Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,277
2	John	1,242
3	James	1,230
4	Michael	1,073
5	David	972
6	Richard	936
7	William	758
8	Gary	683
9	Thomas	587
10	Ronald	533
11	Larry	526
12	Steven	511
13	Donald	479
14	Dennis	464
15	Charles	410
16	Kenneth	398
17	Stephen	337
18	Daniel	325
19	Paul	319
19	Terry	319
21	Douglas	278
22	Jerry	271
23	Gregory	266
24	Bruce	265
25	Mark	255

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steve	240
27	George	235
28	Mike	217
29	Patrick	213
30	Joseph	196
31	Dale	193
32	Gerald	186
33	Jim	184
34	Roger	182
35	Bill	181
36	Jack	177
36	Timothy	177
38	Edward	176
39	Wayne	168
40	Alan	147
41	Dan	144
41	Frank	144
43	Raymond	138
44	Lawrence	132
44	Tom	132
46	Danny	127
47	Craig	123
48	Gordon	115
49	Randy	108
50	Fred	107
51	Don	103
52	Brian	101
52	Harold	101
54	Carl	99
54	Jon	99
56	Peter	98
57	Bob	95
58	Rodney	94
59	Keith	91
60	Jeffrey	90
60	Walter	90
62	Stanley	88
63	Philip	85
64	Dave	83
65	Roy	81
66	Russell	80
67	Greg	79
68	Joe	78
69	Phillip	77
70	Rick	76
71	Randall	75
72	Arthur	74
72	Ralph	74
72	Scott	74
75	Ron	73
76	Darrell	67
76	Marvin	67
78	Tim	66
79	Norman	65
80	Howard	64
81	Gene	61
81	Leonard	61
81	Micheal	61
84	Dean	59
84	Eugene	59
86	Allan	58
86	Duane	58
86	Melvin	58
89	Albert	57
89	Allen	57
91	Clifford	56
91	Frederick	56
93	Eric	55
93	Harry	55
95	Glenn	54
96	Barry	53
96	Lee	53
96	Lloyd	53
99	Warren	52
100	Dick	50