Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	439
2	Richard	375
3	James	372
4	John	327
5	William	278
6	David	268
7	Gary	228
8	Larry	213
9	Ronald	183
10	Donald	181
11	Michael	169
12	Jerry	161
13	Charles	158
14	Thomas	129
15	Dennis	124
16	Kenneth	119
17	Gerald	94
18	Roger	85
19	George	82
20	Jack	81
21	Jim	78
22	Wayne	74
23	Edward	72
24	Bill	70
24	Douglas	70

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	62
27	Paul	61
28	Bob	60
28	Fred	60
30	Frank	59
31	Terry	58
32	Don	56
33	Mike	51
33	Stephen	51
35	Carl	50
36	Bruce	48
36	Gordon	48
38	Harold	47
39	Norman	45
40	Dale	44
40	Lawrence	44
42	Walter	41
43	Ralph	40
44	Arthur	39
44	Dick	39
44	Keith	39
44	Melvin	39
44	Roy	39
49	Patrick	37
50	Tom	35
51	Stanley	34
52	Allen	33
52	Daniel	33
54	Albert	32
54	Joseph	32
54	Leonard	32
57	Henry	31
57	Howard	31
57	Steven	31
60	Duane	30
60	Leroy	30
60	Lloyd	30
63	Eugene	29
63	Gene	29
63	Harry	29
63	Marvin	29
67	Clifford	28
67	Joe	28
69	Dean	27
70	Jon	25
70	Neil	25
70	Peter	25
70	Phillip	25
74	Philip	24
75	Dave	23
75	Frederick	23
75	Lee	23
78	Darrell	22
78	Leslie	22
78	Steve	22
81	Ernest	21
81	Lynn	21
81	Ray	21
84	Edwin	20
85	Alan	19
85	Allan	19
85	Earl	19
85	Glenn	19
85	Lyle	19
85	Tommy	19
91	Loren	18
91	Rodney	18
91	Warren	18
94	Billy	17
94	Danny	17
94	Russell	17
94	Ted	17
94	Theodore	17
94	Vernon	17
94	Wallace	17
94	Wesley	17