Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,090
2	Jerry	799
3	Robert	731
4	John	709
5	Charles	700
6	Donald	627
7	William	522
8	Billy	480
9	David	437
10	Larry	396
11	Richard	393
12	Kenneth	389
13	Bobby	379
14	Jimmy	336
15	Ronald	307
16	Gary	303
17	George	290
18	Joe	283
19	Thomas	233
20	Harold	219
21	Carl	210
22	Paul	206
23	Johnny	200
24	Tommy	197
25	Jack	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Don	185
27	Roy	181
28	Jimmie	158
29	Gerald	157
30	Bill	156
31	Raymond	150
32	Earl	133
33	Jim	127
34	Bob	121
34	Michael	121
36	Edward	120
37	Wayne	115
38	Fred	106
38	Jackie	106
40	Dale	103
41	Floyd	101
41	Frank	101
41	Henry	101
41	Ralph	101
45	Eugene	100
46	Gene	97
46	Marvin	97
48	Leon	94
49	Melvin	92
50	Ray	91
50	Ronnie	91
50	Walter	91
53	Terry	90
53	Wendell	90
55	Dennis	87
56	Howard	86
57	Arthur	85
58	Roger	84
59	Cecil	81
60	Jesse	78
61	Clarence	77
61	Eddie	77
61	Phillip	77
64	Vernon	75
65	Albert	74
65	Leroy	74
67	Danny	73
68	Johnnie	71
68	Joseph	71
70	Clifford	67
70	Leonard	67
72	Doyle	66
72	Stanley	66
72	Tom	66
75	Curtis	60
76	Clyde	59
76	Darrell	59
76	Glen	59
76	Glenn	59
76	Willie	59
81	Delbert	58
81	Harry	58
83	Alfred	55
83	Ernest	55
83	Mike	55
86	Lawrence	54
86	Lloyd	54
88	Lonnie	51
89	Alvin	49
89	Elmer	49
89	Freddie	49
89	Louis	49
93	Allen	48
93	Franklin	48
93	Lee	48
96	Norman	47
97	Daniel	46
98	Donnie	44
98	Samuel	44
98	Virgil	44