Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,966
2	Robert	4,873
3	John	4,403
4	Richard	3,532
5	William	3,358
6	David	3,274
7	Thomas	2,692
8	Michael	2,532
9	Ronald	2,039
10	Charles	1,994
11	Gary	1,870
12	Larry	1,656
13	Donald	1,561
14	Dennis	1,308
15	Paul	1,276
16	Kenneth	1,237
17	Joseph	1,166
18	George	991
19	Edward	893
19	Jerry	893
21	Terry	887
22	Daniel	875
23	Roger	823
24	Raymond	627
25	Jack	618

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	601
27	Stephen	589
28	Timothy	575
29	Gerald	562
30	Carl	519
31	Lawrence	518
32	Douglas	460
33	Bruce	458
34	Harold	444
35	Ralph	406
36	Dale	386
37	Gregory	383
38	Steven	382
38	Wayne	382
40	Danny	364
41	Fred	355
42	Walter	345
43	Jeffrey	326
44	Mark	323
45	Tom	316
46	Harry	313
47	Alan	312
48	Anthony	307
49	Patrick	304
50	Howard	300
51	Jim	299
52	Arthur	287
52	Philip	287
54	Russell	277
55	Bill	269
56	Roy	259
57	Mike	252
58	Steve	245
59	Frederick	242
60	Albert	233
61	Phillip	231
62	Eugene	230
63	Stanley	228
64	Don	225
65	Keith	223
66	Ronnie	221
67	Leonard	217
68	Joe	210
69	Henry	208
70	Barry	197
71	Glenn	192
72	Allen	187
73	Andrew	182
73	Samuel	182
75	Louis	176
75	Norman	176
77	Peter	173
78	Earl	172
78	Martin	172
78	Melvin	172
81	Ray	168
82	Theodore	165
83	Dan	162
84	Ernest	160
85	Marvin	159
86	Rodney	156
87	Craig	155
88	Jon	146
89	Bob	144
89	Jerome	144
91	Dave	140
92	Clifford	139
93	Clarence	138
94	Lee	137
95	Bernard	126
96	Dean	122
96	Gene	122
98	Herbert	121
99	Eric	119
99	Lloyd	119