Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,685
2	Robert	5,518
3	William	5,277
4	James	3,875
5	Joseph	3,873
6	Charles	3,165
7	George	2,628
8	Richard	2,599
9	Edward	2,466
10	Donald	1,931
11	Thomas	1,852
12	Paul	1,770
13	Frank	1,512
14	Harry	1,287
15	Walter	1,107
16	Raymond	1,076
17	Albert	1,034
18	Harold	995
19	David	909
20	Francis	908
21	Jack	830
22	Eugene	822
23	Anthony	820
24	Michael	803
25	Kenneth	728

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	705
27	Henry	694
28	Ralph	692
29	Louis	642
30	Stanley	622
31	Arthur	586
32	Earl	567
33	Andrew	524
34	Leonard	520
35	Bernard	518
36	Samuel	513
37	Daniel	511
38	Howard	510
39	Fred	473
40	Clarence	450
41	Norman	429
42	Peter	417
43	Gerald	389
44	Theodore	376
45	Russell	374
46	Vincent	370
47	Alfred	361
48	Lawrence	360
49	Herbert	354
50	Ernest	352
51	Roy	308
52	Stephen	298
53	Martin	295
54	Edwin	294
55	Frederick	288
56	Leroy	287
57	Elmer	282
58	Glenn	273
59	Leo	271
60	Philip	258
61	Nicholas	250
62	Melvin	246
63	Ronald	245
64	Ray	244
65	Chester	235
66	Steve	229
67	Warren	226
68	Benjamin	200
69	Rudolph	199
70	Leon	196
70	Lewis	196
72	Lloyd	189
73	Clyde	188
74	Marvin	186
75	Wayne	183
76	Herman	178
76	Victor	178
78	Clifford	176
79	Lester	172
80	Dale	171
81	Mike	166
82	Joe	163
83	Alvin	160
84	Calvin	155
85	Allen	153
86	Harvey	151
87	Floyd	150
88	Alexander	144
89	Angelo	139
90	Jacob	137
91	Clair	133
92	Wilbur	131
93	Jay	129
94	Edgar	128
94	Franklin	128
94	Gene	128
97	Milton	123
98	Jerome	118
99	Gordon	116
99	Nick	116