Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	800
2	John	714
3	James	692
4	Robert	668
5	William	555
6	David	526
7	Richard	356
8	Thomas	353
9	Charles	336
10	Joseph	266
11	Mark	252
12	Ronald	241
13	Stephen	226
14	Gregory	220
14	Paul	220
14	Steven	220
17	Donald	214
18	Gary	200
19	Kevin	191
20	Anthony	185
21	Daniel	169
22	Kenneth	168
23	Edward	159
23	Jeffrey	159
25	Timothy	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	151
27	Larry	139
28	Lawrence	125
29	Brian	117
29	Douglas	117
31	Peter	110
32	Christopher	106
32	Eric	106
34	Raymond	104
35	Bruce	100
35	Wayne	100
37	Reginald	92
38	Keith	85
39	Dennis	83
40	Alan	81
41	Andrew	75
42	Frank	72
43	Patrick	70
44	Stanley	67
45	Carl	61
45	Howard	61
45	Philip	61
45	Tyrone	61
49	Gerald	60
50	Scott	59
51	Harold	56
51	Walter	56
53	Eugene	55
54	Arthur	53
54	Roger	53
56	Jonathan	51
56	Martin	51
56	Ralph	51
59	Jerry	50
59	Rodney	50
61	Craig	49
61	Terry	49
63	Henry	48
64	Allen	47
64	Frederick	47
66	Harry	46
66	Melvin	46
66	Samuel	46
69	Albert	45
69	Jerome	45
69	Matthew	45
69	Phillip	45
73	Bernard	44
73	Calvin	44
75	Russell	43
76	Vincent	42
77	Francis	41
78	Curtis	40
79	Roy	39
80	Clarence	38
81	Alfred	37
81	Barry	37
81	Louis	37
81	Warren	37
81	Willie	37
86	Earl	36
86	Glenn	36
86	Jeffery	36
89	Ernest	35
89	Leroy	35
89	Maurice	35
89	Ricky	35
93	Nathaniel	34
93	Victor	34
95	Andre	31
95	Norman	31
95	Ronnie	31
95	Theodore	31
99	Alvin	30
99	Carlton	30