Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	776
2	Robert	769
3	Michael	743
4	John	661
5	James	652
6	Richard	537
7	William	487
8	Steven	416
9	Gary	409
10	Thomas	362
11	Larry	348
12	Ronald	345
13	Donald	305
14	Dennis	280
15	Kenneth	272
16	Charles	266
17	Stephen	262
18	Daniel	230
19	Douglas	194
20	Terry	193
21	Bruce	171
22	Jerry	170
23	Mark	169
24	Gregory	164
25	Paul	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	141
27	Roger	125
27	Timothy	125
29	George	116
30	Gerald	105
31	Jack	103
32	Edward	102
33	Dale	99
34	Joseph	94
35	Wayne	91
36	Steve	90
37	Mike	89
38	Lawrence	88
39	Craig	87
39	Rodney	87
41	Alan	84
42	Jeffrey	83
43	Jim	82
44	Carl	74
44	Danny	74
44	Raymond	74
47	Frank	73
47	Keith	73
49	Dan	71
50	Stanley	68
51	Walter	65
52	Scott	63
53	Roy	62
54	Tom	61
55	Harold	60
55	Randy	60
57	Ralph	59
58	Don	58
59	Bill	56
60	Gordon	55
60	Russell	55
62	Christopher	54
63	Brian	52
63	Randall	52
65	Duane	51
66	Philip	49
67	Eric	48
67	Phillip	48
69	Allen	47
70	Darrell	46
70	Lee	46
70	Norman	46
73	Curtis	43
73	Marvin	43
73	Rick	43
76	Fred	42
76	Lynn	42
78	Glenn	41
79	Arthur	40
80	Bob	39
80	Gene	39
80	Jay	39
80	Jon	39
80	Melvin	39
85	Dean	38
85	Leonard	38
85	Micheal	38
85	Peter	38
89	Clifford	37
89	Leslie	37
89	Martin	37
92	Glen	36
92	Harry	36
94	Dave	35
94	Samuel	35
96	Henry	34
96	Vernon	34
98	Albert	33
99	Anthony	32
99	Greg	32