Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	414
2	James	322
3	John	299
4	Richard	284
5	David	252
6	William	245
7	Gary	233
8	Larry	203
9	Donald	188
10	Ronald	182
11	Charles	156
12	Jerry	129
13	Kenneth	127
14	Michael	115
14	Thomas	115
16	George	108
17	Dennis	102
18	Gerald	97
19	Jack	88
20	Edward	75
20	Raymond	75
22	Roger	74
23	Paul	70
24	Dale	69
25	Jim	67

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	60
27	Lawrence	59
28	Bob	58
29	Bill	57
30	Wayne	55
31	Don	54
32	Carl	53
33	Frank	52
34	Douglas	49
35	Norman	46
36	Walter	42
37	Melvin	40
37	Ralph	40
39	Arthur	39
40	Daniel	38
40	Terry	38
42	Clifford	37
42	Fred	37
42	Roy	37
45	Keith	36
45	Leroy	36
45	Marvin	36
45	Patrick	36
49	Jon	33
49	Stanley	33
51	Dick	32
51	Duane	32
51	Mike	32
51	Rodney	32
55	Allen	31
55	Bruce	31
55	Eugene	31
55	Gene	31
59	Alan	30
59	Gordon	30
61	Lloyd	29
61	Ray	29
63	Howard	28
63	Vernon	28
65	Ernest	27
65	Joe	27
67	Darrell	26
67	Earl	26
67	Lee	26
67	Leonard	26
71	Harry	25
71	Joseph	25
71	Philip	25
71	Stephen	25
71	Tom	25
76	Ted	24
77	Allan	23
77	Clarence	23
77	Phillip	23
80	Peter	22
81	Dean	21
81	Wesley	21
83	Delbert	20
83	Edwin	20
83	Francis	20
83	Warren	20
87	Glenn	19
88	Glen	18
88	Lester	18
88	Lyle	18
88	Steve	18
92	Albert	17
92	Darrel	17
92	Steven	17
95	Billy	16
95	Dan	16
97	Claude	15
97	Lynn	15
97	Ronnie	15
97	Theodore	15