Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	734
2	Robert	730
3	James	694
4	Michael	690
5	David	674
6	Richard	566
7	William	452
8	Gary	412
9	Ronald	375
10	Larry	373
11	Thomas	336
12	Steven	333
13	Donald	303
14	Dennis	295
15	Kenneth	271
16	Charles	258
17	Terry	219
18	Daniel	208
19	Jerry	175
20	Stephen	173
21	Douglas	172
22	Gregory	158
23	Mark	157
24	Paul	151
25	Bruce	150

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	140
27	Mike	139
28	George	134
29	Steve	120
30	Timothy	119
31	Jim	117
32	Roger	114
33	Edward	113
34	Jack	111
35	Wayne	106
36	Craig	104
36	Gerald	104
38	Dale	98
39	Alan	96
40	Frank	94
41	Dan	93
41	Joseph	93
43	Raymond	90
44	Bill	88
45	Danny	87
46	Tom	80
47	Keith	71
48	Lawrence	70
48	Rodney	70
50	Walter	68
51	Don	64
51	Harold	64
51	Stanley	64
54	Allen	62
54	Philip	62
54	Randy	62
57	Carl	59
58	Fred	58
59	Roy	56
59	Scott	56
61	Gordon	52
62	Ralph	51
63	Dave	50
63	Jeffrey	50
65	Ray	49
66	Ron	48
66	Russell	48
68	Joe	47
68	Jon	47
68	Phillip	47
71	Bob	46
72	Clifford	45
72	Norman	45
72	Randall	45
75	Arthur	44
75	Lee	44
75	Rick	44
78	Glenn	43
78	Peter	43
80	Brian	42
80	Darrell	42
80	Gene	42
80	Howard	42
80	Melvin	42
85	Marvin	41
86	Duane	39
87	Victor	38
88	Harry	37
89	Micheal	35
89	Tim	35
91	Barry	34
91	Leonard	34
91	Lloyd	34
94	Albert	33
95	Martin	32
96	Curtis	31
96	Dick	31
96	Jimmy	31
96	Leslie	31
100	Dean	30
100	Ernest	30
100	Louis	30