Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	696
2	Robert	689
3	John	638
4	Richard	509
5	Gary	490
6	William	481
7	David	468
8	Michael	395
9	Larry	373
10	Ronald	345
11	Donald	300
12	Dennis	286
13	Thomas	248
14	Charles	232
15	Jerry	222
16	Kenneth	213
17	George	190
18	Gerald	169
19	Paul	163
20	Roger	134
21	Jack	129
22	Edward	119
23	Terry	113
24	Frank	108
24	Jim	108

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	106
27	Dale	100
28	Wayne	97
29	Joseph	93
29	Raymond	93
31	Bill	89
31	Bruce	89
31	Daniel	89
34	Mike	86
35	Norman	84
36	Fred	83
37	Stephen	80
38	Patrick	79
39	Don	75
39	Walter	75
41	Lawrence	72
42	Carl	71
43	Arthur	65
43	Ralph	65
45	Roy	62
46	Tom	61
47	Gordon	60
48	Eugene	59
48	Harold	59
50	Bob	58
51	Stanley	56
51	Steve	56
53	Harry	55
54	Lee	54
54	Leonard	54
56	Dick	52
56	Peter	52
58	Duane	51
58	Keith	51
58	Ray	51
61	Howard	50
62	Phillip	49
62	Steven	49
64	Henry	48
64	Philip	48
66	Joe	47
67	Alan	46
67	Frederick	46
67	Melvin	46
70	Gene	45
70	Marvin	45
72	Earl	44
73	Leroy	43
74	Albert	42
75	Warren	41
76	Glenn	40
77	Russell	39
78	Alfred	38
78	Darrell	38
80	Jon	37
81	Allen	34
81	Ernest	34
81	Neil	34
81	Rodney	34
85	Ted	33
86	Dean	32
86	Jay	32
88	Dave	31
88	Theodore	31
90	Barry	30
90	Brian	30
90	Clifford	30
90	Vernon	30
94	Danny	29
94	Louis	29
96	Billy	28
96	Edwin	28
96	Gregory	28
96	Lynn	28
100	Timothy	27