Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	659
2	James	507
3	Richard	470
4	John	464
5	Donald	379
5	William	379
7	David	315
8	Ronald	293
9	Gary	270
10	Charles	248
11	Larry	234
12	Jerry	179
13	Gerald	176
13	Kenneth	176
15	George	173
16	Thomas	161
17	Jack	159
18	Michael	151
19	Edward	142
20	Frank	119
21	Paul	107
22	Don	92
22	Raymond	92
24	Harold	89
25	Bob	88

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wayne	87
27	Jim	82
28	Roger	79
29	Carl	77
30	Dennis	74
31	Ralph	72
32	Dale	71
32	Joseph	71
32	Walter	71
35	Bill	69
36	Fred	67
37	Douglas	60
37	Leroy	60
39	Lawrence	59
40	Stanley	58
41	Dick	57
41	Gordon	57
41	Roy	57
44	Bruce	56
45	Albert	55
45	Arthur	55
47	Daniel	54
47	Terry	54
49	Norman	53
50	Duane	49
51	Howard	48
52	Lee	47
52	Melvin	47
54	Marvin	46
55	Joe	45
56	Ray	44
57	Eugene	43
57	Patrick	43
57	Tom	43
60	Clifford	42
60	Ernest	42
62	Allen	41
62	Harry	41
62	Philip	41
65	Gene	40
65	Leonard	40
65	Lloyd	40
68	Theodore	39
69	Edwin	35
69	Glenn	35
69	Leslie	35
69	Peter	35
73	Darrell	34
73	Earl	34
73	Frederick	34
73	Lyle	34
77	Henry	33
78	Keith	30
79	Dean	29
79	Floyd	29
79	Mike	29
79	Rodney	29
83	Alan	28
83	Clarence	28
83	Dan	28
83	Glen	28
83	Vernon	28
88	Warren	27
89	Louis	26
90	Allan	25
90	Alvin	25
92	Loren	24
92	Russell	24
94	Arnold	23
94	Francis	23
94	Martin	23
94	Phillip	23
98	Billy	22
98	Harvey	22
98	Neil	22