Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	460
2	Richard	371
3	John	238
4	Donald	200
5	James	192
6	David	182
7	Ronald	162
8	Paul	156
9	William	154
10	Charles	131
10	George	131
12	Roger	118
13	Raymond	110
14	Joseph	99
15	Kenneth	92
16	Edward	87
17	Gerald	80
18	Philip	79
19	Lawrence	71
20	Arthur	70
21	Wayne	69
22	Norman	66
23	Roland	62
24	Peter	61
24	Thomas	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	59
27	Gary	57
28	Frank	56
29	Frederick	52
29	Michael	52
31	Maurice	49
31	Ralph	49
33	Eugene	46
34	Albert	39
35	Larry	38
35	Walter	38
37	Francis	37
37	Herbert	37
39	Carl	35
39	Dale	35
41	Henry	34
41	Russell	34
43	Gerard	33
43	Normand	33
45	Stanley	32
46	Fred	31
46	Harry	31
46	Howard	31
49	Bruce	30
49	Leo	30
51	Daniel	29
51	Ernest	29
51	Gordon	29
51	Reginald	29
55	Stephen	28
56	Bernard	27
56	Douglas	27
58	Leroy	26
59	Dennis	25
60	Rodney	24
61	Arnold	23
61	Dana	23
61	Earl	23
64	Clifford	22
64	Louis	22
66	Allen	21
66	Edwin	21
66	Everett	21
66	Keith	21
70	Clarence	20
71	Alfred	19
71	Carroll	19
71	Clayton	19
71	Jon	19
71	Linwood	19
76	Guy	18
76	Leon	18
76	Maynard	18
76	Melvin	18
76	Phillip	18
76	Theodore	18
82	Alan	17
82	Gene	17
82	Nelson	17
82	Vernon	17
86	Barry	16
86	Brian	16
86	Darrell	16
86	Leonard	16
86	Lloyd	16
86	Wendell	16
92	Allan	15
92	Gilbert	15
92	Joel	15
95	Clyde	14
95	Laurence	14
95	Wilfred	14
98	Jack	13
98	Merle	13
100	Conrad	12
100	Dwight	12
100	Galen	12
100	Lee	12
100	Lionel	12
100	Malcolm	12
100	Roy	12
100	Terry	12