Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	690
2	Donald	442
3	John	413
4	William	383
5	James	348
5	Richard	348
7	Jack	245
8	George	235
9	Charles	226
10	Kenneth	153
11	Thomas	135
12	Frank	125
13	David	124
14	Harold	120
15	Edward	108
16	Walter	105
17	Ralph	98
18	Bill	96
19	Arthur	95
19	Gordon	95
21	Don	94
22	Paul	93
23	Raymond	90
24	Bob	88
25	Eugene	86

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	85
27	Gerald	80
28	Harry	79
29	Norman	76
30	Howard	75
31	Albert	74
32	Roy	73
33	Ronald	70
34	Fred	68
35	Carl	64
36	Lloyd	63
37	Lawrence	62
37	Wayne	62
39	Gene	61
40	Stanley	59
41	Dale	57
42	Earl	55
43	Melvin	54
44	Henry	53
45	Dick	52
45	Douglas	52
47	Ernest	48
48	Ray	47
49	Jim	45
50	Daniel	44
51	Clarence	43
51	Jerry	43
53	Clifford	41
53	Joe	41
53	Leonard	41
56	Bruce	40
56	Edwin	40
56	Francis	40
56	Philip	40
60	Herbert	38
61	Glenn	37
61	Marvin	37
63	Glen	36
63	Keith	36
63	Leroy	36
66	Elmer	35
66	Vernon	35
68	Alfred	33
68	Louis	33
68	Theodore	33
71	Tom	32
72	Floyd	31
72	Warren	31
74	Dean	30
75	Leo	29
75	Russell	29
77	Wallace	28
78	Alvin	27
78	Leslie	27
78	Milton	27
78	Patrick	27
82	Wesley	26
83	Allen	25
83	Delbert	25
83	Lee	25
83	Lewis	25
83	Lyle	25
88	Billy	24
88	Clyde	24
88	Frederick	24
88	Larry	24
88	Lester	24
88	Loren	24
88	Victor	24
95	Calvin	23
95	Chester	23
95	Roger	23
98	Harvey	22
98	Peter	22
98	Ted	22