Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	892
2	James	834
3	John	792
4	Richard	685
5	Larry	662
6	David	588
7	Michael	506
8	Gary	505
9	William	465
10	Ronald	462
11	Charles	413
12	Donald	360
13	Kenneth	307
14	Thomas	299
15	Dennis	296
16	Jerry	278
17	Terry	212
18	Roger	188
19	Stephen	183
20	Paul	161
21	Steven	157
22	George	151
23	Mike	138
24	Gerald	137
24	Jim	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	136
27	Danny	130
27	Edward	130
29	Raymond	127
30	Bill	123
31	Ronnie	121
32	Joseph	118
33	Douglas	116
34	Dale	113
34	Harold	113
36	Daniel	110
37	Steve	108
38	Tom	96
39	Frank	95
40	Marvin	91
41	Joe	89
42	Lawrence	87
43	Don	85
43	Wayne	85
45	Bruce	84
46	Jimmy	82
46	Phillip	82
48	Billy	81
48	Roy	81
50	Keith	79
51	Carl	78
52	Ralph	75
53	Melvin	74
54	Alan	73
55	Fred	68
56	Bob	64
57	Rodney	63
58	Tommy	61
59	Walter	60
60	Arthur	59
61	Norman	58
62	Eugene	57
63	Gene	56
63	Russell	56
65	Eddie	54
66	Darrell	53
66	Jimmie	53
68	Earl	52
68	Leroy	52
68	Philip	52
71	Clifford	51
71	Gregory	51
71	Stanley	51
74	Mark	50
75	Duane	49
75	Francis	49
75	Ray	49
78	Allen	48
78	Clarence	48
78	Harry	48
81	Floyd	47
81	Henry	47
81	Howard	47
81	Johnny	47
85	Albert	45
86	Lloyd	44
87	Randy	43
88	Glenn	42
89	Bobby	41
89	Leonard	41
89	Lynn	41
92	Kent	40
92	Patrick	40
94	Dan	39
95	Timothy	38
95	Vernon	38
97	Dwight	37
97	Ernest	37
99	Craig	36
99	Dean	36