Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,010
2	James	957
3	John	915
4	Richard	778
5	David	741
6	Michael	655
7	William	641
8	Gary	588
9	Larry	530
10	Ronald	497
11	Donald	429
12	Dennis	399
13	Charles	370
14	Thomas	338
15	Kenneth	313
16	Jerry	306
17	George	240
18	Douglas	216
19	Terry	208
20	Gerald	202
21	Paul	186
22	Jim	182
23	Roger	168
24	Bill	167
24	Edward	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	165
27	Daniel	153
28	Stephen	147
29	Joseph	146
30	Mike	142
30	Steven	142
32	Frank	140
33	Bruce	138
34	Raymond	134
35	Dale	132
36	Patrick	122
37	Fred	120
38	Don	118
38	Wayne	118
40	Lawrence	116
40	Tom	116
42	Bob	109
43	Gordon	108
44	Steve	101
45	Norman	100
46	Harold	97
47	Ralph	89
48	Dave	87
49	Stanley	85
50	Carl	81
51	Roy	80
52	Peter	79
53	Alan	77
53	Mark	77
55	Dan	76
55	Keith	76
57	Walter	75
58	Gene	73
58	Howard	73
60	Arthur	72
61	Eugene	71
62	Ron	69
63	Joe	68
64	Leonard	66
64	Melvin	66
66	Philip	65
66	Rodney	65
68	Harry	64
69	Glenn	63
70	Dick	62
70	Marvin	62
72	Dean	59
73	Allen	58
74	Albert	55
74	Russell	55
76	Danny	54
76	Darrell	54
76	Ray	54
79	Lee	53
79	Leroy	53
81	Clifford	52
81	Duane	52
83	Henry	51
84	Jon	49
84	Phillip	49
86	Ted	47
87	Edwin	45
87	Frederick	45
87	Lloyd	45
90	Earl	43
90	Leslie	43
92	Craig	41
93	Harvey	39
93	Martin	39
95	Barry	38
95	Lynn	38
95	Tommy	38
98	Ernest	37
98	Joel	37
98	Warren	37