Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	883
2	James	856
3	John	786
4	Richard	680
5	David	657
6	William	620
7	Michael	553
8	Gary	503
9	Larry	463
10	Ronald	418
11	Donald	388
12	Dennis	365
13	Charles	319
14	Jerry	308
15	Kenneth	300
16	Thomas	275
17	Douglas	234
18	George	227
19	Gerald	181
20	Jim	175
21	Paul	169
22	Terry	166
23	Roger	158
24	Jack	154
25	Edward	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	126
27	Bill	125
28	Daniel	120
29	Bruce	116
30	Dale	112
30	Raymond	112
32	Stephen	111
33	Lawrence	110
34	Mike	107
34	Patrick	107
36	Steven	101
37	Fred	100
38	Joseph	98
39	Bob	94
39	Tom	94
41	Harold	92
41	Norman	92
43	Wayne	87
44	Walter	86
45	Gordon	85
46	Ralph	84
47	Don	82
48	Arthur	81
49	Stanley	76
50	Steve	74
51	Carl	70
51	Peter	70
51	Roy	70
54	Melvin	69
55	Allen	67
56	Dick	63
57	Joe	61
57	Rodney	61
59	Gene	60
60	Harry	59
61	Albert	58
61	Eugene	58
63	Keith	57
64	Russell	56
65	Dan	55
65	Marvin	55
67	Howard	54
67	Leonard	54
69	Dave	53
69	Lee	53
69	Philip	53
72	Mark	51
73	Frederick	49
73	Leroy	49
73	Ray	49
76	Glenn	48
77	Clifford	47
77	Jay	47
79	Warren	46
80	Brian	44
80	Duane	44
82	Alan	43
82	Lloyd	43
82	Ted	43
85	Earl	42
85	Glen	42
87	Henry	41
87	Phillip	41
89	Danny	40
90	Dean	39
90	Leslie	39
90	Ron	39
93	Jon	38
94	Jeffrey	36
95	Allan	35
95	Ronnie	35
97	Clyde	34
97	Darrell	34
97	Lyle	34
97	Martin	34