Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,935
2	Richard	1,976
3	John	1,798
4	James	1,698
4	William	1,698
6	Donald	1,677
7	Charles	966
8	Gerald	736
9	George	727
10	Thomas	668
11	Jack	656
12	Edward	655
13	Kenneth	638
14	Joseph	627
15	Raymond	548
16	Harold	525
17	David	506
18	Ronald	455
19	Frank	430
20	Paul	409
21	Arthur	392
22	Eugene	390
23	Norman	351
24	Walter	329
25	Carl	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	282
27	Albert	279
28	Ralph	274
29	Lawrence	271
30	Leonard	247
31	Dale	238
32	Fred	237
33	Louis	231
34	Jerry	228
35	Henry	227
36	Howard	225
37	Roger	217
38	Stanley	206
39	Earl	203
39	Gordon	203
41	Clarence	202
42	Bernard	194
42	Marvin	194
44	Roy	189
45	Douglas	182
46	Russell	177
47	Daniel	176
47	Wayne	176
49	Ernest	172
50	Bruce	167
51	Herbert	164
52	Melvin	162
53	Don	161
54	Duane	160
54	Francis	160
56	Frederick	156
57	Leo	155
58	Anthony	150
59	Peter	143
60	Alfred	140
61	Theodore	138
62	Edwin	134
63	Bill	132
64	Larry	131
65	Lloyd	129
66	Glenn	127
67	Keith	124
68	Clifford	120
68	Michael	120
70	Patrick	116
71	Floyd	115
71	Ray	115
73	Philip	109
74	Leroy	105
75	Joe	104
76	Arnold	100
76	Bob	100
78	Elmer	99
79	Jerome	95
80	Alvin	92
81	Martin	89
82	Lyle	88
82	Tom	88
84	Allen	87
84	Chester	87
86	Leon	86
86	Lewis	86
88	Gilbert	85
89	Andrew	83
89	Victor	83
91	Harvey	82
92	Gene	80
92	Warren	80
94	Herman	75
95	Vernon	74
96	Maurice	73
97	Dean	72
98	Milton	69
98	Samuel	69
100	Glen	67