Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,213
2	John	2,033
3	William	1,958
4	Donald	1,802
5	Richard	1,783
6	James	1,610
7	Charles	1,059
8	George	926
9	Edward	845
10	Joseph	715
11	Jack	710
12	Harold	671
13	Kenneth	612
14	Raymond	601
15	Thomas	595
16	Frank	530
17	Arthur	506
18	Eugene	491
18	Gerald	491
20	Walter	429
21	Paul	401
22	David	399
23	Norman	374
24	Carl	337
25	Albert	332

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	325
27	Ralph	324
28	Lawrence	320
29	Henry	306
30	Ronald	300
31	Howard	291
32	Stanley	273
33	Louis	271
34	Leonard	269
35	Clarence	260
36	Gordon	247
37	Herbert	241
38	Earl	234
39	Bernard	230
40	Francis	228
41	Fred	221
42	Roy	218
43	Frederick	208
44	Russell	207
45	Leo	200
46	Ernest	199
47	Dale	197
48	Marvin	193
49	Alfred	183
50	Melvin	181
51	Lloyd	171
52	Daniel	162
53	Peter	161
54	Edwin	154
55	Theodore	152
56	Douglas	148
56	Roger	148
58	Anthony	138
59	Bruce	137
59	Elmer	137
61	Duane	134
62	Chester	133
62	Glenn	133
64	Clifford	130
64	Floyd	130
66	Wayne	127
67	Jerry	124
68	Andrew	122
69	Leroy	120
69	Philip	120
71	Keith	119
72	Arnold	115
73	Michael	111
74	Don	109
75	Alvin	108
76	Harvey	104
77	Joe	100
78	Ray	99
79	Victor	98
80	Bill	96
80	Leon	96
82	Warren	95
83	Gene	93
83	Lyle	93
85	Jerome	90
86	Patrick	89
86	Vernon	89
88	Martin	86
89	Calvin	84
89	Lewis	84
91	Milton	80
92	Lee	77
93	Allen	76
94	Maurice	75
94	Vincent	75
96	Samuel	73
97	Glen	72
97	Roland	72
99	Gilbert	71
100	Lester	69
100	Max	69