Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,811
2	James	3,197
3	John	2,623
4	William	2,388
5	Richard	2,339
6	Charles	1,763
7	David	1,691
8	Donald	1,667
9	Ronald	1,604
10	Thomas	1,487
11	Larry	998
12	Paul	959
13	Kenneth	899
14	George	873
15	Joseph	742
16	Jerry	713
17	Edward	703
18	Jack	588
19	Gerald	586
20	Gary	578
21	Raymond	519
22	Carl	488
22	Roger	488
24	Frank	486
25	Michael	459

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ralph	436
27	Harold	433
28	Lawrence	350
29	Walter	340
30	Daniel	327
31	Fred	310
32	Harry	287
33	Dale	285
34	Eugene	276
35	Arthur	264
36	Norman	253
37	Don	248
38	Howard	246
39	Albert	240
40	Wayne	236
41	Joe	218
42	Earl	213
43	Dennis	207
44	Anthony	203
45	Russell	202
46	Tom	196
47	Bruce	195
48	Marvin	193
49	Jim	186
49	Louis	186
51	Clarence	183
52	Melvin	180
53	Henry	175
54	Philip	167
54	Stanley	167
56	Bill	166
56	Gene	166
58	Terry	164
59	Glenn	154
59	Herbert	154
61	Roy	153
62	Frederick	152
63	Leonard	150
64	Ray	149
65	Douglas	139
66	Bernard	138
67	Phillip	135
68	Francis	132
69	Alan	131
70	Ronnie	129
71	Bob	128
71	Ernest	128
73	Peter	123
74	Clifford	122
75	Theodore	121
76	Allen	119
77	Leroy	115
78	Alfred	114
79	Jerome	112
80	Martin	111
81	Samuel	110
82	Edwin	107
83	Lee	105
84	Gordon	102
85	Stephen	101
86	Lowell	98
87	Andrew	96
88	Patrick	95
89	Clyde	94
90	Franklin	93
91	Floyd	92
92	Dean	89
92	Jon	89
94	Billy	88
94	Lloyd	88
96	Ted	85
97	Keith	80
98	Karl	79
98	Neil	79
100	Vernon	77