Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,874
2	James	2,296
3	Richard	2,006
4	John	1,875
5	William	1,750
6	David	1,474
7	Ronald	1,391
8	Donald	1,174
9	Thomas	1,140
10	Charles	1,068
11	Gerald	953
12	Kenneth	847
13	Larry	730
14	Michael	643
15	George	620
16	Edward	618
17	Joseph	614
18	Gary	605
19	Jerry	586
20	Paul	525
21	Roger	431
22	Jack	418
23	Dennis	407
24	Raymond	397
25	Frank	388

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	380
27	Daniel	336
28	Harold	334
29	Carl	312
30	Norman	301
31	Dale	300
32	Douglas	298
33	Ralph	275
34	Walter	262
35	Arthur	256
36	Wayne	247
37	Gordon	237
38	Fred	236
39	Eugene	230
40	Peter	212
41	Frederick	198
42	Albert	190
43	Patrick	188
44	Henry	186
45	Leonard	180
46	Marvin	179
47	Bruce	176
47	Stanley	176
49	Terry	173
50	Russell	168
51	Harry	160
52	Jerome	156
53	Bernard	153
54	Melvin	152
55	Roy	151
56	Anthony	149
56	Howard	149
58	Allen	144
58	Earl	144
60	Philip	141
61	Duane	140
62	Louis	137
63	Francis	133
64	Don	129
64	Theodore	129
66	Leroy	127
67	Clarence	124
68	Stephen	122
69	Bill	119
70	Leon	118
71	Ernest	113
72	Lee	112
73	Herbert	111
73	Phillip	111
75	Keith	110
75	Tom	110
77	Clifford	109
78	Jim	101
79	Andrew	98
79	Arnold	98
81	Joe	97
81	Ray	97
83	Harvey	96
83	Lloyd	96
85	Glenn	93
86	Edwin	91
87	Alan	90
88	Alfred	87
89	Leo	84
90	Gene	83
90	Jon	83
92	Martin	82
93	Allan	81
94	Bob	79
95	Warren	77
96	Timothy	73
97	Karl	72
98	Floyd	69
99	Lynn	66
99	Victor	66