Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,175
2	John	2,100
3	William	1,982
4	Richard	1,903
5	Donald	1,874
6	James	1,797
7	Charles	1,041
8	George	974
9	Edward	819
10	Jack	746
11	Joseph	736
12	Kenneth	669
13	Thomas	629
14	Raymond	612
15	Harold	569
16	Gerald	556
17	Frank	544
18	David	488
19	Arthur	468
20	Paul	425
21	Eugene	409
22	Walter	387
23	Ronald	380
24	Harry	348
25	Albert	346

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	344
27	Norman	339
28	Lawrence	296
29	Henry	286
30	Ralph	283
31	Howard	265
32	Herbert	262
33	Earl	249
34	Leonard	247
34	Stanley	247
36	Roy	246
37	Fred	231
38	Clarence	230
39	Gordon	226
40	Bernard	224
41	Louis	219
42	Dale	210
43	Frederick	208
44	Leo	188
45	Marvin	187
45	Russell	187
47	Melvin	173
48	Douglas	171
49	Francis	168
50	Alfred	163
51	Peter	162
52	Daniel	161
53	Ernest	157
54	Wayne	155
55	Bruce	154
55	Roger	154
57	Lloyd	151
58	Jerry	150
58	Theodore	150
60	Anthony	149
60	Floyd	149
62	Don	143
63	Leroy	129
64	Elmer	128
65	Glenn	126
66	Edwin	123
67	Michael	121
68	Duane	119
69	Alvin	114
70	Joe	113
70	Ray	113
72	Keith	112
73	Chester	109
74	Arnold	108
75	Harvey	105
75	Philip	105
75	Victor	105
78	Clifford	102
79	Martin	101
80	Andrew	99
80	Patrick	99
82	Leon	96
83	Bill	95
84	Lyle	93
85	Billy	91
85	Jerome	91
87	Bob	90
88	Larry	89
89	Gilbert	88
90	Milton	83
91	Allen	81
92	Warren	78
93	Samuel	75
94	Max	74
94	Vernon	74
96	Wallace	71
97	Lester	69
97	Willard	69
99	Lewis	68
99	Roland	68