Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	767
2	John	651
3	James	629
4	David	583
5	Robert	564
6	William	464
7	Mark	375
8	Thomas	323
9	Richard	315
10	Charles	300
11	Joseph	272
12	Anthony	267
13	Kevin	250
14	Kenneth	232
14	Steven	232
16	Paul	225
17	Timothy	190
18	Gregory	185
19	Ronald	183
20	Donald	172
21	Stephen	168
22	Christopher	165
23	Jeffrey	161
24	George	160
25	Edward	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	143
27	Brian	142
28	Daniel	136
29	Eric	119
29	Larry	119
31	Keith	102
32	Patrick	93
33	Bruce	90
34	Lawrence	89
35	Peter	85
36	Reginald	83
37	Douglas	81
38	Raymond	78
38	Tyrone	78
40	Dennis	77
41	Scott	76
42	Andrew	71
42	Frank	71
44	Craig	70
44	Philip	70
46	Matthew	67
47	Wayne	66
48	Alan	65
49	Walter	58
50	Andre	57
51	Carl	56
52	Rodney	54
53	Steve	53
54	Maurice	52
55	Darryl	50
55	Terry	50
57	Barry	49
57	Glenn	49
57	Mike	49
57	Ricky	49
57	Russell	49
62	Vincent	48
63	Bernard	47
63	Darrell	47
63	Eugene	47
63	Willie	47
67	Harold	46
67	Jerome	46
67	Samuel	46
70	Curtis	45
70	Martin	45
72	Gerald	43
73	Phillip	42
74	Albert	41
74	Louis	41
76	Allen	40
76	Arthur	40
76	Calvin	40
76	Melvin	40
76	Ralph	40
81	Jonathan	39
81	Stanley	39
83	Dale	38
83	Frederick	38
85	Howard	37
85	Victor	37
87	Jerry	36
88	Ernest	35
88	Henry	35
90	Jeffery	34
91	Harry	33
91	Jay	33
93	Benjamin	32
93	Leonard	32
93	Warren	32
96	Chris	31
96	Ronnie	31
98	Alfred	30
98	Earl	30
100	Bobby	29
100	Derrick	29
100	Duane	29
100	Marvin	29
100	Norman	29
100	Ricardo	29
100	Roger	29