Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,577
2	James	1,552
3	John	1,318
4	Richard	1,255
5	Thomas	909
6	David	903
7	William	879
8	Ronald	728
9	Donald	726
10	Gerald	577
11	Kenneth	518
12	Dennis	476
13	Charles	457
14	Roger	447
15	Gary	436
16	Michael	418
17	Larry	325
18	Edward	294
19	Joseph	284
20	Wayne	281
21	Paul	250
22	Jerry	231
23	George	230
24	Daniel	216
25	Eugene	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerome	191
27	Raymond	187
28	Dale	186
28	Peter	186
30	Lawrence	180
31	Harold	150
32	Bruce	146
33	Ralph	138
34	Gordon	136
35	Carl	135
36	Duane	131
37	Frank	128
38	Patrick	126
39	Walter	124
40	Allen	121
41	Jack	117
42	Russell	116
43	Douglas	114
43	Frederick	114
45	Marvin	110
45	Norman	110
47	Gene	109
48	Terry	102
49	Leroy	100
50	Fred	99
51	Henry	96
52	Arthur	95
53	Stanley	91
54	Tom	90
55	Howard	88
56	Leonard	87
57	Glenn	85
58	Philip	84
59	Francis	81
60	Lee	80
61	Allan	78
62	Anthony	76
62	Bernard	76
64	Jon	73
65	Alan	72
66	Keith	71
67	Melvin	70
67	Theodore	70
69	Roy	68
70	Albert	67
71	Stephen	66
72	Lyle	65
73	Vernon	64
74	Clarence	62
75	Jim	60
76	Darrell	57
77	Lloyd	56
77	Louis	56
77	Phillip	56
80	Herbert	55
81	Earl	54
82	Arnold	52
82	Don	52
84	Harvey	51
85	Edwin	50
85	Neil	50
85	Rodney	50
85	Timothy	50
89	Clifford	49
89	Dean	49
89	Leon	49
92	Harry	46
92	Mark	46
94	Brian	45
94	Glen	45
96	Karl	44
96	Martin	44
98	Leo	42
99	Gregory	41
100	Bill	40
100	Leslie	40