Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,936
2	Robert	1,731
3	John	1,421
4	Richard	1,408
5	David	1,200
6	Thomas	1,166
7	William	1,061
8	Ronald	870
9	Dennis	741
10	Donald	720
11	Michael	672
12	Gerald	613
13	Gary	606
14	Kenneth	582
15	Charles	487
16	Roger	456
17	Larry	405
18	Edward	321
19	Joseph	317
20	Paul	312
21	Douglas	296
22	Daniel	288
23	George	280
24	Wayne	276
25	Jerry	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	243
27	Eugene	236
28	Raymond	229
29	Jerome	224
30	Dale	221
31	Lawrence	218
32	Patrick	186
33	Bruce	182
34	Allen	163
35	Frank	157
36	Harold	153
37	Terry	144
38	Jack	140
39	Arthur	139
40	Russell	138
41	Duane	134
42	Carl	131
43	Frederick	124
44	Marvin	115
44	Ralph	115
46	Gene	113
46	Leroy	113
48	Norman	112
49	Gordon	110
49	Philip	110
51	Anthony	106
51	Stephen	106
53	Walter	105
54	Bernard	103
55	Lee	99
56	Tom	96
57	Allan	95
57	Steven	95
59	Francis	94
59	Keith	94
59	Leonard	94
62	Alan	93
62	Fred	93
62	Henry	93
65	Stanley	87
65	Timothy	87
67	Glenn	85
68	Howard	78
69	Mark	77
70	Jim	75
70	Phillip	75
72	Earl	71
72	Lyle	71
74	Lloyd	70
75	Dean	68
75	Roy	68
75	Victor	68
78	Gregory	65
78	Jeffrey	65
80	Clarence	64
80	Jon	64
80	Lynn	64
80	Melvin	64
84	Albert	63
85	Harvey	61
85	Louis	61
87	Bill	60
87	Harry	60
89	Don	59
89	Rodney	59
91	Brian	58
92	Arnold	55
92	Theodore	55
92	Warren	55
95	Clifford	54
95	Vernon	54
97	Dave	50
97	Leon	50
99	Barry	47
99	Glen	47
99	Martin	47