Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,301
2	John	1,264
3	Michael	1,228
4	James	1,146
5	David	1,070
6	Richard	945
7	William	763
8	Steven	704
9	Gary	616
10	Ronald	576
11	Thomas	568
12	Donald	535
13	Larry	470
14	Dennis	462
15	Charles	452
16	Stephen	416
17	Kenneth	386
18	Daniel	383
19	Mark	360
20	Douglas	358
21	Paul	306
22	Gregory	295
23	Patrick	267
24	Bruce	264
25	Terry	263

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	243
27	Jerry	222
28	Roger	206
29	Edward	205
30	Joseph	201
31	Timothy	198
32	Steve	177
33	Gerald	174
34	Wayne	151
35	Jack	148
36	Dale	144
37	Lawrence	142
38	Mike	141
39	Jeffrey	140
40	Raymond	138
41	Frank	134
42	Scott	133
43	Randy	130
44	Alan	128
45	Craig	127
46	Jim	125
47	Dan	124
48	Gordon	110
49	Brian	107
49	Danny	107
51	Bill	102
52	Carl	100
52	Peter	100
54	Randall	99
55	Harold	92
55	Keith	92
57	Rodney	89
58	Don	88
59	Russell	86
60	Ralph	84
61	Walter	83
62	Arthur	81
63	Norman	79
64	Christopher	78
64	Fred	78
64	Tom	78
67	Glenn	77
68	Lee	76
68	Micheal	76
70	Stanley	75
71	Philip	74
72	Dean	73
73	Allen	72
74	Eugene	71
74	Phillip	71
74	Roy	71
77	Glen	70
78	Clifford	67
79	Howard	66
80	Martin	65
81	Duane	64
82	Frederick	63
82	Marvin	63
84	Bob	62
85	Jon	59
86	Harry	57
86	Jay	57
86	Rick	57
89	Albert	56
89	Eric	56
91	Theodore	55
92	Darrell	54
92	Kevin	54
94	Anthony	53
94	Chris	53
94	Gene	53
97	Greg	52
97	Leslie	52
97	Melvin	52
97	Ray	52