Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	472
2	Robert	465
3	James	437
4	William	419
5	Charles	262
6	Richard	231
7	George	172
8	Thomas	168
9	David	155
10	Joseph	154
11	Edward	129
12	Michael	123
13	Ronald	121
14	Donald	120
15	Paul	100
16	Kenneth	79
17	Frank	76
18	Raymond	64
19	Walter	58
20	Lawrence	57
21	Gerald	53
22	Stephen	52
23	Daniel	45
24	Arthur	43
25	Peter	42

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	40
26	Louis	40
28	Harry	39
29	Ralph	37
30	Ernest	36
31	Carl	35
31	Harold	35
31	Henry	35
34	Larry	34
35	Eugene	33
35	Philip	33
37	Anthony	32
37	Dennis	32
37	Stanley	32
40	Albert	31
40	Roger	31
40	Samuel	31
43	Douglas	29
43	Earl	29
45	Melvin	28
46	Leroy	27
47	Bernard	25
47	Frederick	25
49	Fred	24
49	Jerry	24
49	Theodore	24
49	Warren	24
53	Andrew	23
53	Franklin	23
53	Gary	23
53	Leonard	23
57	Norman	22
57	Wayne	22
59	Howard	21
59	Phillip	21
59	Roy	21
62	Clarence	20
62	Jack	20
64	Alfred	19
64	Martin	19
66	Alvin	18
66	Jerome	18
68	Allen	17
68	Bruce	17
68	Edwin	17
68	Herbert	17
68	Leon	17
73	Barry	16
73	Benjamin	16
73	Don	16
73	Patrick	16
77	Nathaniel	15
77	Roland	15
79	Glenn	14
79	Gordon	14
79	Jay	14
79	Marvin	14
79	Maurice	14
79	Randolph	14
79	Reginald	14
79	Timothy	14
87	Harvey	13
87	Malcolm	13
87	Milton	13
87	Russell	13
91	Alexander	12
91	Arnold	12
91	Clyde	12
91	Edgar	12
91	Gilbert	12
91	Jesse	12
91	Joe	12
91	Lee	12
91	Mike	12
91	Vincent	12
91	Wallace	12