Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,181
2	David	1,145
3	Robert	915
4	James	913
5	John	778
6	Steven	756
7	Richard	684
8	William	628
9	Mark	599
10	Gary	578
11	Donald	443
12	Charles	434
13	Ronald	409
14	Thomas	406
15	Larry	395
16	Kenneth	349
17	Daniel	344
18	Dennis	329
19	Terry	309
20	Randy	307
21	Gregory	293
22	Douglas	286
23	Paul	269
24	Stephen	262
25	Roger	240

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	240
27	Joseph	204
28	Jerry	201
29	Jeffrey	198
30	Kevin	195
31	Bruce	167
32	Rodney	161
33	Dale	159
34	Edward	158
35	Randall	157
36	George	152
36	Patrick	152
38	Alan	144
39	Danny	126
39	Stanley	126
41	Craig	119
41	Ricky	119
43	Keith	117
44	Lawrence	116
44	Scott	116
46	Gerald	112
47	Raymond	104
48	Jack	100
49	Bradley	99
50	Darrell	96
50	Harold	96
50	Roy	96
53	Anthony	92
54	Micheal	90
55	Curtis	85
55	Wayne	85
57	Carl	83
58	Steve	82
59	Brian	76
60	Frank	74
61	Kent	73
61	Ralph	73
63	Jon	72
63	Philip	72
65	Christopher	71
65	Phillip	71
65	Rick	71
68	Martin	70
69	Allen	69
69	Billy	69
69	Marvin	69
72	Joe	68
73	Brad	67
73	Russell	67
75	Jay	62
76	Kim	61
77	Glenn	57
77	Samuel	57
79	Howard	53
79	Walter	53
81	Arthur	52
81	Leonard	52
83	Dean	51
83	Frederick	51
85	Barry	50
85	Daryl	50
85	Dwight	50
85	Ronnie	50
89	Duane	49
89	Mike	49
89	Rex	49
92	Chris	47
92	Don	47
92	Henry	47
92	Jimmy	47
92	Johnny	47
97	Eric	46
97	Ernest	46
97	Warren	46
100	Earl	45