Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	311
2	Richard	261
3	David	154
4	John	151
5	William	129
6	Donald	115
7	James	105
8	Paul	96
9	Ronald	87
10	Raymond	84
11	George	82
12	Charles	77
13	Roger	75
14	Edward	58
15	Arthur	57
16	Peter	56
17	Thomas	55
18	Kenneth	47
19	Joseph	46
20	Albert	45
21	Norman	43
22	Bruce	37
22	Maurice	37
24	Leo	34
25	Gerald	33

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Walter	33
27	Daniel	31
27	Francis	31
27	Lawrence	31
30	Henry	26
30	Philip	26
30	Ralph	26
33	Harold	25
33	Wayne	25
35	Ernest	22
35	Michael	22
37	Frank	20
37	Roland	20
39	Frederick	19
39	Gordon	19
41	Carl	17
41	Dennis	17
41	Gary	17
41	Russell	17
41	Stanley	17
46	Alfred	16
46	Bernard	16
46	Eugene	16
46	Howard	16
46	Leonard	16
46	Normand	16
52	Leon	15
53	Douglas	14
53	Louis	14
53	Rodney	14
56	Allan	13
56	Harry	13
56	Theodore	13
59	Alan	12
59	Chester	12
59	Fred	12
59	Gerard	12
59	Herbert	12
64	Arnold	11
64	Bradley	11
64	Lewis	11
64	Warren	11
64	Wilfred	11
69	Armand	10
70	Andrew	9
70	Clayton	9
72	Andre	8
72	Clifford	8
72	Edwin	8
72	Larry	8
72	Martin	8
72	Stephen	8
72	Victor	8
79	Benjamin	7
79	Glenn	7
79	Irving	7
79	Jerry	7
79	Lee	7
79	Leslie	7
79	Mark	7
79	Oscar	7
79	Roy	7
88	Allen	6
88	Anthony	6
88	Calvin	6
88	Earl	6
88	Emile	6
88	Everett	6
88	Jean	6
88	Malcolm	6
88	Rene	6
97	Brian	5
97	Burton	5
97	Carroll	5
97	Clyde	5
97	Conrad	5
97	Franklin	5
97	Jack	5
97	Lionel	5
97	Lloyd	5
97	Lucien	5
97	Melvin	5
97	Neil	5
97	Reginald	5
97	Steven	5
97	Timothy	5
97	Wendell	5