Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	323
2	Robert	308
3	William	255
4	James	206
5	George	164
6	Charles	137
7	Harold	116
8	Donald	115
9	Jack	110
10	Richard	103
11	Frank	94
12	Walter	90
13	Joseph	89
14	Edward	88
15	Arthur	85
16	Howard	77
17	Albert	71
18	Harry	68
18	Kenneth	68
20	Henry	67
21	Raymond	64
22	Thomas	61
23	Paul	59
24	Carl	56
24	Roy	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	53
27	Ralph	49
28	Clarence	48
28	Earl	48
30	Elmer	45
31	Lawrence	44
32	Joe	41
33	David	40
33	Stanley	40
35	Edwin	39
35	Ernest	39
37	Eugene	38
38	Melvin	37
39	Alfred	35
39	Norman	35
41	Gordon	34
42	Leonard	32
43	Floyd	31
43	Francis	31
45	Lester	30
46	Ray	28
47	Herbert	27
47	Victor	27
49	Lloyd	26
49	Russell	26
51	Clifford	24
51	Louis	24
53	Daniel	23
53	Marvin	23
55	Maurice	21
56	Everett	20
56	Wilbur	20
58	Philip	19
59	Glenn	18
59	Herman	18
59	Leo	18
62	Chester	17
62	Dean	17
62	Gerald	17
62	Roland	17
66	Cecil	16
66	Clyde	16
66	Frederick	16
66	Lewis	16
66	Peter	16
66	Ronald	16
66	Samuel	16
73	Arnold	15
73	Leslie	15
73	Max	15
73	Theodore	15
73	Vincent	15
73	Wallace	15
73	Wayne	15
80	Alvin	14
80	Lee	14
80	Milton	14
80	Sam	14
84	Archie	13
84	Delbert	13
84	Edgar	13
84	Franklin	13
84	Harvey	13
84	Martin	13
90	Bernard	12
90	Claude	12
90	Don	12
90	Hugh	12
90	Leon	12
90	Merle	12
90	Willard	12
97	Ben	11
97	Benjamin	11
97	Bruce	11
97	Dale	11
97	Douglas	11
97	Vernon	11
97	Warren	11