Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,577
2	James	3,513
3	John	2,838
4	Richard	2,444
5	William	2,264
6	David	2,112
7	Thomas	1,881
8	Ronald	1,774
9	Michael	1,536
10	Donald	1,284
11	Charles	1,283
12	Gary	1,176
13	Larry	1,096
14	Dennis	1,003
15	Kenneth	985
16	Gerald	923
17	Joseph	779
18	Edward	757
19	George	755
20	Paul	683
21	Jerry	680
22	Roger	669
23	Daniel	649
24	Raymond	530
25	Douglas	524

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	496
27	Frank	460
28	Jack	428
29	Terry	370
30	Dale	369
31	Walter	361
32	Harold	340
33	Wayne	315
34	Bruce	312
35	Carl	310
36	Arthur	295
37	Fred	281
38	Patrick	279
39	Norman	257
40	Tom	251
41	Frederick	249
42	Peter	248
43	Leonard	243
44	Ralph	242
45	Harry	234
46	Henry	230
47	Stanley	229
48	Eugene	216
49	Stephen	209
50	Gordon	208
50	Philip	208
50	Roy	208
53	Anthony	206
54	Albert	205
55	Alan	204
56	Russell	203
57	Bill	184
58	Howard	182
59	Marvin	179
60	Timothy	177
61	Bernard	175
62	Allen	172
62	Keith	172
64	Jim	169
64	Louis	169
66	Don	167
66	Duane	167
68	Earl	162
68	Phillip	162
70	Brian	157
71	Glenn	147
71	Theodore	147
73	Melvin	146
74	Jerome	139
75	Steven	137
76	Leroy	136
77	Joe	135
78	Jon	134
79	Ernest	131
80	Mike	127
81	Francis	120
82	Barry	117
82	Lee	117
84	Clarence	116
85	Victor	112
86	Martin	111
87	Bob	110
87	Edwin	110
89	Alfred	107
90	Warren	105
91	Clifford	103
92	Andrew	100
93	Mark	99
94	Gregory	97
94	Rodney	97
96	Allan	95
96	Gene	95
96	Leon	95
99	Herbert	94
99	Lloyd	94