Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,165
2	Michael	1,152
3	Robert	864
4	James	829
5	John	817
6	Steven	762
7	Mark	645
8	Richard	630
9	William	570
10	Gary	495
11	Donald	407
12	Charles	387
13	Ronald	379
14	Thomas	371
15	Terry	357
16	Larry	355
17	Gregory	354
18	Daniel	334
19	Randy	333
20	Kenneth	325
21	Dennis	308
22	Timothy	306
23	Douglas	291
24	Stephen	282
25	Paul	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	229
27	Kevin	215
28	Jeffrey	206
29	Joseph	200
30	Randall	182
31	Jerry	181
32	Rodney	176
33	Bruce	163
34	Dale	150
35	Craig	147
36	Edward	146
37	Patrick	143
38	Alan	141
39	Scott	140
40	George	138
41	Ricky	132
42	Keith	127
43	Gerald	120
44	Danny	117
45	Carl	110
45	Stanley	110
47	Bradley	107
47	Jack	107
49	Wayne	106
50	Raymond	102
51	Lawrence	99
52	Russell	96
53	Christopher	95
54	Kent	94
55	Micheal	91
56	Anthony	90
56	Philip	90
58	Harold	89
59	Curtis	88
60	Phillip	87
61	Brian	85
62	Rick	83
62	Roy	83
64	Frank	81
65	Joe	78
66	Steve	76
67	Darrell	73
68	Billy	68
69	Jeffery	65
69	Jimmy	65
69	Jon	65
72	Rex	63
73	Kim	62
73	Martin	62
75	Ronnie	60
76	Eric	59
76	Glenn	59
78	Samuel	58
79	Allen	57
79	Chris	57
79	Marc	57
79	Norman	57
83	Eugene	55
84	Ralph	54
85	Mike	52
86	Johnny	51
86	Melvin	51
86	Walter	51
89	Jay	50
90	Dean	49
90	Tony	49
92	Arthur	48
92	Bobby	48
94	Albert	47
94	Wesley	47
96	Don	46
96	Kelly	46
98	Duane	45
98	Marvin	45
100	Brad	44
100	Jim	44
100	Kirk	44