Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	824
2	James	734
3	John	669
4	Robert	643
5	David	539
6	William	521
7	Thomas	377
8	Richard	358
9	Mark	319
10	Charles	306
11	Joseph	297
12	Anthony	252
13	Kevin	239
14	Paul	235
15	Gregory	230
16	Donald	216
16	Steven	216
18	Stephen	215
19	Kenneth	213
20	Ronald	209
21	Gary	180
22	Timothy	179
23	George	166
24	Jeffrey	157
25	Daniel	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	146
27	Larry	131
28	Christopher	130
29	Brian	129
30	Keith	121
31	Lawrence	100
32	Douglas	97
33	Peter	93
34	Bruce	92
35	Wayne	88
36	Eric	87
37	Raymond	81
37	Reginald	81
39	Patrick	79
40	Dennis	78
40	Tyrone	78
42	Andrew	71
42	Frank	71
44	Walter	65
45	Carl	63
45	Scott	63
47	Melvin	59
48	Harry	57
49	Stanley	56
50	Gerald	54
50	Ralph	54
52	Phillip	52
52	Vincent	52
54	Philip	51
55	Russell	49
56	Henry	48
56	Martin	48
56	Terry	48
59	Curtis	47
59	Maurice	47
59	Samuel	47
62	Andre	46
62	Arthur	46
62	Frederick	46
62	Glenn	46
62	Jerome	46
62	Jerry	46
62	Jonathan	46
69	Jeffery	45
70	Matthew	44
71	Alan	43
72	Bernard	42
72	Eugene	42
72	Ricky	42
72	Rodney	42
76	Benjamin	41
76	Francis	41
76	Harold	41
76	Leonard	41
76	Roger	41
81	Albert	40
82	Craig	39
82	Steve	39
84	Darryl	38
84	Warren	38
86	Darrell	37
86	Ronnie	37
88	Calvin	36
89	Barry	35
89	Willie	35
91	Tony	34
92	Howard	33
92	Theodore	33
94	Ernest	31
94	Leroy	31
94	Victor	31
97	Clarence	30
97	Dale	30
97	Randy	30
100	Earl	28