Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,129
2	David	946
3	Robert	931
4	John	884
5	James	878
6	Richard	673
7	Steven	664
8	William	601
9	Gary	571
10	Thomas	470
11	Larry	460
12	Charles	438
13	Mark	434
14	Donald	406
14	Ronald	406
16	Stephen	354
17	Dennis	349
18	Kenneth	324
19	Daniel	313
20	Terry	300
21	Jerry	256
22	Douglas	252
23	Roger	222
24	Gregory	220
25	Randy	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	198
27	Paul	195
28	Edward	193
29	George	169
30	Joseph	167
31	Bruce	164
32	Dale	163
33	Alan	137
33	Randall	137
35	Stanley	134
36	Danny	131
37	Craig	127
38	Patrick	125
39	Gerald	121
40	Rodney	117
41	Jack	113
42	Raymond	111
43	Wayne	107
44	Jeffrey	105
44	Keith	105
44	Phillip	105
47	Carl	94
48	Frank	93
49	Kevin	85
49	Lawrence	85
49	Ricky	85
52	Harold	83
53	Roy	81
54	Darrell	79
55	Anthony	77
55	Micheal	77
57	Christopher	75
57	Scott	75
59	Allen	72
59	Ralph	72
61	Curtis	71
62	Philip	68
62	Rick	68
64	Steve	67
65	Jay	66
66	Glenn	65
66	Walter	65
68	Rex	63
69	Marvin	62
70	Kent	61
71	Martin	60
72	Norman	58
73	Billy	57
73	Howard	57
73	Melvin	57
76	Russell	55
77	Arthur	54
78	Jimmy	53
78	Leslie	53
80	Bradley	52
80	Clifford	52
80	Eric	52
83	Dean	50
84	Joe	49
84	Johnny	49
84	Lonnie	49
87	Eugene	48
88	Bill	47
88	Duane	47
88	Samuel	47
91	Brian	46
91	Lloyd	46
91	Mike	46
94	Jon	45
95	Gordon	44
95	Max	44
95	Tommy	44
98	Henry	42
98	Lee	42
98	Ronnie	42