Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,976
2	Robert	3,781
3	John	3,561
4	William	2,694
5	Richard	2,567
6	David	2,470
7	Thomas	2,135
8	Michael	1,762
9	Charles	1,645
10	Ronald	1,479
11	Gary	1,436
12	Larry	1,434
13	Donald	1,353
14	Kenneth	992
15	Paul	941
16	Joseph	937
17	Dennis	896
18	George	850
19	Jerry	748
20	Edward	726
21	Roger	725
22	Daniel	613
23	Terry	561
24	Jack	495
25	Raymond	472

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	460
27	Frank	459
28	Timothy	423
29	Carl	422
30	Stephen	409
31	Lawrence	385
32	Harold	370
33	Douglas	329
34	Walter	325
35	Ralph	323
36	Dale	318
37	Harry	305
38	Alan	275
39	Fred	274
40	Tom	271
41	Wayne	261
42	Bruce	252
43	Arthur	242
44	Jim	234
45	Roy	229
46	Philip	224
47	Howard	223
48	Bill	213
49	Danny	211
50	Russell	205
51	Albert	203
52	Mark	199
53	Anthony	198
54	Joe	197
55	Patrick	196
55	Steven	196
57	Jeffrey	194
57	Mike	194
59	Earl	187
59	Eugene	187
61	Frederick	184
62	Norman	183
63	Don	182
63	Stanley	182
65	Phillip	177
66	Henry	171
66	Leonard	171
68	Louis	162
69	Steve	160
70	Glenn	151
71	Peter	149
72	Allen	148
73	Keith	147
74	Gregory	145
74	Jon	145
74	Samuel	145
77	Bob	137
77	Theodore	137
79	Clarence	136
80	Ronnie	135
81	Barry	132
82	Lee	130
83	Ernest	129
84	Ray	126
85	Marvin	125
86	Melvin	122
87	Bernard	121
87	Herbert	121
89	Andrew	120
90	Francis	119
91	Clifford	116
92	Victor	109
93	Dan	107
94	Dave	106
95	Martin	105
96	Johnny	102
97	Dwight	100
98	Rodney	99
99	Leroy	98
99	Leslie	98