Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	735
2	John	720
3	James	717
4	William	605
5	Michael	582
6	Richard	391
7	David	379
8	Thomas	355
9	Charles	324
10	Ronald	258
11	Joseph	242
12	Stephen	217
13	George	199
14	Paul	169
15	Donald	157
16	Kenneth	153
17	Larry	146
18	Edward	140
19	Gregory	138
20	Steven	132
21	Gary	118
22	Lawrence	109
23	Daniel	108
24	Dennis	107
25	Mark	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	91
27	Alan	83
27	Peter	83
29	Anthony	79
29	Raymond	79
29	Timothy	79
29	Walter	79
33	Frank	78
34	Douglas	72
35	Christopher	70
36	Patrick	66
36	Wayne	66
38	Harold	60
39	Arthur	56
40	Howard	55
41	Carl	54
41	Jeffrey	54
41	Reginald	54
44	Henry	53
44	Ralph	53
46	Andrew	51
47	Gerald	50
47	Roger	50
49	Francis	49
49	Harry	49
51	Bernard	48
51	Eric	48
53	Albert	47
53	Louis	47
53	Stanley	47
56	Melvin	46
57	Brian	44
57	Clarence	44
57	Philip	44
60	Eugene	43
60	Samuel	43
62	Frederick	42
62	Jerome	42
64	Martin	41
65	Glenn	39
66	Fred	38
66	Norman	38
66	Tyrone	38
69	Barry	37
69	Jack	37
69	Theodore	37
72	Ernest	35
72	Leonard	35
74	Leroy	34
74	Phillip	34
74	Willie	34
77	Earl	33
77	Roy	33
79	Allen	32
79	Alvin	32
81	Alfred	31
81	Calvin	31
83	Benjamin	30
83	Kevin	30
85	Russell	29
86	Craig	28
86	Vincent	28
88	Maurice	27
88	Rodney	27
88	Terry	27
88	Warren	27
92	Jonathan	26
92	Lee	26
92	Vernon	26
95	Jerry	25
95	Johnny	25
95	Leon	25
98	Jay	24
98	Milton	24
98	Ronnie	24