Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	808
2	James	726
3	John	711
4	Robert	686
5	William	568
6	David	545
7	Richard	370
8	Thomas	336
9	Charles	333
10	Joseph	307
11	Stephen	254
12	Mark	249
13	Gary	244
14	Steven	237
15	Ronald	234
16	Gregory	232
17	Paul	221
18	Donald	196
19	George	189
20	Kenneth	181
21	Edward	159
22	Kevin	158
23	Anthony	145
24	Jeffrey	143
25	Larry	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	140
27	Douglas	126
28	Lawrence	119
29	Timothy	111
29	Wayne	111
31	Dennis	105
32	Bruce	94
33	Christopher	89
34	Peter	86
35	Eric	85
35	Raymond	85
37	Patrick	79
37	Tyrone	79
39	Keith	78
40	Brian	77
41	Frank	75
42	Alan	69
43	Gerald	66
44	Stanley	63
45	Walter	62
46	Reginald	61
46	Samuel	61
48	Carl	60
49	Philip	59
50	Arthur	56
51	Harold	55
51	Roger	55
53	Henry	54
54	Andrew	53
55	Frederick	52
56	Craig	51
56	Rodney	51
58	Martin	50
59	Jerry	49
60	Glenn	48
60	Ralph	48
60	Scott	48
63	Calvin	47
63	Eugene	47
65	Barry	46
66	Bernard	45
66	Ernest	45
66	Melvin	45
66	Russell	45
70	Clarence	43
71	Jerome	42
71	Vincent	42
73	Willie	41
74	Maurice	40
75	Albert	39
75	Curtis	39
75	Francis	39
75	Harry	39
75	Phillip	39
75	Terry	39
81	Ricardo	38
82	Howard	36
82	Norman	36
84	Allen	35
84	Jack	35
84	Leonard	35
84	Marc	35
84	Ronnie	35
89	Leroy	34
89	Theodore	34
89	Warren	34
92	Jonathan	33
93	Andre	31
93	Carlton	31
95	Darrell	30
95	Roy	30
97	Alvin	29
97	Earl	29
97	Steve	29
100	Darryl	28
100	Victor	28