Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	675
2	Robert	624
3	William	600
4	James	586
5	Charles	340
6	Richard	333
7	Michael	281
8	David	264
9	Thomas	262
10	George	216
11	Joseph	195
12	Ronald	170
13	Paul	146
14	Edward	142
15	Donald	137
16	Kenneth	127
17	Stephen	89
18	Frank	86
19	Lawrence	78
20	Raymond	74
21	Douglas	73
22	Walter	70
23	Arthur	67
24	Albert	65
25	Daniel	62

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Larry	62
27	Harry	58
28	Ralph	57
29	Gerald	56
29	Henry	56
31	Carl	52
31	Dennis	52
33	Bernard	51
33	Peter	51
35	Gary	50
36	Norman	49
37	Anthony	47
37	Jerry	47
39	Samuel	46
40	Ernest	45
40	Harold	45
40	Melvin	45
43	Eugene	44
43	Roger	44
43	Wayne	44
46	Bruce	41
46	Howard	41
48	Stanley	39
49	Francis	38
49	Martin	38
49	Philip	38
52	Warren	37
53	Clarence	35
53	Leonard	35
53	Louis	35
53	Steven	35
57	Fred	33
58	Jack	32
58	Theodore	32
58	Timothy	32
61	Earl	31
61	Leroy	31
63	Barry	30
64	Frederick	29
65	Alan	28
65	Alfred	28
67	Jeffrey	27
67	Phillip	27
67	Vincent	27
70	Reginald	26
70	Russell	26
72	Hugh	25
73	Herbert	24
73	Marvin	24
73	Roy	24
76	Allen	23
77	Allan	22
77	Patrick	22
79	Franklin	21
79	Milton	21
81	Benjamin	20
81	Lewis	20
81	Willie	20
84	Edwin	19
84	Jay	19
84	Mark	19
87	Andrew	18
87	Christopher	18
87	Eric	18
87	Gordon	18
87	Harvey	18
87	Stuart	18
93	Jerome	17
93	Lloyd	17
93	Steve	17
96	Alvin	16
96	Calvin	16
96	Jesse	16
96	Joe	16
96	Lee	16
96	Leon	16
96	Maurice	16
96	Vernon	16