Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	740
2	John	735
3	James	711
4	Michael	688
5	William	635
6	David	414
7	Thomas	398
8	Richard	391
9	Charles	367
10	Joseph	292
11	Stephen	277
12	Ronald	258
13	Gary	224
14	Donald	220
15	Paul	218
16	George	201
17	Gregory	190
18	Kenneth	176
19	Edward	171
20	Steven	170
21	Larry	166
21	Mark	166
23	Daniel	139
24	Anthony	125
24	Dennis	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	124
27	Bruce	118
28	Christopher	89
29	Timothy	87
30	Wayne	86
31	Alan	85
32	Peter	84
33	Jeffrey	83
34	Patrick	81
35	Raymond	80
36	Douglas	78
37	Roger	76
38	Andrew	73
38	Walter	73
40	Carl	70
40	Reginald	70
42	Kevin	68
43	Frank	66
43	Gerald	66
45	Brian	63
46	Arthur	62
47	Eugene	59
48	Stanley	58
49	Frederick	57
50	Eric	56
50	Henry	56
50	Tyrone	56
53	Philip	55
54	Ralph	54
55	Barry	53
56	Howard	51
57	Bernard	50
58	Ernest	49
58	Francis	49
60	Harold	48
60	Samuel	48
62	Harry	47
62	Jerome	47
64	Albert	43
64	Warren	43
66	Leonard	42
67	Louis	40
67	Phillip	40
69	Dale	38
69	Jerry	38
69	Scott	38
69	Vincent	38
73	Earl	37
73	Glenn	37
75	Theodore	36
76	Craig	35
76	Willie	35
78	Jonathan	33
78	Martin	33
78	Rodney	33
81	Alfred	32
81	Allen	32
81	Alvin	32
81	Calvin	32
81	Clarence	32
81	Herbert	32
81	Keith	32
81	Melvin	32
81	Roy	32
90	Russell	31
91	Norman	30
92	Jack	29
92	Lee	29
92	Leon	29
92	Nathaniel	29
96	Maurice	28
96	Vernon	28
98	Dwight	27
98	Ricardo	27
100	Alexander	26
100	Fred	26
100	Leroy	26