Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	7,073
2	William	5,161
3	Robert	4,624
4	Joseph	4,383
5	James	3,382
6	Charles	3,063
7	George	2,941
8	Edward	2,454
9	Frank	1,904
10	Paul	1,686
11	Richard	1,626
12	Thomas	1,595
13	Harry	1,358
14	Walter	1,302
15	Donald	1,223
16	Albert	1,205
17	Raymond	1,093
18	Harold	1,049
19	Michael	1,030
20	Anthony	917
21	Francis	875
22	Henry	755
23	Ralph	738
24	David	719
25	Stanley	716

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	695
27	Jack	678
28	Louis	674
29	Andrew	672
30	Arthur	651
31	Samuel	601
32	Carl	600
33	Earl	581
34	Eugene	557
35	Peter	544
36	Bernard	533
36	Howard	533
38	Daniel	483
39	Clarence	425
40	Leonard	415
41	Fred	411
42	Lawrence	399
43	Stephen	397
44	Norman	381
45	Alfred	378
46	Russell	375
47	Frederick	371
48	Theodore	353
49	Vincent	345
49	Warren	345
51	Herbert	344
52	Ernest	333
53	Leo	328
54	Elmer	324
55	Roy	314
56	Steve	310
57	Edwin	299
58	Chester	290
58	Martin	290
60	Glenn	269
61	Philip	265
62	Gerald	261
63	Leroy	259
64	Nicholas	246
65	Melvin	241
66	Lester	239
67	Victor	216
68	Clifford	213
69	Mike	201
70	Benjamin	200
71	Lewis	195
72	Clyde	192
73	Alexander	186
74	Lloyd	183
75	Herman	181
76	Leon	180
77	Ray	168
78	Jacob	167
79	Franklin	164
80	Alvin	155
81	Joe	151
81	Wilbur	151
83	Wayne	146
84	Clair	144
85	Edgar	143
86	Angelo	142
87	Harvey	140
87	Milton	140
89	Allen	137
89	Matthew	137
91	Marvin	133
91	Nick	133
93	Floyd	124
94	Willard	122
95	Sam	121
96	Sidney	119
97	Dale	118
98	Tony	117
99	Edmund	116
99	Elwood	116