Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1936
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,817 |
| 2 | James | 2,115 |
| 3 | Richard | 1,971 |
| 4 | John | 1,745 |
| 5 | William | 1,596 |
| 6 | Donald | 1,517 |
| 7 | Ronald | 1,114 |
| 8 | Charles | 1,042 |
| 9 | Gerald | 1,003 |
| 10 | David | 939 |
| 11 | Thomas | 931 |
| 12 | George | 674 |
| 13 | Kenneth | 647 |
| 14 | Joseph | 604 |
| 15 | Edward | 590 |
| 16 | Jack | 544 |
| 17 | Raymond | 487 |
| 18 | Paul | 455 |
| 19 | Larry | 437 |
| 20 | Jerry | 427 |
| 21 | Harold | 375 |
| 22 | Lawrence | 373 |
| 23 | Frank | 359 |
| 24 | Gary | 328 |
| 25 | Roger | 317 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Carl | 305 |
| 27 | Walter | 301 |
| 28 | Michael | 289 |
| 29 | Gordon | 277 |
| 30 | Dale | 271 |
| 31 | Norman | 269 |
| 32 | Arthur | 266 |
| 33 | Eugene | 253 |
| 34 | Daniel | 240 |
| 35 | Albert | 222 |
| 36 | Marvin | 217 |
| 36 | Ralph | 217 |
| 38 | Wayne | 207 |
| 39 | Leonard | 206 |
| 40 | Fred | 204 |
| 41 | Frederick | 192 |
| 42 | Douglas | 190 |
| 43 | Louis | 184 |
| 44 | Henry | 170 |
| 45 | Bruce | 169 |
| 45 | Earl | 169 |
| 47 | Howard | 168 |
| 48 | Bernard | 164 |
| 48 | Harry | 164 |
| 50 | Duane | 163 |
| 50 | Melvin | 163 |
| 50 | Russell | 163 |
| 53 | Stanley | 158 |
| 54 | Peter | 157 |
| 55 | Francis | 148 |
| 56 | Roy | 145 |
| 57 | Patrick | 140 |
| 58 | Philip | 136 |
| 59 | Ernest | 133 |
| 60 | Clarence | 131 |
| 61 | Keith | 128 |
| 62 | Alfred | 122 |
| 62 | Anthony | 122 |
| 62 | Don | 122 |
| 65 | Leon | 120 |
| 66 | Leroy | 119 |
| 67 | Theodore | 116 |
| 68 | Jerome | 112 |
| 69 | Bill | 111 |
| 69 | Dennis | 111 |
| 71 | Leo | 110 |
| 72 | Phillip | 107 |
| 73 | Edwin | 105 |
| 74 | Herbert | 104 |
| 75 | Glenn | 103 |
| 75 | Tom | 103 |
| 77 | Clifford | 102 |
| 78 | Lloyd | 101 |
| 78 | Ray | 101 |
| 80 | Allen | 98 |
| 81 | Lee | 96 |
| 82 | Arnold | 94 |
| 82 | Terry | 94 |
| 84 | Alan | 93 |
| 85 | Harvey | 87 |
| 86 | Alvin | 85 |
| 87 | Gene | 84 |
| 88 | Bob | 83 |
| 88 | Joe | 83 |
| 90 | Jim | 81 |
| 91 | Floyd | 80 |
| 92 | Martin | 77 |
| 93 | Allan | 72 |
| 94 | Andrew | 71 |
| 94 | Max | 71 |
| 94 | Victor | 71 |
| 97 | Dean | 70 |
| 98 | Franklin | 69 |
| 98 | Lyle | 69 |
| 100 | Warren | 67 |