Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,460
2	James	3,176
3	John	2,544
4	William	2,304
5	Richard	2,211
6	David	1,870
7	Charles	1,579
8	Thomas	1,561
9	Ronald	1,532
10	Donald	1,422
11	Larry	1,091
12	Kenneth	875
13	Paul	868
14	Jerry	833
15	George	749
16	Joseph	744
17	Edward	655
18	Gary	650
19	Michael	572
20	Roger	565
21	Gerald	557
22	Jack	528
23	Raymond	505
24	Frank	456
25	Harold	446

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	439
27	Ralph	377
28	Daniel	345
29	Dennis	335
30	Walter	321
31	Fred	319
32	Dale	308
32	Lawrence	308
34	Harry	272
35	Eugene	268
36	Howard	249
37	Norman	241
38	Tom	239
39	Wayne	236
40	Arthur	232
41	Albert	216
42	Bill	209
43	Don	208
44	Joe	203
44	Terry	203
46	Russell	198
47	Jim	191
48	Earl	187
49	Anthony	184
50	Melvin	179
51	Philip	178
52	Frederick	176
53	Bruce	175
54	Henry	174
55	Louis	169
56	Douglas	167
57	Glenn	164
58	Marvin	157
58	Roy	157
60	Gene	153
61	Clarence	150
62	Leonard	147
62	Ray	147
64	Ronnie	146
65	Stanley	145
66	Phillip	136
67	Stephen	135
68	Ernest	133
68	Patrick	133
70	Alan	126
70	Bob	126
72	Allen	122
73	Samuel	119
74	Bernard	118
75	Jerome	117
76	Edwin	115
77	Gordon	114
77	Theodore	114
79	Herbert	112
80	Clifford	104
80	Francis	104
82	Jon	103
83	Peter	102
84	Lee	101
85	Alfred	99
86	Leroy	97
87	Lloyd	96
88	Keith	93
89	Floyd	91
89	Timothy	91
91	Martin	88
92	Andrew	87
92	Billy	87
94	Mike	85
95	Danny	84
95	Dean	84
97	Dave	80
97	Franklin	80
97	Jimmy	80
97	Lewis	80