Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	786
2	Robert	669
3	James	631
4	William	599
5	Richard	391
6	Charles	361
7	Michael	321
8	Thomas	297
9	David	275
10	Joseph	235
11	George	225
12	Edward	172
13	Ronald	170
14	Donald	150
15	Paul	144
16	Kenneth	128
17	Frank	99
18	Raymond	94
19	Gary	93
20	Stephen	92
21	Lawrence	80
22	Larry	78
23	Daniel	72
23	Peter	72
23	Walter	72

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arthur	69
27	Dennis	67
28	Gerald	65
29	Harry	62
30	Carl	60
31	Harold	57
32	Bruce	54
33	Frederick	53
33	Henry	53
35	Douglas	51
35	Eugene	51
37	Ralph	50
38	Wayne	49
39	Howard	48
40	Philip	47
41	Louis	46
42	Francis	44
42	Roger	44
42	Steven	44
45	Alan	42
45	Albert	42
47	Anthony	41
47	Jerry	41
47	Norman	41
50	Bernard	40
50	Ernest	40
52	Andrew	39
53	Fred	37
54	Clarence	36
54	Jeffrey	36
56	Patrick	34
57	Melvin	33
57	Russell	33
57	Samuel	33
57	Timothy	33
61	Earl	32
61	Eric	32
61	Jack	32
61	Stanley	32
65	Leonard	31
65	Roy	31
67	Maurice	30
68	Jerome	28
68	Leroy	28
68	Theodore	28
68	Willie	28
72	Barry	27
72	Calvin	27
72	Warren	27
75	Brian	26
76	Leon	25
77	Alfred	24
77	Christopher	24
77	Steve	24
80	Phillip	23
81	Herbert	21
81	Jon	21
81	Martin	21
84	Lloyd	20
84	Vincent	20
86	Benjamin	19
86	Claude	19
86	Reginald	19
89	Allen	18
89	Joe	18
89	Lewis	18
92	Dwight	17
92	Hugh	17
92	Joel	17
92	Mark	17
92	Marvin	17
92	Nicholas	17
98	Ray	16
98	Terry	16
100	Alexander	15
100	Clifford	15
100	Curtis	15
100	Gregory	15
100	Jonathan	15
100	Karl	15
100	Ronnie	15