Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	5,893
2	Robert	5,199
3	William	4,862
4	James	3,725
5	Joseph	3,423
6	Charles	2,714
7	Richard	2,711
8	George	2,358
9	Donald	2,256
10	Edward	2,031
11	Thomas	1,755
12	Paul	1,497
13	Frank	1,363
14	Harry	1,081
15	Raymond	1,079
16	David	954
17	Walter	925
18	Albert	894
19	Francis	878
20	Eugene	811
21	Jack	810
22	Harold	792
23	Anthony	715
24	Michael	700
25	Kenneth	698

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	669
27	Carl	653
28	Louis	608
29	Arthur	561
30	Henry	521
31	Earl	505
32	Herbert	490
33	Leonard	486
34	Daniel	472
35	Bernard	461
36	Stanley	459
37	Andrew	458
38	Howard	457
39	Samuel	443
40	Gerald	428
41	Lawrence	400
42	Alfred	386
43	Fred	384
44	Norman	382
45	Clarence	363
46	Peter	350
47	Theodore	340
48	Russell	338
49	Ronald	333
50	Ernest	329
51	Frederick	297
52	Vincent	285
53	Leroy	270
54	Roy	262
55	Stephen	253
56	Melvin	252
57	Edwin	246
58	Philip	245
59	Leo	244
60	Elmer	226
61	Glenn	224
62	Martin	222
63	Ray	209
64	Nicholas	202
65	Allen	180
66	Wayne	176
67	Steve	174
68	Lewis	170
69	Chester	169
70	Dale	167
71	Warren	164
72	Marvin	163
73	Clyde	162
74	Alvin	161
75	Leon	157
76	Clifford	156
77	Lloyd	155
78	Joe	152
78	Lester	152
80	Benjamin	147
81	Victor	146
82	Herman	137
83	Alexander	136
84	Milton	133
85	Bruce	130
85	Patrick	130
87	Gilbert	127
88	Harvey	124
89	Jerome	123
90	Clair	122
91	Angelo	120
92	Jay	118
93	Floyd	117
94	Edgar	111
94	Jerry	111
96	Gene	109
96	Nick	109
98	Edmund	108
98	Roger	108
100	Franklin	107
100	Lee	107
100	Mike	107