman	303
57	Roy	277
58	Philip	274
59	Martin	271
60	Victor	262
61	Edwin	259
62	Nicholas	257
63	Leroy	237
64	Benjamin	225
65	Gerald	213
66	Alexander	212
67	Joe	209
68	Glenn	206
69	Melvin	200
70	Lloyd	189
71	Lester	186
72	Warren	185
73	Lewis	182
74	Leon	180
75	Herman	179
76	Clyde	177
77	Clifford	167
78	Jacob	165
79	Ray	158
80	Nick	150
81	Franklin	149
81	Milton	149
83	Harvey	145
84	Edgar	143
85	Wilbur	140
86	Floyd	137
87	Angelo	134
88	Clair	132
89	Elwood	130
90	Allen	129
91	Matthew	128
92	Wayne	127
93	Morris	123
94	Sidney	122
95	Alex	120
96	Merle	116
97	Gilbert	113
97	Sam	113
99	Alvin	112
100	Edmund	111