Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,678
2	Robert	3,660
3	John	3,127
4	William	2,628
5	Richard	2,395
6	David	2,334
7	Thomas	1,746
8	Ronald	1,710
9	Charles	1,701
10	Larry	1,512
11	Donald	1,435
12	Gary	1,036
13	Paul	983
14	Kenneth	977
15	Jerry	972
16	George	905
17	Joseph	869
17	Michael	869
19	Edward	739
20	Gerald	621
21	Roger	619
22	Dennis	582
23	Jack	550
24	Frank	530
25	Raymond	488

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	474
27	Daniel	464
28	Ralph	396
29	Harold	395
30	Lawrence	386
31	Harry	329
32	Dale	323
33	Fred	322
34	Tom	312
35	Walter	295
36	Terry	289
37	Stephen	284
38	Arthur	274
39	Wayne	263
40	Philip	251
41	Bill	245
42	Eugene	239
43	Albert	237
44	Howard	234
44	Norman	234
46	Bruce	229
47	Joe	228
48	Anthony	220
49	Russell	201
50	Jim	200
51	Earl	199
52	Henry	195
53	Don	186
54	Stanley	185
55	Frederick	183
56	Douglas	181
56	Louis	181
56	Roy	181
59	Phillip	179
60	Timothy	170
61	Melvin	167
62	Ronnie	166
63	Patrick	162
64	Clarence	160
65	Marvin	157
66	Steve	156
67	Peter	154
68	Alan	153
69	Bob	150
70	Glenn	148
71	Leonard	146
72	Ray	144
73	Jerome	143
74	Gene	141
75	Ernest	132
76	Bernard	127
77	Jeffrey	126
78	Allen	125
78	Mike	125
80	Dave	123
81	Danny	122
82	Andrew	119
82	Martin	119
84	Keith	116
84	Samuel	116
86	Herbert	114
86	Leroy	114
86	Theodore	114
89	Alfred	112
89	Lee	112
89	Steven	112
92	Mark	110
93	Francis	109
94	Clifford	107
95	Billy	101
95	Dan	101
97	Jon	100
98	Edwin	98
99	Barry	97
99	Gordon	97