Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	585
2	John	533
3	Robert	518
4	William	473
5	Richard	293
6	Charles	269
7	Thomas	236
8	Joseph	193
9	Michael	191
10	David	179
11	George	156
12	Donald	134
13	Ronald	127
14	Paul	126
15	Edward	116
16	Kenneth	95
17	Stephen	82
18	Raymond	79
19	Frank	77
20	Harry	68
21	Lawrence	66
21	Walter	66
23	Henry	63
24	Gerald	58
25	Arthur	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	55
27	Carl	52
28	Daniel	50
29	Peter	49
30	Albert	48
30	Eugene	48
32	Francis	45
33	Harold	43
34	Dennis	39
34	Samuel	39
34	Wayne	39
37	Bernard	38
38	Frederick	37
38	Norman	37
40	Howard	36
40	Theodore	36
42	Gary	35
43	Anthony	33
43	Melvin	33
45	Earl	32
45	Herbert	32
45	Louis	32
45	Stanley	32
49	Alfred	31
49	Douglas	31
51	Bruce	30
51	Ernest	30
51	Jerry	30
51	Roger	30
55	Ralph	29
56	Alvin	28
57	Fred	27
57	Milton	27
57	Patrick	27
60	Philip	26
60	Warren	26
62	Alan	25
62	Leonard	25
64	Clarence	24
65	Allen	23
65	Roy	23
67	Andrew	22
67	Jack	22
67	Jerome	22
67	Russell	22
71	Franklin	21
71	Glenn	21
73	Edwin	20
73	Maurice	20
75	Allan	19
75	Leon	19
77	Reginald	18
77	Willie	18
79	Barry	17
79	Benjamin	17
79	Jeffrey	17
79	Leroy	17
79	Lewis	17
79	Martin	17
79	Phillip	17
79	Steven	17
87	Lee	16
88	Roland	15
88	Timothy	15
88	Vincent	15
91	Edgar	14
91	Gordon	14
91	Jon	14
91	Marvin	14
91	Nathaniel	14
91	Terry	14
97	Don	13
97	Eddie	13
97	Hugh	13
97	Joe	13
97	Lester	13