Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,921
2	John	4,819
3	Robert	4,764
4	David	4,040
5	Michael	3,883
6	William	3,592
7	Thomas	3,284
8	Richard	3,090
9	Charles	2,216
10	Gary	1,998
11	Ronald	1,976
12	Donald	1,708
13	Larry	1,684
14	Kenneth	1,467
15	Joseph	1,349
16	Paul	1,334
17	Daniel	1,315
18	Dennis	1,281
19	Stephen	1,038
20	Timothy	989
21	Steven	981
22	Edward	973
23	Mark	943
24	George	942
25	Terry	857

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	830
27	Gregory	783
28	Jerry	727
29	Douglas	713
30	Bruce	711
31	Dale	691
32	Jeffrey	656
33	Raymond	646
34	Frank	643
35	Lawrence	630
36	Gerald	536
37	Carl	505
38	Jack	488
39	Patrick	462
40	Anthony	427
41	Ralph	418
42	Harold	387
43	Danny	372
44	Wayne	370
45	Walter	362
46	Philip	359
47	Alan	346
48	Russell	308
49	Phillip	293
50	Arthur	289
51	Steve	284
52	Frederick	279
53	Harry	276
54	Craig	275
55	Roy	274
56	Albert	267
56	Glenn	267
58	Howard	265
59	Keith	264
60	Eugene	258
61	Stanley	250
62	Randall	248
63	Fred	245
64	Christopher	244
65	Allen	232
65	Martin	232
67	Louis	231
68	Peter	228
69	Mike	225
70	Andrew	210
71	Samuel	206
72	Henry	205
73	Tom	204
74	Leonard	201
75	Randy	195
76	Earl	191
77	Theodore	183
78	Jerome	179
78	Melvin	179
80	Ernest	177
80	Scott	177
82	Norman	175
83	Rodney	174
84	Barry	172
85	Eric	171
86	Bill	170
87	Marvin	161
88	Joe	160
89	Clifford	157
89	Ronnie	157
91	Brian	156
92	Jim	155
93	Jon	152
94	Clarence	143
95	Kevin	142
95	Nicholas	142
97	Dan	140
98	Micheal	139
99	Don	137
100	Dean	135
100	Jay	135