Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,143
2	John	3,097
3	Richard	2,443
4	William	2,109
5	James	1,884
6	David	1,417
7	Paul	1,338
8	Joseph	1,289
9	Thomas	1,201
10	Edward	1,053
11	Ronald	936
12	Charles	908
13	George	869
14	Donald	801
15	Michael	788
16	Peter	743
17	Kenneth	599
18	Stephen	528
19	Raymond	473
20	Francis	469
21	Arthur	433
22	Frank	426
23	Daniel	405
24	Gerald	371
25	Walter	362

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	343
27	Roger	341
28	Dennis	333
29	Lawrence	320
30	Bruce	310
31	Philip	307
32	Albert	287
33	Ralph	263
34	Frederick	260
35	Henry	243
36	Alan	233
37	Douglas	229
38	Alfred	209
39	Leonard	204
40	Norman	197
41	Harold	184
42	Louis	180
43	Stanley	177
43	Wayne	177
45	Russell	174
46	Carl	160
47	Leo	155
48	Howard	153
49	Steven	149
50	Bernard	138
50	Ernest	138
52	Gary	136
53	Brian	134
53	Vincent	134
55	Barry	131
56	Eugene	128
56	Kevin	128
58	Harry	124
59	Martin	119
60	Gerard	118
61	Fred	116
62	Mark	104
63	Timothy	102
64	Warren	98
65	Jeffrey	97
65	Roy	97
67	Andrew	93
68	Herbert	92
69	Roland	90
70	Theodore	88
71	Allan	87
71	Patrick	87
73	Allen	80
73	Edmund	80
75	Victor	79
76	Gordon	76
77	Christopher	69
77	Harvey	69
77	Nicholas	69
80	Earl	68
81	Edwin	67
82	Neil	66
83	Phillip	65
84	Chester	63
85	Larry	62
86	Laurence	60
87	Arnold	55
87	Clifford	55
89	Jack	54
90	Leslie	52
90	Maurice	52
90	Melvin	52
93	Eric	49
93	Jon	49
93	Samuel	49
96	Alexander	47
96	Gregory	47
96	Hugh	47
99	Craig	45
99	Joel	45
99	Normand	45