Most popular boys’ names in Nevada, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	49
2	James	45
3	John	40
4	William	31
5	Richard	30
6	David	28
7	Gary	24
8	Donald	21
9	Frank	16
9	Larry	16
9	Michael	16
9	Ronald	16
13	Kenneth	15
14	Charles	14
14	George	14
16	Gerald	13
17	Thomas	12
18	Carl	10
19	Douglas	9
19	Jerry	9
19	Jim	9
19	Roy	9
23	Dennis	8
23	Don	8
23	Eugene	8

Rank	Name	Babies
23	Fred	8
23	Harold	8
23	Jack	8
23	Norman	8
30	Jimmy	7
30	Joseph	7
30	Melvin	7
30	Roger	7
34	Albert	6
34	Edward	6
34	Howard	6
34	Patrick	6
38	Bill	5
38	Dale	5
38	Dean	5
38	Floyd	5
38	Franklin	5
38	Glen	5
38	Gordon	5
38	Harry	5
38	Leonard	5
38	Leslie	5
38	Paul	5
38	Terry	5
38	Tom	5
38	Walter	5
38	Wayne	5