Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	827
2	James	761
3	John	711
4	Larry	693
5	Gary	537
5	Richard	537
7	William	462
8	Ronald	454
9	David	435
10	Charles	416
11	Donald	346
12	Jerry	344
13	Michael	268
14	Kenneth	264
15	Dennis	230
16	Thomas	208
17	George	185
18	Gerald	160
19	Paul	154
20	Harold	130
21	Roger	126
22	Jim	125
23	Terry	124
24	Joseph	120
25	Raymond	119

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	118
27	Wayne	115
28	Bill	109
29	Edward	106
29	Joe	106
31	Dale	97
31	Frank	97
31	Stephen	97
34	Marvin	95
35	Billy	93
36	Douglas	89
36	Ronnie	89
38	Ralph	87
39	Don	86
40	Carl	84
40	Melvin	84
42	Lawrence	79
43	Norman	78
44	Daniel	76
44	Roy	76
46	Eugene	74
47	Fred	73
48	Earl	70
49	Mike	69
50	Danny	68
51	Stanley	65
52	Steve	64
53	Phillip	63
54	Bob	61
54	Howard	61
54	Jimmy	61
54	Lloyd	61
58	Darrell	59
58	Duane	59
58	Francis	59
58	Jimmie	59
58	Walter	59
63	Keith	58
64	Tom	56
65	Harry	54
65	Johnny	54
67	Steven	53
68	Albert	52
68	Arthur	52
70	Dean	48
70	Glenn	48
70	Patrick	48
73	Bobby	47
73	Leroy	47
75	Clarence	46
75	Leonard	46
75	Philip	46
75	Ray	46
75	Vernon	46
80	Clifford	45
81	Gene	44
81	Max	44
81	Rodney	44
81	Warren	44
85	Henry	43
86	Ernest	42
86	Floyd	42
86	Jon	42
86	Tommy	42
90	Alan	41
90	Bruce	41
90	Louis	41
93	Lyle	40
93	Russell	40
95	Alvin	39
96	Loren	38
97	Allen	34
97	Jackie	34
97	Kent	34
100	Leon	33
100	Lester	33