Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	796
2	John	735
3	James	732
4	Robert	716
5	William	591
6	David	514
7	Thomas	394
8	Richard	382
9	Charles	356
10	Gary	273
11	Steven	261
12	Joseph	258
13	Stephen	243
14	Ronald	226
15	Donald	215
15	Mark	215
17	Gregory	206
18	George	194
19	Paul	189
20	Edward	168
21	Anthony	155
22	Kenneth	154
23	Larry	142
24	Daniel	123
25	Jeffrey	119

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lawrence	119
27	Kevin	113
28	Timothy	107
29	Dennis	105
30	Patrick	92
30	Peter	92
30	Raymond	92
33	Douglas	89
33	Wayne	89
35	Bruce	88
36	Christopher	87
37	Andrew	78
38	Stanley	77
39	Eric	76
40	Tyrone	75
41	Alan	72
42	Brian	68
43	Frank	66
43	Reginald	66
45	Carl	63
45	Walter	63
47	Arthur	62
48	Ralph	61
48	Scott	61
50	Bernard	57
51	Keith	56
52	Eugene	55
52	Ricardo	55
54	Craig	53
54	Roger	53
56	Frederick	52
56	Philip	52
56	Samuel	52
59	Gerald	51
60	Henry	49
61	Glenn	48
62	Vincent	46
63	Francis	44
63	Jerome	44
63	Jerry	44
63	Leonard	44
63	Melvin	44
68	Harry	43
69	Barry	42
69	Earl	42
71	Harold	41
71	Russell	41
73	Maurice	39
74	Allen	38
74	Matthew	38
74	Phillip	38
77	Albert	37
77	Howard	37
79	Randolph	36
80	Louis	35
80	Warren	35
82	Benjamin	34
82	Jonathan	34
82	Martin	34
82	Rodney	34
82	Theodore	34
87	Victor	33
88	Alvin	32
88	Willie	32
90	Calvin	31
91	Andre	30
91	Clarence	30
91	Herbert	30
91	Nathaniel	30
91	Terry	30
96	Dwight	27
97	Ernest	26
97	Randy	26
99	Darrell	25
99	Jon	25
99	Leroy	25
99	Norman	25
99	Ricky	25