Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,353
2	John	1,343
3	James	1,169
4	Michael	1,080
5	David	1,053
6	Richard	1,039
7	William	825
8	Gary	761
9	Larry	622
10	Ronald	573
11	Thomas	548
12	Dennis	515
13	Donald	492
14	Charles	459
15	Steven	414
16	Kenneth	384
17	Terry	346
18	Jerry	322
19	Paul	305
20	Mike	291
21	Stephen	290
22	Jim	282
23	Daniel	275
24	George	269
25	Douglas	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	253
27	Gregory	244
28	Steve	230
29	Roger	220
30	Jack	217
31	Gerald	216
32	Bill	205
33	Edward	194
34	Mark	191
34	Patrick	191
36	Joseph	174
37	Dale	172
38	Tom	169
39	Wayne	165
40	Alan	163
41	Raymond	158
42	Frank	144
43	Don	142
44	Bob	140
45	Timothy	139
46	Danny	138
47	Dan	133
48	Lawrence	124
49	Craig	115
50	Keith	114
51	Philip	109
52	Fred	107
53	Brian	105
54	Walter	100
55	Dave	98
55	Roy	98
57	Stanley	94
58	Harold	93
58	Peter	93
60	Gordon	92
61	Jon	91
62	Arthur	88
62	Ron	88
62	Russell	88
65	Ralph	87
66	Joe	85
67	Allen	84
68	Norman	83
69	Glenn	82
69	Greg	82
69	Jeffrey	82
72	Rick	80
73	Randy	79
74	Carl	78
74	Duane	78
76	Lee	77
77	Eugene	75
78	Scott	71
79	Dean	68
79	Rodney	68
81	Barry	67
82	Howard	65
82	Tim	65
84	Gene	63
84	Jay	63
84	Randall	63
87	Marvin	62
88	Darrell	61
88	Dick	61
88	Leonard	61
91	Clifford	60
92	Ray	59
93	Albert	58
93	Harry	58
95	Eric	54
95	Frederick	54
95	Phillip	54
98	Melvin	53
99	Glen	52
100	Earl	51