Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	684
2	John	520
3	James	505
4	Richard	480
5	David	414
6	William	411
7	Gary	372
8	Larry	317
9	Donald	299
10	Ronald	256
11	Charles	219
12	Michael	212
13	Jerry	210
14	Kenneth	189
15	George	185
16	Dennis	180
16	Gerald	180
18	Thomas	166
19	Jack	154
20	Edward	131
21	Paul	127
22	Roger	118
23	Raymond	93
24	Jim	88
25	Joseph	87

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	85
26	Wayne	85
28	Harold	84
29	Fred	82
30	Lawrence	81
31	Bob	79
32	Daniel	78
33	Norman	76
34	Bill	75
34	Douglas	75
36	Don	73
37	Terry	69
37	Walter	69
39	Dale	68
40	Mike	66
41	Gordon	65
42	Patrick	63
43	Dick	61
44	Ralph	59
45	Arthur	57
45	Eugene	57
47	Bruce	55
47	Joe	55
49	Roy	54
50	Alan	53
51	Gene	50
52	Tom	49
53	Carl	48
53	Duane	48
55	Allen	47
56	Melvin	45
56	Rodney	45
58	Stanley	44
59	Harry	43
59	Leonard	43
61	Stephen	42
62	Ray	41
62	Steven	41
64	Albert	39
64	Clifford	39
64	Howard	39
64	Leroy	39
64	Marvin	39
64	Peter	39
70	Glen	37
71	Lee	34
72	Darrell	33
72	Ernest	33
74	Henry	32
74	Lyle	32
76	Jon	31
77	Keith	30
77	Lloyd	30
77	Philip	30
77	Theodore	30
81	Glenn	29
81	Jimmy	29
81	Leslie	29
81	Neil	29
81	Phillip	29
81	Steve	29
87	Dean	28
87	Russell	28
89	Dave	27
89	Ronnie	27
89	Ted	27
92	Frederick	26
92	Herbert	26
92	Ron	26
95	Danny	25
95	Earl	25
95	Harvey	25
95	Lewis	25
95	Loren	25
100	Alvin	24