Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	441
2	Richard	388
3	John	285
4	David	258
5	James	206
6	William	179
7	Donald	177
8	Ronald	139
9	George	137
10	Paul	134
11	Charles	126
12	Roger	112
13	Joseph	100
14	Kenneth	89
15	Thomas	84
16	Peter	82
17	Gerald	79
18	Edward	78
18	Wayne	78
20	Raymond	77
21	Arthur	66
22	Norman	65
23	Gary	64
23	Roland	64
25	Philip	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	59
27	Albert	56
27	Ralph	56
29	Harold	55
30	Michael	53
31	Daniel	49
31	Larry	49
33	Carl	48
34	Dennis	47
35	Bruce	46
35	Eugene	46
35	Frank	46
35	Stephen	46
39	Walter	42
40	Dale	40
40	Frederick	40
42	Reginald	35
42	Stanley	35
44	Bernard	33
44	Maurice	33
46	Douglas	31
46	Henry	31
46	Keith	31
49	Francis	30
50	Alfred	28
50	Gordon	28
52	Ernest	27
52	Fred	27
54	Brian	25
54	Gerard	25
54	Herbert	25
54	Leo	25
58	Barry	24
58	Earl	24
58	Jack	24
58	Louis	24
62	Edwin	23
62	Russell	23
64	Alan	22
64	Clifford	22
64	Harry	22
64	Howard	22
64	Rodney	22
69	Bertrand	20
69	Leroy	20
69	Lewis	20
72	Clarence	19
72	Leonard	19
72	Roy	19
75	Dana	18
75	Gilbert	18
75	Theodore	18
78	Malcolm	17
78	Maynard	17
78	Patrick	17
81	Arnold	16
81	Carroll	16
81	Claude	16
81	Darrell	16
81	Guy	16
81	Lloyd	16
81	Normand	16
81	Vincent	16
89	Alton	15
89	Lionel	15
89	Perley	15
89	Samuel	15
89	Steven	15
94	Allan	14
94	Clayton	14
94	Melvin	14
94	Wallace	14
98	Allen	13
98	Andrew	13
98	Anthony	13
98	Duane	13
98	Harvey	13
98	Leon	13
98	Leslie	13
98	Linwood	13
98	Warren	13