Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,074
2	Larry	897
3	John	835
4	Robert	831
5	David	795
6	Michael	727
7	William	654
8	Gary	622
9	Charles	598
10	Richard	542
11	Jerry	504
12	Ronald	421
13	Donald	411
14	Thomas	347
15	Jimmy	345
16	Kenneth	332
17	Billy	299
18	Stephen	289
19	Terry	264
20	Dennis	253
21	Danny	247
22	Johnny	243
23	George	224
23	Steven	224
25	Tommy	215

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joe	214
27	Roger	209
28	Paul	204
29	Ronnie	198
30	Bobby	181
31	Jack	170
32	Roy	164
33	Phillip	157
34	Harold	148
35	Edward	147
36	Mark	131
37	Raymond	119
38	Carl	118
39	Joseph	115
40	Jim	110
41	Bill	108
42	Douglas	106
43	Daniel	103
43	Darrell	103
43	Randy	103
43	Wayne	103
47	Stanley	100
47	Steve	100
49	Dale	98
49	Jackie	98
51	Bruce	95
51	Gerald	95
51	Mike	95
54	Don	94
55	Eddie	89
56	Jimmie	87
57	Allen	85
58	Lonnie	82
59	Frank	80
59	Randall	80
61	Melvin	77
62	Lawrence	76
63	Gregory	75
63	Walter	75
65	Ralph	74
66	Henry	73
67	Russell	72
68	Fred	71
68	Marvin	71
68	Timothy	71
71	Micheal	70
71	Patrick	70
73	Ricky	69
74	Rodney	67
75	Floyd	66
75	Rickey	66
75	Samuel	66
78	Donnie	65
79	Alan	62
79	Lloyd	62
81	Clifford	60
82	Curtis	59
82	Glen	59
84	Glenn	58
84	Howard	58
86	Earl	57
86	Johnnie	57
88	Anthony	56
88	Calvin	56
88	Tom	56
91	Arthur	55
92	Gene	53
92	Philip	53
94	Clyde	51
94	Ray	51
94	Willie	51
97	Leonard	50
98	Albert	49
98	Ernest	49
98	Harry	49
98	Keith	49