Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,814
2	Robert	4,706
3	John	4,591
4	Michael	4,009
5	David	3,998
6	William	3,526
7	Thomas	3,162
8	Richard	3,142
9	Gary	2,292
10	Charles	2,103
11	Ronald	1,788
12	Donald	1,689
13	Larry	1,584
14	Dennis	1,453
15	Kenneth	1,452
16	Daniel	1,339
17	Joseph	1,330
18	Paul	1,257
19	Steven	1,192
20	Mark	1,142
21	Stephen	1,089
22	Timothy	1,045
23	Gregory	1,018
24	Edward	905
25	George	901

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	840
27	Roger	824
28	Douglas	810
29	Bruce	746
30	Jerry	707
31	Jeffrey	684
32	Dale	651
33	Raymond	628
34	Lawrence	590
35	Frank	585
36	Gerald	526
37	Patrick	499
38	Jack	494
39	Anthony	436
40	Carl	415
41	Danny	395
42	Alan	391
43	Ralph	371
44	Wayne	350
45	Philip	341
46	Harold	337
47	Walter	331
48	Keith	323
49	Frederick	298
50	Craig	286
50	Harry	286
52	Russell	285
53	Randall	282
54	Arthur	268
55	Christopher	265
56	Eugene	260
57	Peter	259
58	Scott	251
59	Phillip	240
60	Roy	239
61	Howard	238
62	Andrew	227
63	Glenn	226
64	Fred	224
65	Stanley	220
66	Steve	216
67	Louis	214
68	Allen	209
69	Leonard	208
69	Samuel	208
71	Randy	202
72	Kevin	199
72	Martin	199
74	Eric	198
75	Albert	196
76	Jerome	192
77	Henry	191
78	Theodore	190
79	Brian	184
80	Barry	180
81	Earl	175
81	Mike	175
81	Rodney	175
84	Ernest	168
85	Norman	166
86	Jay	162
87	Melvin	155
88	Jon	154
89	Ronnie	153
90	Marvin	152
91	Clarence	150
92	Tom	147
93	Dan	141
93	Lee	141
93	Nicholas	141
96	Francis	137
96	Micheal	137
98	Ray	134
99	Dean	133
100	Clifford	131