Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Larry	735
2	Robert	715
3	James	658
4	John	632
5	Richard	546
6	Gary	470
7	Charles	456
8	William	420
9	Ronald	397
10	Donald	375
11	David	374
12	Jerry	322
13	Kenneth	309
14	Michael	226
15	Thomas	216
16	Dennis	213
17	George	179
18	Harold	159
19	Paul	151
20	Roger	146
21	Gerald	144
22	Jim	120
23	Jack	119
24	Bill	116
25	Raymond	114

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	112
27	Terry	109
28	Carl	105
29	Edward	102
30	Dale	97
31	Stephen	95
32	Ralph	94
33	Lawrence	93
34	Don	89
35	Marvin	85
36	Ronnie	84
37	Roy	83
38	Joe	82
39	Billy	81
40	Joseph	79
41	Frank	78
42	Wayne	76
43	Walter	75
44	Daniel	68
45	Melvin	67
46	Phillip	66
47	Eugene	65
48	Arthur	61
48	Harry	61
48	Tommy	61
51	Danny	59
51	Glenn	59
53	Leroy	58
53	Mike	58
55	Philip	57
56	Francis	56
56	Norman	56
56	Vernon	56
59	Darrell	55
59	Fred	55
61	Jimmy	54
62	Howard	52
63	Albert	51
64	Bob	49
64	Leonard	49
64	Rodney	49
64	Stanley	49
68	Duane	48
68	Keith	48
70	Jimmie	47
71	Gene	46
71	Max	46
71	Tom	46
74	Allen	45
75	Clarence	44
75	Russell	44
75	Steve	44
78	Lloyd	43
79	Clifford	42
79	Ernest	42
79	Ray	42
79	Steven	42
83	Earl	41
84	Alfred	40
84	Dean	40
84	Virgil	40
87	Eldon	39
87	Jon	39
87	Leon	39
87	Victor	39
91	Henry	38
91	Warren	38
93	Delbert	37
93	Floyd	37
93	Johnny	37
93	Loren	37
97	Bruce	36
98	Patrick	35
99	Samuel	34
100	Garry	33
100	Leslie	33
100	Lewis	33
100	Lyle	33
100	Ted	33