Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	421
2	James	416
3	Robert	387
4	William	376
5	Charles	226
6	Richard	216
7	Thomas	185
8	George	170
9	David	147
10	Joseph	144
11	Donald	125
12	Edward	114
13	Ronald	104
14	Michael	102
15	Paul	81
16	Kenneth	72
17	Raymond	70
18	Lawrence	50
19	Walter	48
20	Eugene	46
21	Harry	45
22	Frank	41
23	Daniel	39
23	Francis	39
25	Frederick	38

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ralph	38
27	Peter	37
28	Bernard	36
28	Stanley	36
28	Stephen	36
28	Wayne	36
32	Arthur	35
32	Earl	35
32	Howard	35
32	Melvin	35
32	Samuel	35
37	Albert	34
37	Carl	34
37	Henry	34
37	Louis	34
41	Larry	33
42	Jack	31
43	Gerald	30
44	Norman	29
45	Ernest	28
45	Leonard	28
47	Douglas	27
47	Roger	27
49	Harold	25
50	Theodore	24
50	Warren	24
52	Alfred	23
52	Fred	23
52	Gary	23
55	Anthony	22
55	Leroy	22
55	Roland	22
58	Andrew	21
59	Herbert	20
60	Benjamin	19
60	Patrick	19
60	Philip	19
63	Bruce	18
63	Clarence	18
63	Jerry	18
63	Leon	18
67	Dennis	17
67	Edwin	17
69	Allen	16
69	Roy	16
69	Russell	16
72	Marvin	15
72	Vernon	15
72	Willie	15
75	Brian	14
75	Calvin	14
75	Eddie	14
75	Martin	14
75	Milton	14
75	Phillip	14
81	Alan	13
81	Barry	13
83	Alvin	12
83	Clyde	12
83	Jerome	12
86	Bob	11
86	Carlton	11
86	Floyd	11
86	Franklin	11
86	Hugh	11
86	Jay	11
86	Jon	11
86	Lee	11
86	Maurice	11
86	Timothy	11
86	Tyrone	11
86	Vincent	11
98	Alexander	10
98	Gregory	10
98	Harvey	10
98	Marshall	10
98	Morris	10
98	Nathaniel	10