Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,322
2	John	5,075
3	James	3,934
4	William	3,926
5	Richard	3,133
6	Joseph	2,628
7	Thomas	2,267
8	Charles	2,245
9	Ronald	2,024
10	Donald	1,923
11	David	1,844
12	George	1,687
13	Edward	1,642
14	Paul	1,216
15	Kenneth	1,058
16	Frank	925
17	Michael	916
18	Raymond	792
19	Harry	718
20	Larry	706
21	Gerald	703
22	Francis	669
23	Walter	619
24	Anthony	597
25	Carl	588

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	549
27	Eugene	526
28	Daniel	507
29	Albert	506
30	Jack	469
31	Lawrence	451
32	Arthur	444
33	Fred	437
34	Gary	436
35	Ralph	424
36	Louis	395
37	Stanley	373
38	Henry	363
39	Wayne	354
40	Norman	344
41	Samuel	341
42	Bernard	339
42	Leonard	339
42	Peter	339
45	Dennis	310
46	Stephen	307
47	Howard	306
48	Andrew	301
48	Frederick	301
50	Earl	275
51	Barry	274
52	Jerry	269
53	Philip	264
54	Theodore	254
55	Dale	244
56	Roger	243
57	Vincent	230
58	Russell	227
59	Bruce	214
59	Herbert	214
61	Glenn	209
61	Melvin	209
63	Ernest	205
63	Leroy	205
65	Alfred	204
66	Martin	203
67	Roy	201
68	Clarence	194
69	Patrick	184
70	Allen	183
71	Nicholas	176
72	Lee	175
73	Edwin	166
74	Alan	161
75	Jerome	150
76	Jay	146
76	Ray	146
76	Terry	146
79	Warren	140
80	Leon	133
81	Lewis	132
82	Leo	126
83	Clifford	123
83	Franklin	123
85	Gene	122
86	Marvin	119
87	Lester	118
88	Harvey	114
89	Alvin	109
90	Allan	108
90	Clyde	108
92	Douglas	104
92	Lloyd	104
94	Gordon	101
95	Clair	100
96	Chester	98
97	Steve	96
98	Benjamin	95
99	Elmer	94
100	Arnold	93