Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	5,005
2	Robert	4,882
3	William	3,840
4	James	3,638
5	Richard	2,849
6	Donald	2,709
7	Joseph	2,706
8	Charles	2,308
9	Thomas	1,829
10	George	1,780
11	Edward	1,572
12	Ronald	1,364
13	Paul	1,315
14	David	1,051
15	Frank	928
16	Raymond	871
17	Kenneth	798
18	Harry	769
19	Walter	715
20	Francis	659
21	Harold	653
22	Jack	632
23	Carl	622
24	Albert	602
25	Eugene	596

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	590
27	Michael	581
28	Anthony	573
29	Ralph	508
30	Daniel	434
31	Arthur	410
32	Henry	402
33	Louis	392
34	Lawrence	391
35	Fred	389
36	Bernard	385
37	Earl	379
38	Leonard	360
38	Norman	360
40	Samuel	359
41	Howard	354
42	Stanley	346
43	Peter	304
44	Andrew	297
45	Theodore	296
46	Russell	271
47	Clarence	254
48	Wayne	253
49	Frederick	242
50	Dale	241
51	Franklin	236
52	Philip	234
53	Glenn	229
54	Vincent	227
55	Larry	225
56	Roy	223
57	Herbert	217
58	Stephen	213
59	Leroy	212
60	Ray	209
61	Melvin	203
62	Alfred	196
63	Jerry	192
64	Ernest	186
65	Edwin	183
66	Bruce	172
67	Martin	171
68	Leon	166
69	Leo	161
69	Warren	161
71	Lewis	157
72	Marvin	156
73	Gary	152
74	Allen	150
75	Jay	141
76	Nicholas	138
77	Benjamin	137
77	Roger	137
79	Elmer	136
80	Lloyd	135
81	Lee	134
82	Patrick	132
83	Chester	131
84	Clyde	130
85	Clifford	124
85	Lester	124
87	Joe	119
88	Jerome	118
89	Don	116
89	Gordon	116
91	Gene	114
92	Harvey	111
93	Dean	110
94	Clair	107
95	Alvin	106
96	Victor	105
97	Floyd	104
98	Gilbert	103
99	Alan	96
99	Herman	96
99	Steve	96