Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,700
2	John	4,998
3	William	3,962
4	James	3,888
5	Richard	2,936
6	Joseph	2,679
7	Charles	2,448
8	Donald	2,286
9	Thomas	2,142
10	Ronald	1,893
11	Edward	1,767
12	George	1,741
13	David	1,502
14	Paul	1,212
15	Frank	955
16	Kenneth	898
17	Raymond	881
18	Harry	801
19	Michael	794
20	Walter	700
21	Francis	696
22	Gerald	663
23	Anthony	611
24	Carl	600
25	Harold	552

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	542
27	Albert	538
28	Eugene	518
29	Larry	471
30	Daniel	462
31	Ralph	461
32	Fred	460
33	Arthur	415
34	Lawrence	406
35	Henry	367
36	Louis	357
37	Frederick	352
38	Bernard	351
39	Howard	350
40	Norman	349
41	Leonard	334
42	Samuel	327
43	Stanley	323
44	Andrew	305
45	Peter	297
46	Stephen	291
47	Earl	278
48	Gary	271
49	Wayne	268
50	Melvin	264
51	Dale	260
52	Theodore	255
53	Ernest	244
54	Philip	243
55	Russell	242
56	Glenn	235
57	Alfred	223
58	Vincent	216
59	Herbert	209
60	Clarence	205
60	Martin	205
62	Edwin	203
63	Jerry	201
64	Leroy	197
64	Roy	197
66	Patrick	185
67	Bruce	184
68	Roger	178
69	Nicholas	161
70	Dennis	156
70	Ray	156
72	Allen	153
73	Lee	152
74	Gene	151
75	Franklin	147
76	Jay	143
77	Lewis	139
78	Warren	137
79	Clyde	131
80	Leo	130
81	Leon	128
81	Marvin	128
83	Harvey	126
84	Jerome	125
85	Victor	124
86	Alan	123
87	Alvin	119
87	Clifford	119
87	Lloyd	119
90	Benjamin	112
90	Elmer	112
90	Lester	112
93	Karl	111
94	Gordon	110
95	Barry	108
95	Chester	108
95	Terry	108
98	Arnold	107
99	Allan	97
100	Gilbert	96