Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1923
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 7,211 |
| 2 | William | 5,374 |
| 3 | Robert | 4,839 |
| 4 | Joseph | 4,274 |
| 5 | James | 3,537 |
| 6 | Charles | 2,926 |
| 7 | George | 2,915 |
| 8 | Edward | 2,549 |
| 9 | Frank | 1,875 |
| 10 | Richard | 1,730 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,716 |
| 12 | Paul | 1,698 |
| 13 | Harry | 1,502 |
| 14 | Walter | 1,325 |
| 15 | Donald | 1,319 |
| 16 | Albert | 1,180 |
| 17 | Raymond | 1,091 |
| 18 | Michael | 1,006 |
| 19 | Harold | 1,000 |
| 20 | Anthony | 898 |
| 21 | Francis | 896 |
| 22 | Henry | 809 |
| 23 | David | 756 |
| 24 | Louis | 720 |
| 25 | Kenneth | 718 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ralph | 677 |
| 27 | Jack | 671 |
| 28 | Arthur | 654 |
| 29 | Andrew | 645 |
| 30 | Stanley | 644 |
| 31 | Samuel | 630 |
| 32 | Carl | 629 |
| 33 | Eugene | 625 |
| 34 | Peter | 541 |
| 35 | Earl | 534 |
| 36 | Howard | 517 |
| 37 | Bernard | 510 |
| 38 | Leonard | 492 |
| 39 | Daniel | 473 |
| 40 | Clarence | 445 |
| 41 | Fred | 426 |
| 42 | Alfred | 424 |
| 43 | Lawrence | 422 |
| 44 | Norman | 400 |
| 45 | Vincent | 399 |
| 46 | Russell | 395 |
| 47 | Warren | 365 |
| 48 | Theodore | 363 |
| 49 | Frederick | 350 |
| 50 | Stephen | 349 |
| 51 | Elmer | 344 |
| 52 | Herbert | 335 |
| 53 | Leo | 329 |
| 54 | Ernest | 323 |
| 55 | Martin | 310 |
| 56 | Roy | 308 |
| 57 | Gerald | 304 |
| 58 | Steve | 297 |
| 59 | Edwin | 290 |
| 60 | Chester | 283 |
| 61 | Philip | 282 |
| 62 | Melvin | 263 |
| 63 | Nicholas | 258 |
| 64 | Leroy | 253 |
| 65 | Lewis | 227 |
| 66 | Benjamin | 224 |
| 66 | Victor | 224 |
| 68 | Glenn | 215 |
| 69 | Mike | 212 |
| 70 | Leon | 210 |
| 71 | Lester | 205 |
| 72 | Ray | 199 |
| 73 | Joe | 189 |
| 74 | Clyde | 186 |
| 75 | Herman | 185 |
| 76 | Alexander | 182 |
| 77 | Lloyd | 180 |
| 78 | Wayne | 172 |
| 79 | Clifford | 168 |
| 80 | Clair | 167 |
| 81 | Angelo | 158 |
| 82 | Floyd | 152 |
| 83 | Alvin | 149 |
| 84 | Dale | 147 |
| 85 | Milton | 146 |
| 86 | Marvin | 145 |
| 87 | Jacob | 140 |
| 87 | Nick | 140 |
| 89 | Dominic | 132 |
| 89 | Edgar | 132 |
| 89 | Matthew | 132 |
| 92 | Franklin | 130 |
| 92 | Wallace | 130 |
| 94 | Allen | 129 |
| 95 | Calvin | 126 |
| 96 | Patrick | 125 |
| 97 | Harvey | 120 |
| 97 | Irvin | 120 |
| 99 | Elwood | 119 |
| 100 | Wilbur | 117 |