Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,286
2	John	4,910
3	James	3,908
4	William	3,682
5	Richard	3,116
6	Joseph	2,731
7	Donald	2,440
8	Charles	2,262
9	Thomas	1,959
10	George	1,749
11	Ronald	1,699
12	Edward	1,624
13	David	1,302
14	Paul	1,221
15	Frank	934
16	Kenneth	921
17	Raymond	816
18	Harry	804
19	Michael	665
20	Gerald	652
21	Francis	643
22	Walter	627
23	Carl	606
24	Albert	556
25	Anthony	551

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	550
27	Jack	534
28	Harold	527
29	Daniel	472
30	Ralph	454
31	Arthur	436
32	Fred	423
33	Louis	413
34	Henry	385
35	Lawrence	380
36	Bernard	373
36	Larry	373
38	Howard	369
39	Leonard	360
40	Stanley	354
41	Samuel	342
42	Earl	336
43	Norman	322
44	Andrew	318
45	Frederick	310
46	Wayne	299
47	Theodore	283
48	Peter	277
49	Philip	262
50	Glenn	260
51	Dale	258
52	Russell	256
53	Gary	244
54	Stephen	236
55	Herbert	231
56	Alfred	230
57	Roger	219
58	Edwin	216
59	Vincent	215
60	Ernest	213
60	Leroy	213
62	Bruce	208
63	Clarence	206
64	Melvin	204
65	Roy	195
66	Martin	190
67	Franklin	189
68	Ray	181
69	Jerry	178
70	Jay	173
71	Patrick	172
72	Lewis	153
73	Leo	152
74	Jerome	151
74	Lee	151
76	Marvin	142
77	Nicholas	136
78	Warren	135
79	Clyde	133
80	Alan	130
80	Barry	130
80	Lloyd	130
83	Allen	129
84	Dennis	123
85	Elmer	122
86	Leon	121
87	Harvey	118
88	Alvin	115
89	Benjamin	114
89	Gene	114
89	Gordon	114
92	Clifford	112
92	Lester	112
94	Floyd	106
95	Joe	105
96	Don	102
97	Chester	101
98	Bill	98
99	Herman	95
99	Karl	95