Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,087
2	James	2,343
3	Richard	2,093
4	John	1,922
5	William	1,725
6	Ronald	1,431
7	Donald	1,406
8	David	1,319
9	Thomas	1,145
10	Charles	1,037
11	Gerald	1,015
12	Kenneth	852
13	Larry	670
14	George	656
15	Joseph	643
16	Edward	594
17	Gary	548
18	Paul	512
19	Michael	508
20	Raymond	487
21	Jack	468
22	Jerry	453
23	Roger	442
24	Lawrence	425
25	Frank	420

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	346
27	Dale	324
28	Daniel	308
29	Carl	306
30	Walter	303
31	Douglas	302
32	Arthur	291
33	Norman	288
34	Fred	285
35	Ralph	277
36	Eugene	270
37	Dennis	237
37	Gordon	237
37	Wayne	237
40	Albert	222
41	Marvin	215
42	Frederick	200
43	Bruce	197
43	Howard	197
45	Peter	195
46	Henry	191
47	Stanley	181
48	Leonard	180
49	Harry	178
50	Louis	176
51	Patrick	175
52	Roy	172
53	Bernard	171
54	Duane	170
55	Russell	151
56	Melvin	147
57	Terry	144
58	Leroy	141
59	Don	138
59	Jerome	138
61	Anthony	137
62	Philip	136
63	Clarence	133
64	Earl	131
65	Francis	128
66	Clifford	127
67	Edwin	124
68	Ernest	119
68	Leon	119
70	Allen	116
70	Keith	116
72	Theodore	115
73	Herbert	114
74	Leo	111
75	Glenn	108
76	Tom	106
77	Lloyd	104
77	Phillip	104
79	Alvin	100
79	Lee	100
81	Harvey	99
82	Bill	98
83	Alan	94
83	Gene	94
85	Ray	93
86	Allan	91
87	Alfred	88
88	Arnold	87
88	Jim	87
90	Andrew	83
90	Warren	83
92	Dean	82
92	Jon	82
94	Floyd	80
95	Stephen	79
95	Victor	79
97	Martin	77
97	Timothy	77
99	Vernon	76
100	Samuel	74