Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	843
2	James	755
3	Michael	748
4	Robert	699
5	William	617
6	David	513
7	Richard	421
8	Thomas	403
9	Charles	384
10	Joseph	261
11	Stephen	255
12	Ronald	247
13	Gary	224
14	Steven	217
15	Paul	208
16	Gregory	199
17	Donald	194
18	George	189
19	Larry	179
20	Mark	172
21	Edward	161
22	Kenneth	159
23	Daniel	141
24	Anthony	136
25	Lawrence	115

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	112
27	Dennis	109
28	Bruce	102
29	Patrick	95
30	Kevin	94
31	Christopher	93
32	Timothy	92
33	Douglas	88
34	Eric	86
35	Wayne	83
36	Peter	82
37	Frank	79
38	Raymond	78
39	Alan	74
40	Arthur	70
40	Gerald	70
42	Frederick	69
43	Roger	65
44	Jerome	62
44	Reginald	62
44	Walter	62
47	Carl	61
48	Andrew	60
49	Stanley	59
50	Howard	56
51	Glenn	54
52	Bernard	52
52	Francis	52
52	Melvin	52
52	Philip	52
52	Ralph	52
52	Tyrone	52
58	Henry	51
59	Samuel	48
59	Vincent	48
61	Albert	47
61	Brian	47
61	Harry	47
61	Scott	47
65	Alvin	46
66	Eugene	44
67	Harold	43
68	Craig	42
68	Jonathan	42
68	Martin	42
68	Norman	42
72	Clarence	41
72	Phillip	41
74	Barry	39
74	Russell	39
76	Earl	38
76	Willie	38
78	Ernest	37
78	Matthew	37
80	Louis	36
80	Theodore	36
80	Warren	36
83	Keith	34
83	Leonard	34
83	Maurice	34
86	Alfred	33
86	Calvin	33
86	Leroy	33
86	Nathaniel	33
90	Herbert	32
90	Victor	32
92	Jerry	30
93	Benjamin	29
93	Leon	29
93	Terry	29
96	Roland	28
97	Jay	27
97	Jesse	27
97	Nicholas	27
97	Ricardo	27