Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	6,064
2	Robert	5,296
3	William	4,757
4	James	3,831
5	Joseph	3,281
6	Richard	3,098
7	Charles	2,869
8	Donald	2,511
9	George	2,246
10	Edward	2,027
11	Thomas	1,812
12	Paul	1,495
13	Frank	1,263
14	Raymond	1,097
15	Harry	1,065
16	David	1,032
17	Walter	917
18	Albert	890
19	Harold	839
20	Kenneth	836
21	Jack	814
22	Francis	799
23	Anthony	723
24	Eugene	716
25	Carl	682

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	637
27	Ralph	610
28	Arthur	550
29	Louis	522
30	Henry	484
31	Howard	483
31	Samuel	483
33	Daniel	479
34	Gerald	478
35	Leonard	466
36	Bernard	461
37	Ronald	455
38	Stanley	454
39	Earl	449
40	Andrew	445
41	Norman	394
42	Fred	390
43	Lawrence	385
44	Herbert	366
45	Alfred	362
46	Clarence	355
47	Theodore	344
48	Glenn	335
49	Vincent	333
50	Peter	323
51	Russell	300
52	Frederick	290
53	Roy	285
54	Ernest	278
55	Philip	258
56	Edwin	254
57	Melvin	250
58	Martin	234
59	Elmer	232
60	Leroy	231
61	Leo	228
62	Stephen	217
63	Dale	206
64	Lewis	198
65	Ray	188
66	Wayne	187
67	Marvin	186
68	Lloyd	178
69	Clyde	177
69	Nicholas	177
71	Chester	174
71	Steve	174
73	Leon	169
74	Lester	164
74	Warren	164
76	Allen	162
77	Herman	152
78	Harvey	146
79	Alvin	144
80	Floyd	142
81	Clifford	139
81	Joe	139
83	Clair	136
83	Gilbert	136
85	Jay	134
86	Benjamin	131
87	Jerome	129
87	Victor	129
89	Patrick	128
90	Gene	122
90	Jerry	122
92	Franklin	121
93	Bruce	119
94	Lee	113
95	Milton	112
96	Alexander	111
97	Nick	110
98	Gordon	109
99	Edgar	105
99	Roger	105