Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,062
2	Robert	3,948
3	John	3,443
4	William	2,788
5	Richard	2,537
6	David	2,391
7	Thomas	2,063
8	Charles	1,768
9	Ronald	1,553
10	Donald	1,479
11	Michael	1,467
12	Gary	1,319
13	Larry	1,307
14	Kenneth	982
14	Paul	982
16	Joseph	874
17	George	835
18	Dennis	777
19	Jerry	743
20	Edward	696
21	Roger	660
22	Daniel	618
23	Gerald	539
24	Raymond	501
25	Jack	499

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	486
27	Terry	457
28	Carl	420
29	Harold	395
29	Lawrence	395
31	Ralph	388
32	Stephen	354
33	Harry	315
34	Douglas	312
35	Walter	303
36	Dale	300
37	Fred	298
38	Timothy	295
39	Wayne	278
40	Tom	269
41	Arthur	254
42	Bruce	252
43	Jim	246
44	Russell	239
45	Howard	233
46	Albert	229
47	Bill	226
48	Eugene	221
49	Roy	219
50	Norman	218
51	Danny	213
52	Anthony	212
52	Philip	212
52	Steven	212
55	Don	195
56	Patrick	192
57	Louis	190
58	Earl	189
59	Ronnie	186
60	Frederick	184
61	Alan	180
62	Jeffrey	176
63	Henry	172
64	Clarence	170
65	Stanley	169
66	Peter	165
67	Joe	163
68	Allen	158
69	Samuel	154
70	Steve	150
71	Keith	147
72	Phillip	145
73	Marvin	144
73	Theodore	144
75	Ernest	141
75	Glenn	141
75	Ray	141
78	Leonard	140
79	Mike	138
80	Mark	136
81	Andrew	129
81	Barry	129
81	Martin	129
84	Dave	126
84	Melvin	126
86	Bernard	124
86	Gene	124
86	Jon	124
89	Herbert	114
90	Bob	113
91	Francis	108
91	Jerome	108
93	Clifford	105
94	Lloyd	103
95	Lee	102
96	Edwin	100
96	Victor	100
98	Dan	96
99	Jay	95
99	Leroy	95