Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,914
2	Robert	1,707
3	John	1,480
4	Richard	1,435
5	David	1,161
6	Thomas	1,159
7	William	958
8	Michael	771
9	Ronald	731
10	Gary	730
11	Dennis	700
12	Donald	641
13	Kenneth	573
14	Gerald	517
15	Charles	436
16	Roger	435
17	Larry	411
18	Daniel	361
19	Paul	323
20	Joseph	305
21	Jerry	276
22	Edward	272
23	George	267
24	Wayne	241
25	Dale	215

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Peter	215
27	Lawrence	207
28	Eugene	201
29	Bruce	192
30	Douglas	191
31	Raymond	186
32	Jerome	181
33	Terry	175
34	Patrick	165
35	Jack	157
36	Frank	153
37	Allen	148
38	Harold	142
39	Steven	133
40	Walter	126
41	Ralph	125
42	Tom	124
43	Carl	123
44	Alan	122
44	Duane	122
46	Keith	115
47	Gordon	114
47	Russell	114
49	Arthur	113
50	Stephen	108
51	Howard	104
52	Mark	103
53	Timothy	95
54	Leonard	92
55	Francis	90
55	Frederick	90
55	Marvin	90
58	Philip	89
59	Leroy	88
60	Lee	87
61	Fred	85
62	Anthony	83
62	Glenn	83
64	Jim	81
65	Allan	79
66	Bernard	77
66	Henry	77
66	Norman	77
69	Roy	75
69	Stanley	75
71	Jeffrey	74
72	Gene	73
73	Gregory	68
74	Phillip	67
74	Rodney	67
76	Theodore	66
77	Martin	65
78	Dean	64
79	Harry	63
79	Jon	63
81	Brian	61
81	Melvin	61
83	Mike	59
84	Lyle	57
85	Darrell	56
86	Lloyd	55
87	Leon	54
88	Warren	52
89	Bill	51
89	Clarence	51
89	Earl	51
92	Neil	49
93	Clifford	48
93	Don	48
93	Harvey	48
93	Louis	48
97	Vernon	47
98	Albert	46
99	Randall	44
99	Steve	44