Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,247
2	James	1,198
3	John	1,167
4	Richard	987
5	Michael	959
6	David	825
7	William	776
8	Gary	715
9	Ronald	560
10	Larry	553
11	Dennis	500
12	Donald	453
13	Thomas	416
14	Charles	384
15	Kenneth	367
16	Terry	310
17	Jerry	298
18	Steven	283
19	Mike	270
20	Paul	269
21	Douglas	266
22	Jim	249
23	Daniel	235
24	George	229
25	Bruce	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	210
27	Bill	200
28	Steve	196
29	Jack	195
30	Stephen	189
31	Dale	173
31	Patrick	173
33	Gerald	172
34	Edward	169
35	Frank	162
36	Bob	158
37	Joseph	157
38	Tom	146
38	Wayne	146
40	Gregory	140
41	Don	132
42	Raymond	129
43	Mark	126
44	Fred	120
45	Dan	116
46	Danny	107
47	Alan	106
48	Harold	105
49	Timothy	103
50	Craig	93
50	Walter	93
52	Lawrence	91
53	Brian	89
53	Russell	89
55	Arthur	83
55	Dick	83
55	Joe	83
55	Stanley	83
59	Peter	82
60	Carl	81
61	Roy	80
62	Allen	79
62	Norman	79
64	Rodney	75
64	Ron	75
66	Keith	74
67	Jon	72
67	Rick	72
69	Dave	71
69	Ralph	71
71	Leonard	68
71	Randy	68
73	Gene	66
74	Clifford	65
75	Marvin	64
76	Gordon	63
76	Harry	63
76	Howard	63
76	Lee	63
80	Philip	61
81	Dean	60
81	Duane	60
81	Tim	60
84	Frederick	58
84	Ken	58
86	Jeffrey	56
86	Ray	56
88	Greg	55
88	Jay	55
90	Barry	52
90	Eugene	52
90	Leslie	52
93	Darrell	51
93	Glenn	51
95	Phillip	50
96	Henry	49
96	Melvin	49
96	Scott	49
99	Lynn	47
100	Albert	46