Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	5,012
2	Robert	4,979
3	John	4,715
4	David	3,888
5	William	3,549
6	Michael	3,340
7	Thomas	3,109
8	Richard	3,100
9	Ronald	2,062
10	Charles	2,027
11	Gary	1,979
12	Larry	1,909
13	Donald	1,577
14	Kenneth	1,408
15	Joseph	1,388
16	Dennis	1,301
17	Paul	1,237
18	Daniel	1,123
19	George	1,049
20	Edward	969
21	Stephen	920
22	Terry	918
23	Roger	895
24	Timothy	846
25	Jerry	807

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	738
27	Mark	712
28	Gregory	702
29	Bruce	677
30	Raymond	629
31	Jack	611
32	Dale	594
33	Lawrence	583
34	Frank	559
35	Gerald	531
36	Douglas	499
37	Carl	497
38	Jeffrey	485
39	Harold	447
40	Ralph	444
41	Patrick	408
42	Danny	404
43	Anthony	373
44	Walter	363
45	Wayne	349
46	Alan	344
46	Steve	344
48	Philip	317
49	Phillip	314
50	Tom	313
51	Harry	312
52	Fred	310
53	Howard	302
54	Mike	297
55	Albert	292
56	Arthur	291
57	Russell	283
58	Frederick	265
59	Eugene	257
60	Keith	249
61	Craig	245
61	Leonard	245
61	Stanley	245
64	Roy	241
65	Bill	239
66	Glenn	227
67	Louis	226
68	Jim	215
69	Norman	210
69	Rodney	210
71	Ronnie	207
72	Allen	206
73	Joe	203
73	Peter	203
75	Samuel	200
76	Dan	197
77	Martin	194
78	Henry	193
79	Barry	192
80	Melvin	190
81	Earl	185
82	Theodore	183
83	Randall	180
84	Andrew	179
84	Jerome	179
86	Christopher	178
87	Ernest	171
88	Don	170
88	Jon	170
90	Clarence	162
91	Marvin	161
92	Clifford	157
93	Herbert	145
94	Randy	144
95	Jay	143
96	Lee	141
96	Ray	141
98	Eric	140
98	Scott	140
100	Dave	132