Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,647
2	Robert	5,354
3	William	5,306
4	Joseph	4,108
5	James	3,741
6	Charles	2,900
7	George	2,844
8	Edward	2,403
9	Richard	2,361
10	Thomas	1,795
11	Paul	1,771
12	Frank	1,674
13	Donald	1,661
14	Harry	1,349
15	Walter	1,165
16	Raymond	1,141
17	Harold	1,067
18	Albert	1,001
19	Francis	933
20	David	861
21	Anthony	805
22	Michael	797
23	Jack	769
24	Eugene	748
25	Kenneth	735

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	693
27	Henry	671
28	Arthur	638
29	Louis	637
30	Carl	630
31	Stanley	618
32	Howard	577
33	Samuel	573
34	Earl	571
35	Leonard	547
36	Bernard	506
37	Andrew	492
37	Daniel	492
39	Fred	458
40	Clarence	421
41	Norman	417
42	Peter	401
43	Lawrence	391
44	Gerald	387
45	Theodore	377
46	Russell	364
47	Alfred	352
47	Herbert	352
49	Ernest	349
50	Vincent	336
51	Frederick	329
51	Roy	329
53	Edwin	312
54	Elmer	304
55	Leo	303
56	Philip	280
57	Stephen	278
58	Glenn	259
59	Nicholas	256
60	Leroy	250
61	Steve	248
62	Martin	243
63	Melvin	241
64	Lewis	220
65	Chester	216
65	Clyde	216
67	Lloyd	212
68	Warren	207
69	Calvin	206
70	Leon	204
71	Lester	199
72	Ray	194
73	Clifford	191
74	Benjamin	182
75	Ronald	175
76	Wayne	172
77	Floyd	170
78	Herman	169
79	Rudolph	165
80	Alvin	164
81	Mike	161
82	Joe	158
83	Allen	152
84	Harvey	151
85	Dale	150
86	Clair	149
87	Milton	143
88	Victor	142
89	Alexander	138
90	Marvin	137
91	Wilbur	135
92	Franklin	127
92	Lee	127
94	Jacob	126
95	Edgar	123
96	Angelo	122
97	Jay	119
97	Patrick	119
99	Elwood	112
100	Willard	110