Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	799
2	James	778
3	John	696
4	David	691
5	Michael	687
6	Richard	609
7	William	469
8	Gary	467
9	Larry	430
10	Ronald	356
11	Dennis	336
12	Thomas	320
13	Steven	312
14	Donald	294
15	Kenneth	268
16	Charles	259
17	Terry	234
18	Jerry	228
19	Daniel	192
20	Stephen	191
21	Douglas	186
22	Mike	181
23	George	158
24	Paul	152
25	Jim	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	147
27	Roger	138
28	Gregory	133
29	Bill	129
29	Jack	129
31	Edward	120
32	Mark	118
33	Steve	116
34	Patrick	106
35	Dale	105
36	Alan	101
36	Tom	101
38	Danny	99
39	Joseph	98
40	Gerald	95
41	Wayne	94
42	Frank	89
43	Craig	82
43	Fred	82
45	Harold	80
46	Dan	76
47	Don	75
48	Bob	74
49	Raymond	73
49	Roy	73
51	Joe	70
51	Rodney	70
51	Stanley	70
54	Timothy	68
55	Lawrence	66
56	Ralph	61
57	Norman	60
58	Allen	59
58	Arthur	59
60	Carl	58
60	Gordon	58
62	Dean	56
62	Peter	56
64	Dave	55
64	Keith	55
66	Philip	54
67	Scott	51
68	Darrell	50
68	Howard	50
70	Marvin	48
71	Melvin	46
71	Walter	46
73	Clifford	45
73	Jeffrey	45
73	Jon	45
73	Rick	45
77	Randy	44
77	Vernon	44
79	Eugene	43
80	Lee	42
80	Micheal	42
80	Phillip	42
80	Ron	42
84	Brian	41
85	Glenn	40
85	Jay	40
85	Randall	40
85	Russell	40
85	Ted	40
90	Harry	39
91	Duane	38
91	Ray	38
93	Albert	37
93	Gene	37
93	Greg	37
96	Dick	35
96	Lloyd	35
98	Glen	34
98	Warren	34
100	Barry	33
100	Earl	33
100	Leonard	33
100	Martin	33