Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	743
2	James	735
3	John	687
4	Larry	615
5	Richard	545
6	Gary	496
7	William	488
8	David	474
9	Ronald	369
10	Charles	359
11	Michael	356
12	Donald	326
13	Kenneth	285
14	Jerry	248
15	Dennis	244
16	Thomas	219
17	Terry	199
18	Roger	180
19	George	151
20	Stephen	139
21	Paul	133
22	Gerald	127
23	Steven	126
24	Mike	116
25	Bill	115

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	112
26	Jim	112
28	Edward	109
29	Jack	100
30	Raymond	96
31	Danny	94
31	Joseph	94
33	Douglas	87
33	Marvin	87
33	Ronnie	87
36	Dale	86
36	Frank	86
38	Wayne	83
39	Fred	81
40	Carl	80
40	Roy	80
42	Lawrence	79
43	Don	77
44	Billy	76
44	Steve	76
46	Jimmy	75
47	Joe	74
48	Tommy	67
49	Daniel	66
50	Ralph	65
50	Stanley	65
52	Bob	63
53	Howard	61
53	Melvin	61
55	Alan	58
55	Leonard	58
57	Eugene	57
57	Harry	57
59	Keith	56
60	Duane	53
60	Phillip	53
60	Russell	53
63	Arthur	51
63	Philip	51
63	Tom	51
66	Gene	50
66	Warren	50
68	Bruce	48
68	Jon	48
70	Rodney	47
70	Walter	47
72	Allen	46
72	Patrick	46
74	Henry	45
74	Norman	45
76	Mark	44
77	Albert	43
78	Johnny	42
78	Vernon	42
80	Clarence	41
81	Ray	40
82	Earl	39
83	Clifford	38
83	Jay	38
83	Leroy	38
83	Lynn	38
87	Loren	37
87	Max	37
89	Glenn	36
90	Darrell	35
90	Leo	35
90	Lloyd	35
93	Dwight	34
93	Lee	34
95	Eddie	32
95	Francis	32
95	Herbert	32
98	Ernest	31
98	Louis	31
98	Samuel	31
98	Timothy	31