Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,021
2	John	1,018
3	James	969
4	Richard	849
5	David	756
6	Gary	708
7	Michael	643
8	William	616
9	Larry	478
10	Ronald	411
11	Donald	387
12	Dennis	366
13	Thomas	359
14	Charles	344
15	Kenneth	306
16	Jerry	277
17	George	239
18	Gerald	209
19	Paul	199
20	Mike	198
21	Jim	197
22	Terry	190
23	Douglas	185
24	Bill	178
25	Roger	167

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jack	164
27	Daniel	159
27	Steven	159
29	Bruce	149
29	Edward	149
31	Dale	141
32	Patrick	139
33	Frank	137
34	Raymond	128
35	Stephen	127
36	Don	119
37	Fred	116
37	Wayne	116
39	Tom	110
40	Steve	104
41	Carl	102
41	Joseph	102
43	Bob	95
44	Alan	89
44	Harold	89
46	Howard	88
46	Lawrence	88
48	Arthur	86
49	Walter	84
50	Dave	82
50	Roy	82
52	Peter	78
53	Dan	77
53	Joe	77
53	Ralph	77
56	Stanley	75
57	Gene	74
58	Mark	73
59	Danny	72
60	Brian	71
60	Timothy	71
62	Norman	70
63	Gordon	68
64	Philip	66
64	Russell	66
66	Dick	63
66	Eugene	63
68	Harry	61
68	Rodney	61
70	Melvin	60
71	Ron	59
72	Allen	55
72	Dean	55
72	Duane	55
75	Jon	53
76	Clifford	52
76	Lee	52
76	Leroy	52
79	Edwin	51
79	Keith	51
79	Marvin	51
82	Gregory	49
82	Henry	49
82	Leonard	49
85	Barry	48
85	Lloyd	48
87	Albert	46
87	Earl	46
87	Ray	46
90	Frederick	44
90	Glenn	44
92	Lyle	43
92	Warren	43
94	Jeffrey	41
95	Ernest	40
95	Jimmy	40
95	Rick	40
98	Darrell	39
99	Floyd	36
99	Joel	36