Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	7,041
2	William	5,115
3	Robert	4,147
4	Joseph	4,089
5	James	3,120
6	Charles	3,114
7	George	2,851
8	Edward	2,363
9	Frank	1,953
10	Paul	1,725
11	Thomas	1,578
12	Walter	1,454
13	Harry	1,392
14	Richard	1,312
15	Albert	1,171
16	Harold	1,005
17	Michael	973
18	Donald	970
19	Raymond	945
20	Francis	931
21	Anthony	886
22	Ralph	791
23	Stanley	773
24	Henry	772
25	Andrew	720

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	709
27	David	680
28	Arthur	653
29	Samuel	618
30	Carl	617
30	Earl	617
32	Kenneth	597
33	Jack	593
34	Howard	580
35	Peter	507
36	Eugene	499
37	Daniel	486
38	Bernard	445
38	Leonard	445
40	Clarence	438
41	Stephen	406
42	Fred	398
43	Alfred	389
44	Russell	384
45	Elmer	372
46	Lawrence	371
47	Vincent	366
48	Ernest	363
49	Warren	355
50	Herbert	336
51	Norman	335
52	Chester	330
53	Frederick	325
54	Leo	316
54	Theodore	316
56	Edwin	311
57	Steve	309
58	Mike	279
59	Gerald	278
59	Leroy	278
61	Roy	277
62	Philip	273
63	Martin	271
64	Lester	262
65	Nicholas	249
66	Glenn	227
67	Melvin	222
68	Leon	214
69	Benjamin	211
70	Clyde	209
71	Victor	204
72	Alexander	200
73	Lewis	193
74	Clifford	189
75	Herman	187
75	Ray	187
77	Joe	186
78	Lloyd	184
79	Jacob	173
80	Alvin	165
81	Franklin	164
82	Matthew	161
83	Clair	149
83	Elwood	149
85	Floyd	147
86	Milton	145
87	Wayne	143
87	Willard	143
89	Nick	141
90	Angelo	140
91	Sidney	138
92	Wilbur	133
93	Harvey	128
94	Allen	124
95	Tony	120
96	Edmund	119
97	Edgar	117
97	Merle	117
99	Alex	116
100	Morris	114