Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,149
2	John	762
3	Robert	756
4	Jerry	693
5	Charles	684
6	William	628
7	Larry	609
8	David	502
9	Richard	496
10	Gary	461
11	Donald	438
12	Ronald	386
13	Jimmy	377
14	Billy	351
15	Kenneth	350
16	Michael	280
17	Johnny	269
18	George	264
19	Thomas	256
20	Bobby	234
20	Joe	234
22	Tommy	233
23	Roy	200
24	Paul	199
25	Jack	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	195
27	Bill	175
28	Jim	159
29	Carl	155
30	Harold	152
31	Terry	148
32	Raymond	146
33	Don	144
34	Roger	138
35	Danny	136
35	Gerald	136
37	Edward	134
38	Dennis	127
39	Jimmie	115
40	Joseph	114
41	Walter	108
42	Fred	107
43	Eddie	102
43	Mike	102
45	Bob	101
46	Frank	99
47	Jackie	97
48	Phillip	96
49	Earl	91
50	Ray	90
51	Howard	87
52	Ralph	86
52	Wayne	86
54	Melvin	82
55	Stephen	80
56	Arthur	79
56	Lloyd	79
58	Henry	77
59	Stanley	76
60	Albert	73
60	Curtis	73
60	Leroy	73
63	Clarence	72
63	Douglas	72
63	Marvin	72
66	Clifford	71
66	Harry	71
66	Leonard	71
66	Steve	71
70	Lawrence	70
71	Floyd	69
71	Glen	69
73	Lonnie	64
74	Dale	63
75	Leon	61
76	Jesse	60
76	Lee	60
76	Vernon	60
79	Harvey	59
79	Russell	59
81	Eugene	58
81	Gene	58
83	Cecil	57
83	Darrell	57
83	Glenn	57
86	Ernest	56
87	Willie	55
88	Alfred	53
88	Patrick	53
88	Sammy	53
88	Tom	53
92	Tony	52
93	Samuel	51
94	Clyde	50
94	Norman	50
96	Johnnie	49
96	Steven	49
98	Allen	48
98	Daniel	48
98	Leslie	48