Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	406
2	John	380
3	William	337
4	James	332
5	Charles	234
6	Richard	191
7	Thomas	166
8	David	155
9	Joseph	145
10	Donald	131
10	George	131
12	Edward	116
13	Michael	90
14	Ronald	84
15	Raymond	73
16	Kenneth	64
17	Lawrence	60
18	Paul	58
19	Frank	51
20	Francis	43
21	Melvin	41
22	Bernard	40
23	Walter	39
24	Daniel	37
24	Ralph	37

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	36
26	Harry	36
26	Henry	36
29	Arthur	35
30	Albert	32
31	Norman	31
31	Peter	31
33	Anthony	30
33	Gerald	30
35	Carl	28
35	Frederick	28
37	Howard	27
37	Theodore	27
39	Alfred	26
39	Ernest	26
41	Harold	25
41	Jack	25
41	Larry	25
41	Samuel	25
45	Clarence	24
45	Earl	24
47	Dennis	22
47	Stanley	22
49	Alan	21
49	Douglas	21
49	Lewis	21
49	Philip	21
49	Stephen	21
54	Gary	20
54	Herbert	20
54	Jerry	20
54	Roland	20
58	Fred	19
58	Leonard	19
58	Wayne	19
61	Patrick	18
61	Roger	18
63	Bill	17
63	Leon	17
63	Roy	17
66	Leroy	16
66	Martin	16
66	Maurice	16
69	Benjamin	15
69	Bruce	15
69	Edwin	15
69	Franklin	15
69	Louis	15
74	Alvin	14
74	Bobby	14
74	Clifton	14
74	Milton	14
74	Vernon	14
79	Andrew	13
79	Jon	13
79	Leo	13
79	Wallace	13
79	Warren	13
84	Don	12
84	Marvin	12
84	Timothy	12
87	Gene	11
87	Gordon	11
87	Harvey	11
87	Jerome	11
87	Jesse	11
87	Nicholas	11
93	Allen	10
93	Elmer	10
93	Hugh	10
93	Phillip	10
93	Reginald	10
93	Rudolph	10
93	Russell	10
93	Vincent	10