Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	484
2	James	453
3	John	442
3	Richard	442
5	David	371
6	William	337
7	Gary	318
8	Larry	299
9	Michael	297
10	Ronald	271
11	Donald	235
12	Dennis	216
13	Charles	191
14	Jerry	178
15	Thomas	175
16	Kenneth	166
17	Douglas	134
18	George	123
19	Paul	116
20	Gerald	103
21	Jack	100
22	Roger	95
23	Jim	91
24	Terry	84
25	Daniel	82

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	77
27	Stephen	76
28	Dale	74
28	Edward	74
28	Frank	74
31	Wayne	73
32	Steven	72
33	Mike	71
34	Raymond	68
35	Harold	67
36	Bruce	64
37	Lawrence	60
38	Joseph	55
39	Fred	54
40	Marvin	52
41	Gordon	49
41	Stanley	49
41	Tom	49
44	Don	48
44	Norman	48
44	Ralph	48
47	Carl	47
48	Arthur	45
49	Gene	42
49	Howard	42
49	Melvin	42
49	Patrick	42
49	Steve	42
54	Keith	41
54	Roy	41
54	Walter	41
57	Harry	40
58	Bob	39
59	Eugene	38
60	Leonard	37
61	Duane	35
61	Peter	35
63	Jon	34
64	Timothy	33
65	Allen	32
65	Clifford	32
65	Joe	32
65	Philip	32
65	Ray	32
70	Vernon	31
71	Lee	30
72	Albert	29
72	Danny	29
72	Ernest	29
72	Phillip	29
72	Rodney	29
77	Lynn	27
77	Warren	27
79	Alan	26
79	Dave	26
79	Earl	26
79	Glenn	26
79	Henry	26
79	Lloyd	26
85	Dan	25
85	Darrell	25
85	Dean	25
85	Lester	25
85	Mark	25
90	Jimmie	24
90	Jimmy	24
92	Dick	22
92	Frederick	22
92	Leroy	22
92	Ron	22
92	Ronnie	22
92	Wesley	22
98	Delbert	21
98	Loren	21
98	Micheal	21
98	Tommy	21