Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,508
2	James	3,395
3	John	2,709
4	William	2,289
5	Richard	2,271
6	David	2,133
7	Thomas	1,734
8	Ronald	1,725
9	Michael	1,360
10	Donald	1,306
11	Charles	1,294
12	Gary	1,229
13	Larry	1,142
14	Kenneth	1,042
15	Gerald	1,021
16	Dennis	965
17	Joseph	780
18	Paul	756
19	Edward	731
20	George	715
21	Douglas	698
22	Jerry	671
23	Roger	583
24	Raymond	523
25	Daniel	522

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	519
27	Frank	472
28	Jack	448
29	Arthur	368
30	Carl	364
31	Bruce	359
32	Dale	350
33	Walter	349
34	Harold	321
35	Terry	319
36	Frederick	300
36	Norman	300
38	Peter	282
39	Fred	279
40	Wayne	278
41	Patrick	276
42	Albert	242
42	Ralph	242
44	Eugene	238
45	Leonard	224
46	Harry	223
47	Stephen	220
48	Stanley	218
49	Philip	212
50	Gordon	211
51	Tom	209
52	Anthony	207
52	Henry	207
54	Russell	200
55	Louis	198
56	Roy	195
57	Howard	192
58	Phillip	189
59	Allen	187
60	Jim	183
61	Bill	179
62	Melvin	177
63	Theodore	168
64	Marvin	166
65	Timothy	163
66	Bernard	159
67	Jerome	151
68	Ernest	150
69	Duane	146
70	Alan	143
71	Earl	139
72	Barry	133
73	Victor	132
74	Francis	130
74	Lee	130
76	Keith	129
77	Don	127
78	Martin	123
79	Clifford	121
79	Jon	121
81	Mike	119
82	Glenn	117
83	Allan	112
84	Joe	111
85	Gene	110
85	Herbert	110
87	Leroy	108
88	Andrew	107
88	Clarence	107
88	Lloyd	107
91	Ray	105
92	Edwin	101
92	Steven	101
94	Bob	96
94	Rodney	96
96	Brian	95
96	Warren	95
98	Alfred	94
99	Samuel	93
100	Lynn	91