Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,156
2	John	2,059
3	William	1,958
4	Donald	1,710
5	James	1,588
6	Richard	1,584
7	Charles	1,097
8	George	986
9	Edward	841
10	Jack	744
11	Joseph	727
12	Harold	693
13	Raymond	642
14	Kenneth	620
15	Thomas	582
16	Frank	577
17	Arthur	501
18	Gerald	483
19	Walter	478
20	Eugene	469
21	Paul	435
22	Henry	359
23	David	352
24	Ralph	347
25	Carl	342

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Albert	326
27	Harry	325
28	Norman	314
29	Lawrence	297
30	Howard	292
30	Leonard	292
32	Stanley	285
33	Earl	263
34	Louis	262
35	Bernard	256
36	Clarence	251
37	Gordon	247
38	Ronald	238
39	Roy	230
40	Russell	227
41	Fred	215
42	Francis	214
43	Leo	210
44	Frederick	205
45	Alfred	193
46	Ernest	191
47	Theodore	190
48	Melvin	183
49	Herbert	178
49	Marvin	178
51	Douglas	167
51	Edwin	167
53	Dale	163
54	Peter	162
55	Anthony	154
56	Lloyd	153
57	Daniel	151
58	Floyd	146
59	Chester	144
60	Glenn	140
61	Clifford	136
61	Elmer	136
63	Don	133
64	Bruce	126
65	Keith	121
65	Roger	121
67	Andrew	118
68	Wayne	115
69	Wallace	114
70	Arnold	113
71	Alvin	111
72	Calvin	110
72	Lyle	110
74	Duane	109
75	Ray	105
75	Warren	105
77	Joe	102
77	Leroy	102
79	Herman	100
79	Vernon	100
81	Philip	98
82	Michael	97
82	Milton	97
84	Samuel	94
85	Jerry	91
85	Patrick	91
87	Leon	90
88	Max	89
88	Victor	89
90	Clyde	86
90	Harvey	86
92	Jerome	85
92	Lewis	85
94	Bill	83
95	Allen	82
96	Martin	81
97	Lester	72
98	Maurice	71
98	Roland	71
98	Wesley	71