Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,124
2	James	2,752
3	John	2,234
4	Richard	2,136
5	William	1,967
6	David	1,766
7	Thomas	1,537
8	Ronald	1,532
9	Charles	1,090
10	Donald	1,084
11	Larry	1,039
12	Gerald	1,017
13	Michael	988
14	Gary	976
15	Kenneth	919
16	George	698
17	Joseph	664
18	Edward	660
19	Dennis	655
20	Paul	653
21	Jerry	632
22	Roger	550
23	Lawrence	489
24	Daniel	463
25	Raymond	442

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	401
27	Jack	387
28	Carl	347
29	Douglas	341
30	Harold	337
31	Bruce	314
32	Dale	312
33	Wayne	287
34	Fred	278
35	Norman	276
36	Arthur	265
37	Walter	255
38	Frederick	243
39	Peter	235
40	Ralph	233
41	Eugene	228
42	Leonard	217
42	Patrick	217
44	Philip	216
45	Gordon	213
46	Terry	212
47	Henry	207
48	Stanley	200
49	Harry	192
50	Marvin	186
51	Albert	184
51	Howard	184
53	Stephen	181
54	Tom	180
55	Russell	173
56	Roy	171
57	Anthony	170
58	Jim	165
59	Bernard	161
60	Duane	157
61	Phillip	147
62	Louis	146
63	Allen	143
63	Bill	143
65	Earl	142
66	Francis	141
67	Jerome	139
68	Melvin	138
69	Lee	134
70	Keith	130
71	Don	126
72	Theodore	122
73	Leroy	119
74	Timothy	116
75	Alan	115
76	Clarence	113
76	Herbert	113
78	Ernest	112
79	Clifford	111
80	Leon	108
81	Lloyd	102
82	Glenn	100
82	Jon	100
84	Gene	99
85	Martin	97
86	Andrew	95
87	Alfred	94
88	Lynn	93
89	Lyle	90
89	Steven	90
91	Allan	89
92	Joe	87
93	Arnold	86
94	Mark	85
95	Edwin	84
96	Mike	82
96	Ray	82
98	Barry	80
98	Bob	80
100	Leo	78