Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	649
2	Richard	528
3	David	478
4	John	473
5	James	415
6	Michael	304
7	William	302
8	Ronald	260
9	Paul	243
10	Donald	230
11	Stephen	215
12	Thomas	208
13	Charles	183
14	George	168
15	Roger	162
16	Raymond	160
17	Kenneth	155
18	Gary	152
19	Bruce	140
19	Peter	140
21	Dennis	134
22	Wayne	125
23	Daniel	124
24	Edward	120
25	Larry	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	111
27	Gerald	104
28	Lawrence	95
29	Brian	93
30	Philip	82
31	Arthur	78
31	Steven	78
33	Norman	76
34	Alan	72
35	Timothy	71
36	Frederick	67
36	Roland	67
38	Gregory	63
39	Harold	62
40	Douglas	59
41	Carl	58
41	Eugene	58
41	Frank	58
44	Barry	55
44	Ralph	55
46	Russell	54
46	Walter	54
48	Dana	53
49	Gerard	51
49	Terry	51
51	Dale	47
52	Albert	46
53	Allen	43
53	Stanley	43
55	Jeffrey	42
55	Rodney	42
57	Patrick	41
58	Leo	39
58	Maurice	39
60	Ernest	38
61	Harry	36
62	Mark	35
63	Clarence	34
64	Bernard	32
64	Gordon	32
64	Henry	32
67	Eric	30
67	Fred	30
67	Glenn	30
70	Alfred	29
70	Anthony	29
72	Francis	28
72	Keith	28
72	Reginald	28
72	Roy	28
76	Jerry	27
76	Leonard	27
76	Melvin	27
79	Earl	26
80	Clifford	25
80	Joel	25
82	Allan	24
82	Arnold	24
82	Everett	24
82	Guy	24
82	Howard	24
87	Andrew	23
87	Carroll	23
87	Edwin	23
87	Herbert	23
87	Scott	23
92	Gene	22
92	Jon	22
92	Lewis	22
92	Phillip	22
96	Duane	21
96	Dwight	21
96	Lester	21
96	Lloyd	21
100	Chester	20
100	Danny	20
100	Darrell	20
100	Jack	20
100	Lee	20
100	Linwood	20
100	Louis	20
100	Martin	20
100	Normand	20