Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,134
2	Robert	5,177
3	William	5,008
4	James	3,785
5	Joseph	3,686
6	Charles	2,915
7	Richard	2,679
8	George	2,554
9	Edward	2,236
10	Donald	2,111
11	Thomas	1,844
12	Paul	1,652
13	Frank	1,421
14	Harry	1,118
15	Raymond	1,068
16	Walter	988
17	Albert	959
18	David	933
19	Harold	915
20	Francis	840
21	Eugene	780
22	Jack	772
23	Kenneth	746
24	Anthony	713
25	Carl	706

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	678
27	Michael	667
28	Herbert	631
29	Louis	624
30	Henry	601
31	Arthur	571
32	Leonard	531
33	Howard	514
34	Stanley	513
35	Samuel	504
36	Daniel	497
37	Bernard	484
38	Earl	472
39	Andrew	470
40	Alfred	466
41	Norman	461
42	Fred	421
43	Lawrence	412
44	Gerald	409
45	Peter	407
46	Clarence	383
47	Russell	372
48	Vincent	365
49	Theodore	350
50	Ernest	329
51	Frederick	320
52	Roy	306
53	Ronald	296
54	Edwin	288
55	Glenn	285
56	Stephen	265
57	Elmer	262
58	Melvin	258
59	Martin	257
60	Leroy	250
61	Philip	245
62	Leo	242
63	Nicholas	224
64	Chester	201
65	Lewis	196
66	Clyde	191
67	Ray	189
68	Steve	188
69	Wayne	187
70	Leon	186
71	Floyd	184
72	Dale	180
73	Herman	176
73	Warren	176
75	Lester	175
76	Lloyd	174
77	Clifford	169
78	Benjamin	168
79	Victor	166
80	Alvin	161
81	Allen	148
82	Joe	145
82	Marvin	145
84	Gilbert	140
84	Harvey	140
86	Gene	137
87	Alexander	133
87	Milton	133
89	Bruce	131
90	Franklin	129
91	Clair	128
92	Calvin	125
92	Mike	125
92	Wilbur	125
95	Patrick	122
96	Angelo	121
97	Rudolph	119
98	Edgar	113
98	Lee	113
100	Willard	109