Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,073
2	John	1,008
3	James	1,002
4	Richard	892
5	Michael	716
6	David	696
7	William	636
8	Gary	624
9	Larry	484
10	Thomas	396
11	Ronald	395
12	Donald	387
13	Dennis	382
14	Charles	352
15	Kenneth	301
16	Jerry	244
17	Paul	241
18	Douglas	231
19	George	227
20	Terry	215
21	Jim	210
22	Mike	208
23	Steven	198
24	Jack	190
25	Roger	182

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	170
27	Stephen	166
28	Gerald	164
29	Bruce	161
30	Edward	157
31	Bill	148
32	Joseph	142
33	Wayne	139
34	Steve	135
35	Frank	133
36	Dale	129
37	Raymond	125
38	Tom	124
39	Patrick	120
40	Don	115
41	Bob	113
42	Lawrence	108
43	Fred	100
44	Alan	95
45	Mark	93
45	Ralph	93
47	Gordon	91
48	Brian	81
48	Harold	81
50	Stanley	80
50	Walter	80
52	Dan	79
52	Gregory	79
52	Joe	79
55	Roy	78
56	Danny	77
57	Timothy	76
58	Carl	75
58	Howard	75
58	Keith	75
61	Dave	69
61	Peter	69
63	Rodney	66
64	Norman	64
65	Allen	63
66	Arthur	62
66	Dick	62
66	Frederick	62
69	Dean	60
69	Jay	60
69	Russell	60
72	Ray	58
73	Duane	57
73	Eugene	57
73	Harry	57
76	Henry	55
76	Lee	55
78	Jon	54
79	Philip	53
80	Phillip	52
81	Clifford	51
82	Earl	49
82	Marvin	49
84	Jeffrey	48
85	Albert	47
85	Allan	47
85	Craig	47
85	Darrell	47
85	Gene	47
85	Leonard	47
85	Ron	47
92	Glenn	44
93	Leslie	43
93	Randy	43
93	Victor	43
96	Rick	41
96	Ted	41
98	Barry	39
98	Ernest	39
98	Melvin	39
98	Warren	39