Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	808
2	James	701
3	Robert	668
4	Michael	649
5	William	614
6	David	378
6	Richard	378
8	Thomas	344
9	Charles	338
10	Joseph	277
11	Ronald	252
12	Stephen	223
13	Paul	212
14	Donald	192
15	George	190
16	Edward	183
17	Gary	181
18	Steven	175
19	Larry	169
20	Kenneth	162
21	Gregory	148
22	Dennis	138
23	Mark	123
24	Lawrence	122
25	Bruce	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	108
27	Anthony	94
28	Raymond	93
29	Douglas	92
30	Peter	87
31	Patrick	80
32	Gerald	76
33	Christopher	74
34	Arthur	73
35	Alan	70
35	Walter	70
37	Eric	69
38	Frank	68
39	Wayne	67
40	Timothy	65
41	Roger	64
42	Harold	60
43	Jerome	59
43	Philip	59
45	Andrew	58
45	Carl	58
47	Jeffrey	57
48	Samuel	56
48	Tyrone	56
50	Harry	55
50	Ralph	55
52	Howard	54
53	Reginald	53
54	Bernard	52
55	Leonard	50
55	Stanley	50
57	Brian	49
57	Kevin	49
59	Eugene	48
59	Glenn	48
61	Albert	47
61	Alvin	47
61	Henry	47
61	Russell	47
65	Craig	45
65	Frederick	45
67	Francis	44
67	Melvin	44
69	Vincent	43
70	Alfred	42
71	Barry	41
71	Clarence	41
73	Jerry	40
74	Leon	38
75	Terry	37
76	Maurice	36
77	Louis	35
78	Allen	34
78	Earl	34
78	Norman	34
81	Ernest	33
81	Theodore	33
83	Jonathan	31
84	Roy	30
85	Martin	29
86	Keith	28
87	Jack	27
87	Leroy	27
89	Calvin	26
89	Clifford	26
91	Dwight	25
91	Edwin	25
91	Randolph	25
91	Rodney	25
91	Willie	25
96	Victor	24
97	Andre	23
97	Benjamin	23
97	Jay	23
97	Phillip	23