Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,943
2	James	2,489
3	John	2,138
4	Richard	2,039
5	William	1,758
6	David	1,625
7	Thomas	1,309
8	Ronald	1,273
9	Donald	1,171
10	Charles	1,115
11	Gerald	930
12	Kenneth	874
13	Larry	840
14	Michael	819
15	Gary	803
16	Joseph	659
17	Paul	599
18	George	598
19	Edward	589
20	Jerry	584
21	Dennis	510
22	Roger	459
23	Jack	432
24	Lawrence	428
25	Frank	412

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	411
27	Daniel	368
28	Carl	358
29	Dale	332
30	Harold	328
31	Douglas	285
32	Arthur	280
32	Walter	280
34	Fred	268
35	Norman	264
36	Ralph	250
37	Wayne	232
38	Bruce	227
39	Gordon	219
40	Eugene	216
41	Patrick	212
42	Peter	209
43	Leonard	202
44	Philip	200
45	Frederick	197
46	Howard	191
47	Albert	190
47	Terry	190
49	Anthony	184
50	Henry	182
51	Roy	179
52	Stanley	171
53	Marvin	169
54	Russell	168
55	Bernard	165
56	Louis	164
57	Earl	157
58	Stephen	149
59	Allen	148
60	Jerome	147
61	Harry	146
62	Tom	142
63	Melvin	139
64	Duane	130
65	Bill	129
66	Ernest	125
67	Don	122
68	Jim	119
69	Keith	118
70	Phillip	117
71	Francis	116
72	Alan	111
73	Leroy	110
74	Clarence	107
74	Theodore	107
76	Timothy	106
77	Leon	104
78	Lee	103
79	Glenn	102
80	Edwin	101
81	Herbert	98
82	Gene	97
82	Martin	97
84	Alfred	94
84	Clifford	94
84	Joe	94
87	Andrew	92
87	Arnold	92
87	Harvey	92
90	Floyd	90
91	Jon	89
92	Leo	85
93	Lloyd	83
94	Bob	80
94	Dean	80
96	Lynn	77
96	Rodney	77
98	Alvin	76
98	Brian	76
98	Mike	76