Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	5,427
2	James	5,311
3	John	5,255
4	David	4,143
5	William	3,883
6	Richard	3,751
7	Michael	3,230
8	Thomas	3,117
9	Ronald	2,189
10	Gary	2,169
11	Charles	2,159
12	Larry	2,108
13	Donald	1,694
14	Kenneth	1,477
15	Dennis	1,449
16	Paul	1,439
17	Joseph	1,344
18	Daniel	1,140
19	Edward	1,115
20	George	1,100
21	Terry	1,047
22	Jerry	903
23	Roger	870
24	Stephen	794
25	Timothy	759

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	697
27	Raymond	688
28	Jack	665
29	Gregory	649
30	Steven	640
31	Douglas	599
32	Gerald	585
33	Bruce	562
34	Lawrence	555
35	Mark	551
36	Carl	529
37	Dale	512
38	Ralph	505
39	Jeffrey	455
40	Harold	453
41	Wayne	445
42	Danny	444
43	Alan	409
44	Patrick	386
45	Walter	385
46	Anthony	375
46	Fred	375
48	Tom	365
49	Harry	362
50	Philip	348
51	Russell	336
52	Steve	329
53	Mike	325
54	Phillip	306
55	Jim	304
56	Frederick	303
56	Roy	303
58	Arthur	300
59	Keith	293
60	Eugene	287
61	Barry	280
62	Howard	275
63	Bill	274
64	Louis	254
65	Glenn	249
66	Albert	248
66	Stanley	248
68	Peter	244
69	Craig	237
70	Joe	236
71	Allen	235
72	Don	230
72	Earl	230
74	Leonard	229
75	Dan	223
76	Samuel	215
77	Norman	214
78	Ronnie	213
79	Henry	212
80	Andrew	203
81	Ernest	194
82	Rodney	180
83	Melvin	177
84	Clarence	175
85	Eric	174
86	Dave	169
87	Bernard	168
88	Jon	166
88	Marvin	166
90	Martin	164
91	Jerome	162
91	Ray	162
93	Theodore	156
94	Randy	154
95	Bob	153
96	Lee	152
97	Clifford	148
98	Tim	144
99	Jay	140
100	Brian	137