Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,291
2	Robert	4,221
3	John	3,621
4	William	3,054
5	Richard	2,796
6	David	2,598
7	Thomas	2,211
8	Charles	1,873
9	Ronald	1,867
10	Larry	1,555
11	Donald	1,522
12	Michael	1,408
13	Gary	1,263
14	Paul	1,131
15	Kenneth	1,125
16	George	975
17	Joseph	954
18	Jerry	899
19	Dennis	877
20	Edward	818
21	Roger	801
22	Gerald	673
23	Daniel	590
24	Frank	588
25	Raymond	584

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	578
27	Carl	479
28	Ralph	472
29	Terry	453
30	Harold	450
31	Lawrence	441
32	Douglas	395
33	Walter	389
34	Dale	362
35	Stephen	353
36	Fred	338
37	Tom	320
38	Bruce	308
39	Harry	296
40	Arthur	280
41	Timothy	277
42	Albert	270
43	Wayne	260
44	Jim	258
45	Howard	255
46	Anthony	246
47	Philip	241
48	Roy	238
49	Eugene	235
50	Bill	231
51	Frederick	229
52	Russell	223
53	Joe	219
54	Louis	218
55	Don	210
56	Phillip	202
57	Earl	201
58	Norman	199
59	Stanley	196
60	Leonard	194
61	Ronnie	191
62	Marvin	189
62	Peter	189
64	Danny	183
65	Henry	181
65	Patrick	181
67	Steve	180
68	Glenn	179
69	Alan	177
70	Clarence	175
70	Melvin	175
72	Allen	165
73	Jeffrey	162
74	Ray	155
75	Samuel	149
76	Keith	145
77	Mike	144
78	Andrew	140
79	Ernest	138
80	Martin	134
81	Steven	133
82	Gene	132
83	Bob	129
83	Theodore	129
85	Francis	125
85	Mark	125
87	Herbert	124
88	Bernard	122
88	Leroy	122
90	Clifford	120
91	Dan	118
92	Jon	116
92	Lee	116
94	Dave	113
95	Ted	111
96	Victor	109
97	Jerome	106
98	Floyd	101
99	Alfred	100
99	Edwin	100