Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,346
2	Robert	2,172
3	John	1,930
4	Richard	1,791
5	David	1,715
6	Thomas	1,660
7	Michael	1,599
8	William	1,265
9	Dennis	1,157
10	Gary	1,111
11	Ronald	965
12	Donald	757
13	Kenneth	677
14	Larry	611
15	Daniel	584
16	Charles	566
17	Paul	514
18	Gerald	484
19	Steven	434
20	Roger	415
21	Gregory	405
22	Joseph	401
23	Terry	358
24	Wayne	350
25	Dale	341

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	315
27	Edward	312
28	Mark	310
29	Peter	299
30	George	295
31	Patrick	287
32	Jerry	276
33	Douglas	269
34	Lawrence	257
35	Timothy	247
36	Jeffrey	244
37	Stephen	235
38	Alan	228
39	Raymond	215
40	Eugene	207
41	Allen	206
42	Frank	182
43	Jerome	178
44	Russell	173
45	Tom	163
46	Keith	162
47	Jack	160
48	Duane	158
49	Carl	145
50	Philip	138
51	Glenn	130
52	Arthur	122
52	Frederick	122
54	Steve	120
55	Ralph	118
56	Gene	116
57	Brian	113
58	Harold	112
59	Anthony	110
59	Leonard	110
61	Walter	109
62	Rodney	108
63	Dean	107
64	Jon	106
64	Roy	106
66	Fred	105
67	Lee	104
67	Phillip	104
69	Howard	103
70	Mike	102
71	Craig	98
72	Bernard	97
72	Jim	97
72	Randall	97
75	Stanley	95
76	Leroy	90
77	Allan	89
78	Scott	88
79	Henry	83
80	Barry	82
80	Gordon	82
82	Bill	77
83	Francis	76
83	Warren	76
85	Marvin	70
86	Dave	69
87	Don	68
87	Norman	68
89	Randy	67
90	Dan	63
91	Lyle	62
92	Martin	61
93	Louis	60
94	Danny	58
94	Theodore	58
96	Clifford	57
96	Terrence	57
98	Jay	56
99	Harry	55
99	Vernon	55