Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,112
2	David	1,058
3	Robert	962
4	James	870
5	John	802
6	Steven	701
7	Richard	684
8	William	608
9	Gary	492
10	Mark	474
11	Charles	469
12	Ronald	448
13	Thomas	441
14	Larry	419
15	Dennis	405
16	Donald	401
17	Kenneth	330
18	Stephen	314
19	Daniel	311
20	Terry	303
21	Gregory	247
22	Randy	233
23	Douglas	230
24	Roger	228
25	Timothy	218

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	210
27	Paul	208
28	Joseph	198
29	Bruce	178
30	Randall	170
31	Dale	161
31	Rodney	161
33	Edward	158
34	George	151
35	Danny	140
36	Patrick	133
37	Gerald	131
38	Jeffrey	126
39	Craig	125
39	Stanley	125
41	Jack	119
42	Alan	116
43	Kevin	114
44	Lawrence	113
45	Raymond	108
45	Wayne	108
47	Ricky	93
48	Micheal	92
49	Keith	91
50	Scott	90
51	Carl	88
52	Bradley	87
53	Rick	86
54	Harold	83
55	Christopher	79
55	Darrell	79
55	Frank	79
58	Billy	77
58	Curtis	77
58	Philip	77
61	Allen	75
62	Phillip	73
63	Anthony	72
63	Roy	72
65	Ronnie	71
66	Jon	69
66	Ralph	69
68	Martin	68
69	Marvin	66
70	Steve	64
71	Russell	63
72	Howard	62
73	Glenn	59
73	Kent	59
75	Ernest	58
75	Joe	58
75	Walter	58
78	Brad	57
78	Rex	57
80	Melvin	56
81	Brian	55
81	Dwight	55
83	Arthur	52
83	Johnny	52
83	Kim	52
86	Vernon	51
87	Clifford	50
88	Bobby	49
89	Eugene	48
89	Jim	48
91	Jay	47
92	Gordon	46
93	Dean	45
93	Earl	45
95	Barry	44
95	Leslie	44
95	Tony	44
98	Norman	43
99	Bill	42
99	Daryl	42
99	Don	42
99	Jimmy	42
99	Mike	42
99	Ray	42