Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	682
2	Donald	462
3	John	446
4	Richard	426
5	James	373
6	William	372
7	Jack	243
8	George	236
9	Charles	223
10	Kenneth	177
11	Harold	148
12	David	116
12	Edward	116
14	Frank	111
15	Ronald	108
16	Thomas	107
17	Eugene	94
18	Don	93
19	Raymond	90
20	Gerald	86
21	Walter	84
22	Bob	82
23	Arthur	81
24	Albert	80
24	Bill	80

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gordon	78
26	Paul	78
28	Fred	77
28	Ralph	77
30	Roy	76
31	Howard	75
32	Carl	74
33	Harry	73
34	Norman	72
35	Joseph	65
36	Clarence	64
37	Stanley	63
38	Lawrence	60
39	Gene	58
40	Melvin	56
41	Henry	55
41	Herbert	55
43	Dale	53
43	Glenn	53
45	Jerry	50
45	Wayne	50
47	Earl	48
48	Dick	47
48	Ernest	47
48	Warren	47
51	Bruce	46
51	Jim	46
51	Leonard	46
54	Joe	45
55	Douglas	44
55	Ray	44
57	Lloyd	43
57	Vernon	43
59	Wallace	42
60	Floyd	41
60	Larry	41
62	Alfred	40
63	Elmer	39
63	Marvin	39
65	Leroy	38
66	Clifford	35
66	Dean	35
66	Glen	35
69	Delbert	34
69	Edwin	34
71	Billy	33
71	Daniel	33
71	Francis	33
74	Roger	32
75	Alvin	31
76	Harvey	29
76	Louis	29
76	Tom	29
79	Milton	28
80	Philip	27
80	Russell	27
82	Lee	26
82	Ted	26
84	Allen	25
84	Patrick	25
84	Wesley	25
87	Theodore	24
88	Bernard	23
88	Duane	23
88	Gilbert	23
88	Peter	23
92	Chester	22
92	Dan	22
92	Leo	22
92	Lyle	22
92	Victor	22
97	Leslie	21
97	Lester	21
99	Arnold	19
99	Darrell	19
99	Everett	19
99	Lewis	19
99	Martin	19
99	Michael	19
99	Orville	19