Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	724
2	Robert	676
3	James	660
4	William	581
5	Richard	401
6	Charles	364
7	Thomas	310
8	Michael	278
9	David	258
10	George	217
10	Joseph	217
12	Ronald	184
13	Edward	160
14	Donald	152
15	Paul	148
16	Kenneth	106
17	Stephen	103
18	Frank	101
19	Gary	81
20	Raymond	80
21	Peter	75
21	Walter	75
23	Daniel	74
23	Larry	74
25	Henry	73

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	72
27	Dennis	70
28	Lawrence	68
29	Ralph	66
30	Carl	61
31	Gerald	55
31	Harry	55
33	Douglas	53
34	Melvin	51
35	Albert	50
36	Bruce	49
36	Howard	49
36	Samuel	49
39	Roger	48
40	Francis	46
41	Louis	45
41	Patrick	45
43	Frederick	44
43	Jack	44
45	Eugene	41
45	Fred	41
45	Philip	41
45	Stanley	41
49	Harold	39
49	Wayne	39
51	Steven	38
52	Clarence	37
53	Norman	36
54	Ernest	35
54	Timothy	35
56	Anthony	34
56	Barry	34
58	Bernard	33
58	Leonard	33
60	Andrew	32
61	Alfred	31
61	Jerome	31
61	Russell	31
61	Theodore	31
65	Jerry	30
65	Mark	30
67	Earl	29
68	Herbert	28
68	Leroy	28
68	Martin	28
71	Vincent	27
71	Willie	27
73	Christopher	26
73	Maurice	26
75	Benjamin	25
75	Lewis	25
75	Ray	25
78	Roy	24
79	Glenn	23
79	Warren	23
81	Alan	22
81	Stuart	22
83	Allen	21
83	Edwin	21
85	Brian	20
85	Reginald	20
87	Calvin	19
87	Gordon	19
87	Harvey	19
87	Jeffrey	19
87	Phillip	19
87	Steve	19
93	Clifford	18
93	Don	18
93	Eric	18
93	Jon	18
97	Lee	17
97	Marshall	17
99	Franklin	16
99	Nathaniel	16
99	Roland	16