Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	821
2	James	732
3	Robert	730
4	William	614
5	Michael	542
6	Richard	379
7	Thomas	372
8	Charles	369
9	David	353
10	Joseph	282
11	Ronald	279
12	George	222
13	Paul	197
14	Stephen	184
15	Donald	179
16	Edward	175
17	Kenneth	161
18	Larry	137
19	Gary	136
20	Daniel	117
20	Lawrence	117
22	Steven	108
23	Raymond	106
24	Frank	103
24	Gregory	103

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	96
27	Mark	90
28	Alan	86
29	Bruce	82
30	Walter	75
31	Anthony	73
32	Gerald	72
32	Harold	72
34	Arthur	68
35	Patrick	64
35	Timothy	64
37	Carl	63
37	Christopher	63
39	Douglas	61
39	Wayne	61
41	Jerry	60
41	Peter	60
43	Eugene	58
43	Ralph	58
45	Andrew	57
45	Roger	57
47	Eric	55
47	Philip	55
49	Samuel	53
50	Jeffrey	52
50	Tyrone	52
52	Harry	51
52	Reginald	51
52	Stanley	51
55	Ernest	50
56	Bernard	49
56	Clarence	49
58	Albert	46
58	Frederick	46
60	Henry	45
61	Howard	44
62	Norman	43
63	Leroy	42
64	Francis	41
65	Jerome	40
65	Vincent	40
67	Phillip	39
68	Calvin	38
69	Fred	37
69	Melvin	37
69	Roy	37
72	Allen	36
72	Theodore	36
74	Glenn	35
74	Russell	35
74	Terry	35
77	Barry	34
78	Alfred	33
78	Earl	33
78	Steve	33
81	Brian	32
81	Warren	32
83	Leon	31
83	Louis	31
85	Alvin	30
85	Craig	30
85	Jack	30
85	Leonard	30
85	Milton	30
90	Lewis	28
90	Martin	28
92	Willie	26
93	Benjamin	24
93	Herbert	24
93	Jonathan	24
96	Edwin	23
96	Maurice	23
96	Ronnie	23
99	Dale	22
99	Don	22