Most popular boys’ names in New Hampshire, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	307
2	Richard	267
3	John	174
4	David	159
5	William	137
6	Donald	119
7	James	113
8	Ronald	111
9	Paul	100
10	George	87
11	Raymond	76
12	Charles	74
13	Edward	72
13	Roger	72
15	Thomas	56
16	Peter	55
17	Kenneth	53
18	Arthur	47
19	Wayne	41
20	Albert	40
20	Bruce	40
22	Norman	38
22	Roland	38
22	Walter	38
25	Joseph	37

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	32
27	Michael	30
28	Philip	29
29	Henry	28
29	Stephen	28
31	Ernest	27
31	Frank	27
33	Alfred	26
33	Lawrence	26
35	Daniel	25
35	Douglas	25
37	Eugene	24
37	Russell	24
39	Stanley	23
40	Frederick	22
40	Harold	22
42	Harry	21
43	Leo	20
44	Carl	19
44	Francis	19
44	Gary	19
47	Gerard	18
48	Fred	17
48	Ralph	17
50	Dennis	16
50	Gordon	16
50	Normand	16
53	Bernard	15
53	Howard	15
53	Maurice	15
53	Wilfred	15
57	Alan	14
58	Louis	13
58	Phillip	13
60	Rodney	12
60	Theodore	12
62	Allen	11
62	Armand	11
62	Edwin	11
62	Gene	11
62	Leon	11
67	Andrew	10
67	Benjamin	10
67	Bradley	10
67	Herbert	10
67	Larry	10
67	Lewis	10
67	Samuel	10
67	Timothy	10
75	Clarence	9
75	Dale	9
75	Reginald	9
78	Andre	8
78	Dean	8
78	Earl	8
78	Everett	8
78	Jack	8
78	Leonard	8
78	Lloyd	8
78	Nelson	8
78	Scott	8
87	Alexander	7
87	Franklin	7
87	Gilbert	7
87	Glenn	7
87	Leslie	7
87	Lucien	7
87	Neil	7
87	Ray	7
87	Stuart	7
96	Allan	6
96	Carlton	6
96	Clifton	6
96	Edmund	6
96	Jean	6
96	Lester	6
96	Melvin	6
96	Wallace	6
96	Warren	6
96	Willard	6