Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	883
2	James	777
3	Robert	721
4	William	637
5	Michael	526
6	Richard	400
7	David	394
8	Thomas	358
9	Charles	357
10	Ronald	299
11	Joseph	255
12	George	250
13	Donald	180
14	Edward	178
15	Kenneth	160
16	Paul	158
17	Stephen	157
18	Larry	136
19	Gary	133
20	Gregory	121
21	Steven	109
22	Raymond	107
23	Dennis	106
24	Lawrence	97
25	Mark	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	93
27	Frank	91
28	Daniel	87
28	Douglas	87
30	Walter	84
31	Bruce	77
32	Arthur	74
33	Alan	72
34	Ralph	70
35	Philip	66
36	Patrick	63
37	Gerald	62
37	Harold	62
37	Henry	62
40	Albert	61
41	Harry	60
42	Frederick	59
42	Wayne	59
44	Carl	58
45	Anthony	56
45	Leonard	56
47	Samuel	54
47	Timothy	54
49	Bernard	53
49	Jerry	53
51	Reginald	51
52	Jeffrey	50
52	Roger	50
54	Jerome	48
55	Eric	46
56	Barry	45
56	Melvin	45
58	Brian	42
58	Earl	42
58	Francis	42
58	Tyrone	42
62	Andrew	41
62	Ernest	41
62	Louis	41
62	Phillip	41
66	Christopher	40
66	Fred	40
68	Clarence	39
69	Alfred	38
69	Stanley	38
71	Glenn	37
71	Howard	37
71	Norman	37
71	Roy	37
75	Leroy	36
76	Craig	33
76	Jack	33
76	Leon	33
79	Herbert	32
79	Martin	32
79	Terry	32
82	Allen	31
82	Russell	31
82	Steve	31
82	Vincent	31
82	Willie	31
87	Calvin	30
87	Vernon	30
89	Eugene	29
90	Joel	28
90	Theodore	28
92	Alvin	27
92	Warren	27
94	Benjamin	26
95	Lee	24
96	Maurice	23
96	Milton	23
96	Ronnie	23
99	Stuart	22
100	Lewis	21