Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,145
2	James	2,273
3	Richard	1,923
4	John	1,811
5	William	1,683
6	Donald	1,430
7	Ronald	1,282
8	David	1,235
9	Gerald	1,061
10	Charles	1,043
11	Thomas	996
12	Kenneth	724
13	George	710
14	Edward	622
15	Joseph	597
16	Larry	591
17	Paul	479
18	Jack	468
19	Jerry	436
20	Raymond	417
21	Gary	416
22	Michael	391
23	Lawrence	382
24	Roger	361
25	Frank	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	345
27	Carl	330
28	Norman	296
29	Arthur	287
30	Walter	276
31	Fred	262
32	Ralph	254
33	Dale	249
34	Daniel	246
35	Eugene	242
36	Gordon	241
37	Marvin	234
38	Wayne	233
39	Douglas	210
40	Frederick	198
41	Bruce	196
42	Henry	190
42	Stanley	190
44	Duane	184
45	Leonard	182
46	Harry	178
47	Albert	175
47	Howard	175
49	Dennis	173
50	Peter	165
51	Patrick	164
52	Philip	163
53	Bernard	160
53	Earl	160
55	Melvin	157
56	Anthony	152
56	Roy	152
58	Louis	147
59	Russell	142
60	Don	141
61	Clarence	134
62	Francis	125
63	Ernest	120
63	Theodore	120
65	Phillip	119
66	Edwin	116
67	Leroy	115
68	Allen	111
68	Leon	111
70	Jerome	110
71	Bill	108
72	Martin	105
72	Terry	105
74	Alfred	104
74	Joe	104
76	Clifford	101
76	Glenn	101
78	Ray	97
79	Tom	96
80	Arnold	95
80	Leo	95
82	Bob	94
83	Floyd	91
84	Lloyd	90
85	Gene	89
86	Keith	88
87	Harvey	85
87	Herbert	85
89	Alan	83
90	Lee	82
91	Alvin	79
92	Lyle	78
93	Allan	76
93	Jim	76
95	Andrew	73
96	Karl	68
96	Warren	68
98	Gilbert	67
99	Victor	64
100	Stephen	62