Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,257
2	John	2,062
3	Richard	2,054
4	William	1,917
5	James	1,881
6	Donald	1,820
7	Charles	1,122
8	George	887
9	Edward	750
10	Jack	713
11	Joseph	705
12	Thomas	667
13	Gerald	666
14	Kenneth	654
15	Harold	590
16	Raymond	577
17	David	574
18	Frank	478
19	Paul	475
20	Eugene	420
21	Ronald	399
22	Walter	392
23	Arthur	389
24	Carl	362
25	Ralph	357

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norman	308
27	Lawrence	301
28	Harry	279
28	Henry	279
30	Albert	268
31	Earl	260
32	Fred	248
33	Leonard	245
34	Gordon	234
35	Howard	232
36	Louis	229
37	Clarence	226
38	Stanley	223
39	Roy	221
40	Bernard	220
41	Marvin	218
42	Dale	216
43	Jerry	209
44	Herbert	204
45	Leo	195
46	Frederick	194
47	Francis	186
48	Daniel	182
49	Douglas	178
50	Melvin	176
51	Roger	175
52	Ernest	174
53	Russell	169
54	Theodore	166
55	Alfred	162
56	Wayne	148
57	Edwin	147
57	Peter	147
59	Don	146
60	Glenn	142
61	Floyd	141
62	Lloyd	140
63	Duane	139
64	Bruce	138
64	Michael	138
66	Clifford	131
67	Anthony	128
68	Ray	121
69	Leroy	120
70	Keith	116
71	Philip	114
72	Bill	111
73	Joe	109
74	Chester	107
75	Elmer	106
76	Jerome	104
77	Larry	103
78	Andrew	100
79	Allen	99
80	Warren	98
81	Arnold	97
82	Alvin	93
82	Patrick	93
84	Martin	92
84	Vernon	92
86	Harvey	91
87	Victor	89
88	Leon	88
89	Lewis	87
90	Bob	84
90	Milton	84
92	Billy	83
93	Gene	82
94	Lee	81
94	Wallace	81
96	Jim	79
96	Lyle	79
98	Willard	74
99	Clyde	73
99	Roland	73
99	Tom	73
99	Vincent	73