Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	529
2	Robert	498
3	David	479
4	Richard	428
5	John	385
6	James	312
7	Stephen	259
7	William	259
9	Gary	221
10	Paul	199
11	Donald	178
12	Daniel	177
13	Thomas	176
14	Mark	173
15	Ronald	157
16	Steven	155
17	Bruce	140
17	Charles	140
19	Peter	138
20	Dennis	127
21	Roger	124
22	Jeffrey	121
23	Kenneth	119
24	Timothy	107
25	Wayne	100

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	95
27	Gregory	92
28	Raymond	90
29	George	86
30	Brian	83
30	Edward	83
32	Lawrence	74
33	Dana	72
34	Douglas	69
35	Scott	67
36	Philip	63
37	Alan	60
37	Gerald	60
39	Larry	59
40	Arthur	56
41	Dale	51
42	Terry	50
43	Frank	46
44	Rodney	45
45	Carl	44
45	Harold	44
47	Andrew	43
47	Ralph	43
49	Kevin	42
50	Frederick	41
50	Keith	41
50	Roland	41
53	Patrick	40
54	Christopher	39
55	Norman	38
56	Danny	37
57	Russell	35
57	Stanley	35
59	Albert	34
59	Eugene	34
61	Anthony	33
61	Randall	33
63	Barry	32
63	Craig	32
65	Allen	31
65	Eric	31
65	Gerard	31
65	Marc	31
69	Walter	30
70	Herbert	29
71	Francis	28
71	Maurice	28
73	Ernest	27
74	Glenn	26
74	Martin	26
76	Clayton	25
76	Phillip	25
76	Reginald	25
79	Jerry	24
80	Clifford	23
80	Gordon	23
80	Jonathan	23
80	Randy	23
80	Theodore	23
85	Bernard	22
85	Leo	22
87	Alfred	21
87	Guy	21
87	Henry	21
90	Dean	20
90	Duane	20
90	Fred	20
90	Harry	20
90	Joel	20
90	Lloyd	20
96	Brent	19
96	Howard	19
96	Jay	19
96	Leonard	19
96	Louis	19
96	Warren	19