Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,443
2	James	3,289
3	John	2,925
4	William	2,410
5	Richard	2,326
6	David	1,961
7	Charles	1,586
8	Thomas	1,541
9	Ronald	1,485
10	Donald	1,423
11	Larry	1,361
12	Paul	954
13	Kenneth	911
14	Jerry	850
15	Gary	834
16	George	787
16	Joseph	787
18	Michael	696
19	Edward	667
20	Gerald	593
21	Roger	577
22	Raymond	536
23	Frank	500
24	Jack	496
25	Carl	444

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	440
27	Daniel	416
28	Harold	408
29	Lawrence	362
30	Ralph	360
31	Fred	323
32	Walter	313
33	Dale	277
34	Harry	272
35	Tom	260
36	Howard	257
37	Wayne	256
38	Arthur	238
39	Eugene	230
40	Norman	226
41	Anthony	223
42	Terry	220
43	Bill	215
44	Albert	214
45	Don	213
46	Philip	204
47	Bruce	202
48	Russell	201
49	Jim	197
50	Joe	194
50	Roy	194
52	Earl	191
52	Stephen	191
54	Louis	176
54	Melvin	176
56	Douglas	173
57	Stanley	170
58	Gene	161
58	Marvin	161
60	Henry	158
61	Frederick	151
62	Phillip	148
63	Allen	147
63	Leonard	147
65	Patrick	145
66	Ernest	144
66	Peter	144
66	Ronnie	144
69	Clarence	141
70	Ray	135
71	Glenn	132
72	Alan	131
73	Jon	130
74	Herbert	124
75	Theodore	122
76	Danny	121
77	Bob	118
78	Bernard	117
79	Timothy	116
80	Jerome	112
80	Samuel	112
82	Martin	109
83	Lee	108
84	Keith	106
85	Franklin	104
85	Leroy	104
87	Francis	103
87	Lloyd	103
89	Billy	101
90	Edwin	98
91	Mike	96
91	Steve	96
93	Dave	92
94	Andrew	89
94	Gordon	89
96	Alfred	88
97	Clifford	83
97	Clyde	83
99	Dean	79
100	Floyd	78
100	Karl	78
100	Ted	78