Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	676
2	James	526
3	John	502
4	Richard	483
5	William	395
6	Gary	376
7	Donald	373
8	David	357
9	Ronald	330
10	Larry	278
11	Charles	243
12	Michael	209
13	Kenneth	200
14	Jerry	186
15	George	185
16	Gerald	172
16	Thomas	172
18	Jack	165
19	Dennis	125
20	Raymond	116
21	Frank	111
22	Paul	110
23	Edward	109
24	Roger	95
25	Dale	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	91
27	Bob	89
28	Joseph	87
29	Jim	85
29	Wayne	85
31	Fred	84
31	Terry	84
33	Bill	83
34	Don	81
35	Norman	79
36	Harold	77
37	Daniel	70
37	Walter	70
39	Arthur	69
40	Lawrence	63
41	Howard	62
42	Gordon	59
43	Ralph	55
44	Clifford	54
44	Eugene	54
44	Leroy	54
47	Patrick	53
48	Gene	52
48	Roy	52
50	Duane	51
51	Carl	50
52	Ray	49
53	Bruce	48
53	Marvin	48
53	Tom	48
56	Albert	47
56	Dick	47
56	Melvin	47
59	Allen	45
59	Leonard	45
61	Stanley	43
61	Stephen	43
63	Harry	40
63	Keith	40
63	Peter	40
66	Mike	39
67	Alan	38
67	Lee	38
67	Warren	38
70	Edwin	37
70	Glenn	37
72	Dean	36
72	Theodore	36
74	Henry	35
75	Joe	34
75	Lloyd	34
77	Darrell	33
77	Ernest	33
77	Philip	33
77	Phillip	33
77	Ted	33
82	Floyd	32
83	Glen	31
84	Frederick	29
84	Herbert	29
84	Vernon	29
87	Earl	28
87	Francis	28
87	Jon	28
87	Neil	28
87	Rodney	28
87	Russell	28
93	Alfred	25
93	Harvey	25
95	Leslie	24
96	Allan	23
96	Dave	23
96	Steven	23
99	Fredrick	22
99	Ronnie	22
99	Victor	22