Most popular boys’ names in Kansas, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,092
2	David	1,039
3	James	853
4	Robert	792
5	Mark	745
6	John	713
7	Steven	636
8	Richard	604
9	William	548
10	Charles	394
11	Gary	385
12	Ronald	383
13	Kevin	376
14	Donald	371
15	Thomas	366
16	Daniel	360
17	Larry	357
18	Timothy	349
19	Kenneth	334
20	Gregory	328
21	Douglas	314
22	Randy	306
23	Terry	293
24	Jeffrey	241
25	Dennis	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	227
27	Paul	225
28	Joseph	194
29	Jerry	191
29	Scott	191
31	Brian	187
32	Roger	182
33	Edward	162
34	Bruce	161
35	Ricky	148
35	Rodney	148
37	Patrick	145
38	George	140
39	Danny	139
39	Keith	139
41	Randall	136
42	Dale	135
43	Alan	124
44	Russell	118
45	Gerald	117
46	Bradley	116
47	Craig	111
48	Steve	110
49	Martin	109
50	Rick	108
51	Jack	107
52	Anthony	104
53	Phillip	102
54	Mike	100
55	Micheal	99
56	Wayne	98
57	Carl	97
58	Jay	94
58	Kent	94
60	Christopher	93
61	Raymond	88
62	Darrell	87
63	Jeffery	86
64	Frank	84
64	Lawrence	84
66	Harold	83
67	Curtis	79
68	Brad	76
68	Chris	76
70	Jon	75
71	Stanley	74
72	Joe	72
73	Billy	69
74	Roy	68
75	Allen	67
76	Tony	66
77	Jim	65
77	Ralph	65
79	Jimmy	62
80	Kelly	61
81	Matthew	60
82	Bryan	58
82	Philip	58
84	Ronnie	56
85	Eric	54
86	Duane	52
86	Leslie	52
88	Marvin	51
89	Dean	50
89	Greg	50
89	Rex	50
92	Arthur	49
92	Brent	49
92	Wesley	49
95	Bill	48
95	Dan	48
95	Fred	48
95	Kirk	48
95	Tim	48
100	Glenn	47