Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	5,444
2	Robert	5,419
3	William	4,285
4	James	3,646
5	Joseph	3,119
6	Richard	2,869
7	Charles	2,592
8	Donald	2,481
9	George	2,139
10	Edward	1,867
11	Thomas	1,864
12	Paul	1,419
13	Frank	1,138
14	David	989
15	Raymond	969
16	Harry	933
17	Kenneth	837
18	Walter	826
19	Harold	775
20	Francis	741
21	Albert	722
22	Jack	714
23	Anthony	683
24	Eugene	681
25	Carl	657

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Michael	649
27	Ronald	588
28	Ralph	573
29	Louis	510
30	Arthur	487
31	Gerald	486
32	Daniel	479
33	Henry	473
34	Howard	467
35	Stanley	439
36	Bernard	438
37	Samuel	418
38	Earl	404
39	Lawrence	396
40	Fred	387
40	Leonard	387
42	Norman	379
43	Andrew	347
44	Theodore	337
45	Herbert	329
46	Clarence	325
47	Peter	312
48	Glenn	311
49	Russell	307
50	Alfred	302
51	Vincent	289
52	Frederick	286
53	Stephen	272
54	Ernest	263
55	Roy	253
56	Melvin	251
57	Philip	249
58	Edwin	233
59	Leo	231
60	Leroy	229
61	Elmer	209
62	Martin	208
63	Ray	201
64	Dale	189
65	Nicholas	186
66	Lester	165
67	Wayne	164
68	Clyde	160
69	Chester	157
69	Lloyd	157
71	Lewis	156
72	Benjamin	154
72	Marvin	154
74	Leon	153
75	Clifford	148
76	Steve	147
77	Allen	146
78	Harvey	144
79	Jay	142
80	Bruce	138
80	Herman	138
82	Patrick	135
82	Victor	135
84	Gene	134
85	Joe	133
86	Gilbert	130
87	Jerome	129
88	Warren	127
89	Lee	123
90	Alvin	119
91	Milton	114
91	Roger	114
93	Arnold	112
94	Jerry	111
95	Clair	106
96	Alan	105
96	Floyd	105
98	Gordon	102
98	Wilbur	102
100	Franklin	101