Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	563
1	John	563
1	Robert	563
4	Richard	435
5	David	410
6	Michael	383
7	William	340
8	Gary	337
9	Larry	283
10	Dennis	248
11	Donald	232
11	Ronald	232
13	Thomas	210
14	Charles	202
15	Kenneth	184
16	Jerry	150
17	George	137
18	Paul	133
18	Terry	133
20	Jack	114
21	Douglas	112
22	Daniel	109
23	Mike	106
24	Steven	101
25	Jim	93

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wayne	93
27	Raymond	92
28	Stephen	90
29	Roger	88
30	Gerald	87
31	Bill	83
32	Edward	79
33	Frank	76
34	Bruce	70
35	Dale	69
36	Steve	67
37	Bob	64
38	Fred	63
39	Tom	62
40	Dan	61
41	Don	60
42	Joseph	59
42	Patrick	59
44	Lawrence	57
45	Harold	49
46	Keith	47
47	Alan	46
48	Stanley	45
49	Mark	44
50	Allen	42
50	Marvin	42
50	Melvin	42
50	Ralph	42
50	Rodney	42
55	Walter	41
56	Carl	40
57	Gordon	39
57	Jon	39
57	Vernon	39
60	Joe	38
60	Ray	38
60	Roy	38
60	Timothy	38
64	Arthur	37
64	Danny	37
64	Philip	37
67	Peter	36
67	Russell	36
69	Norman	35
70	Gregory	34
70	Lee	34
72	Howard	33
72	Leroy	33
74	Dean	32
75	Dave	31
75	Glen	31
77	Craig	30
77	Darrell	30
77	Duane	30
80	Dick	29
80	Gene	29
80	Glenn	29
83	Eugene	28
84	Albert	27
84	Billy	27
86	Clifford	26
86	Harry	26
86	Leonard	26
89	Ron	25
90	Earl	24
90	Harvey	24
90	Lloyd	24
90	Victor	24
94	Jay	23
94	Jimmy	23
94	Leslie	23
94	Louis	23
94	Phillip	23
94	Ted	23
100	Brian	22