Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	804
2	Robert	732
3	James	698
4	William	617
5	Richard	472
6	Michael	433
7	Charles	337
8	Thomas	333
9	David	315
10	Joseph	251
11	Ronald	246
12	George	221
13	Paul	207
14	Donald	177
15	Stephen	170
16	Edward	166
17	Kenneth	146
18	Lawrence	107
19	Gary	105
20	Frank	99
21	Daniel	90
22	Douglas	89
23	Larry	87
24	Dennis	86
25	Raymond	83

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	79
27	Arthur	76
28	Wayne	73
29	Peter	72
30	Alan	71
30	Gregory	71
32	Bruce	69
32	Steven	69
32	Walter	69
35	Harry	63
36	Samuel	61
37	Anthony	57
37	Henry	57
39	Gerald	56
39	Jerry	56
41	Roger	55
42	Frederick	54
43	Bernard	52
43	Harold	52
45	Ralph	50
46	Andrew	48
46	Patrick	48
48	Eugene	46
49	Mark	45
50	Howard	44
50	Jerome	44
50	Russell	44
53	Philip	43
54	Francis	42
54	Norman	42
54	Timothy	42
57	Albert	39
57	Louis	39
57	Stanley	39
60	Jack	37
60	Jeffrey	37
62	Clarence	36
63	Allen	35
63	Christopher	35
63	Earl	35
66	Ernest	33
66	Melvin	33
68	Alfred	32
68	Leonard	32
68	Warren	32
71	Leroy	31
72	Eric	30
72	Willie	30
74	Fred	29
74	Theodore	29
76	Roy	28
76	Terry	28
76	Tyrone	28
79	Barry	27
79	Glenn	27
79	Gordon	27
79	Martin	27
83	Brian	26
83	Reginald	26
85	Vernon	25
86	Herbert	24
86	Jonathan	24
86	Lee	24
86	Leon	24
86	Lewis	24
86	Maurice	24
92	Jon	23
93	Dale	22
94	Johnny	21
94	Nathaniel	21
96	Alvin	20
96	Calvin	20
96	Franklin	20
96	Lloyd	20
96	Vincent	20