Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	681
2	James	595
3	John	575
4	Richard	519
5	William	441
6	David	436
7	Gary	433
8	Larry	323
9	Michael	303
10	Ronald	285
11	Donald	281
12	Charles	241
13	Dennis	236
14	Jerry	195
15	Thomas	186
16	Gerald	185
17	Kenneth	177
18	George	164
19	Jack	162
20	Roger	123
21	Paul	122
22	Edward	113
23	Frank	111
24	Dale	100
25	Douglas	99

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bill	91
26	Jim	91
28	Don	90
29	Wayne	89
30	Bob	85
31	Raymond	83
32	Lawrence	82
33	Terry	81
34	Stephen	80
34	Walter	80
36	Fred	78
36	Harold	78
38	Joseph	75
39	Mike	74
40	Bruce	72
41	Patrick	70
42	Daniel	67
43	Ralph	64
44	Melvin	63
44	Roy	63
46	Norman	62
47	Marvin	58
48	Tom	57
49	Carl	56
50	Gordon	54
51	Peter	52
52	Allen	51
52	Dick	51
54	Leonard	50
55	Stanley	49
56	Arthur	48
56	Howard	48
56	Lee	48
59	Jon	46
60	Eugene	44
60	Joe	44
62	Clifford	43
63	Alan	42
64	Duane	41
64	Keith	41
66	Philip	40
67	Allan	39
67	Dave	39
67	Earl	39
67	Gene	39
67	Harry	39
72	Albert	38
72	Leroy	38
72	Rodney	38
75	Ernest	37
75	Ray	37
75	Russell	37
78	Henry	36
78	Phillip	36
78	Steven	36
81	Dean	34
81	Martin	34
83	Frederick	33
84	Darrell	31
85	Glen	29
86	Alvin	28
86	Brian	28
86	Jay	28
86	Leslie	28
86	Louis	28
86	Vernon	28
92	Lynn	27
92	Steve	27
94	Edwin	26
94	Glenn	26
94	Lloyd	26
94	Theodore	26
94	Warren	26
99	Danny	25
99	Ted	25