Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	707
2	James	667
3	Robert	624
4	William	577
5	Richard	416
6	Michael	348
7	Charles	331
8	Thomas	296
9	David	286
10	Joseph	246
11	Ronald	202
12	George	193
13	Donald	180
14	Edward	151
15	Paul	139
16	Stephen	137
17	Kenneth	123
18	Gary	94
18	Lawrence	94
20	Frank	91
21	Peter	78
22	Dennis	77
22	Raymond	77
24	Daniel	76
24	Larry	76

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Walter	70
27	Arthur	68
28	Douglas	65
29	Steven	62
30	Gerald	55
31	Harold	53
31	Harry	53
33	Bruce	52
33	Mark	52
35	Henry	51
36	Carl	47
37	Albert	46
37	Wayne	46
39	Eugene	44
39	Philip	44
39	Ralph	44
42	Alan	43
43	Leonard	42
43	Roger	42
45	Anthony	41
46	Andrew	39
46	Earl	39
46	Frederick	39
46	Patrick	39
46	Samuel	39
51	Francis	38
51	Jack	38
53	Bernard	37
53	Fred	37
53	Jeffrey	37
53	Norman	37
57	Gregory	36
57	Melvin	36
59	Stanley	35
59	Timothy	35
59	Willie	35
62	Ernest	34
63	Allen	33
63	Jerry	33
63	Louis	33
63	Russell	33
67	Brian	32
68	Howard	31
68	Warren	31
70	Roy	30
71	Calvin	27
72	Christopher	26
72	Eric	26
72	Leon	26
75	Alfred	25
76	Barry	24
76	Jerome	24
76	Leroy	24
79	Allan	23
79	Keith	23
79	Vincent	23
82	Clarence	22
82	Franklin	22
82	Jonathan	22
82	Lewis	22
82	Martin	22
82	Nathaniel	22
82	Reginald	22
82	Victor	22
90	Bill	21
90	Gene	21
90	Maurice	21
93	Harvey	20
93	Herbert	20
93	Phillip	20
93	Steve	20
93	Theodore	20
98	Gordon	19
98	Jon	19
98	Lee	19
98	Tyrone	19