Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	634
2	James	464
3	John	455
4	Richard	444
5	Donald	368
6	William	351
7	Ronald	270
8	David	268
9	Charles	222
10	Gary	210
11	Larry	206
12	Jack	173
13	Jerry	170
13	Kenneth	170
15	George	169
16	Gerald	164
17	Thomas	142
18	Michael	118
19	Don	110
19	Frank	110
21	Edward	104
22	Paul	101
23	Raymond	99
24	Harold	82
25	Bill	80

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jim	79
27	Bob	77
28	Joseph	75
29	Fred	71
29	Walter	71
31	Ralph	68
32	Norman	67
33	Roger	65
34	Dale	64
34	Gordon	64
36	Lawrence	61
37	Dennis	60
38	Wayne	59
39	Douglas	57
40	Melvin	56
40	Roy	56
42	Marvin	55
43	Ray	54
44	Clifford	53
44	Howard	53
46	Arthur	52
46	Carl	52
48	Bruce	51
48	Dick	51
48	Duane	51
51	Stanley	47
52	Albert	46
52	Gene	46
54	Earl	45
55	Eugene	44
56	Leonard	43
56	Peter	43
56	Tom	43
59	Joe	42
60	Glenn	41
61	Daniel	38
61	Dean	38
63	Darrell	37
63	Glen	37
65	Harry	36
65	Leroy	36
67	Keith	35
68	Allen	33
68	Lee	33
68	Lloyd	33
71	Edwin	32
71	Henry	32
73	Philip	31
74	Ernest	30
75	Allan	29
75	Floyd	29
75	Patrick	29
75	Theodore	29
75	Vernon	29
80	Alan	28
80	Russell	28
82	Terry	27
83	Frederick	26
83	Lyle	26
83	Rodney	26
83	Ted	26
87	Leslie	25
87	Victor	25
87	Warren	25
90	Delbert	24
90	Herbert	24
90	Jon	24
90	Lewis	24
90	Martin	24
90	Phillip	24
90	Wallace	24
97	Harvey	23
97	Ronnie	23
97	Stephen	23
100	Alvin	21
100	Neil	21
100	Wesley	21