Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,301
2	James	3,166
3	John	2,528
4	Richard	2,260
5	William	2,057
6	David	1,952
7	Thomas	1,708
8	Michael	1,492
9	Ronald	1,358
10	Gary	1,181
11	Charles	1,164
12	Donald	1,160
13	Larry	1,071
14	Kenneth	951
15	Dennis	936
16	Gerald	755
17	Joseph	715
18	Edward	682
19	Paul	670
20	George	635
21	Daniel	606
22	Jerry	573
23	Roger	571
24	Douglas	491
25	Raymond	482

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	457
27	Jack	406
28	Frank	390
29	Terry	377
30	Dale	317
31	Carl	312
32	Bruce	306
33	Walter	294
34	Arthur	289
35	Harold	286
36	Wayne	265
37	Patrick	245
38	Frederick	231
39	Alan	219
40	Stephen	218
41	Peter	212
42	Henry	209
42	Norman	209
44	Ralph	201
45	Albert	200
45	Fred	200
45	Russell	200
48	Timothy	194
49	Leonard	193
50	Harry	190
51	Eugene	189
52	Roy	188
53	Tom	187
54	Louis	185
55	Anthony	184
56	Gordon	178
57	Jim	175
57	Stanley	175
59	Allen	174
60	Philip	171
61	Steven	166
62	Keith	162
63	Howard	152
64	Bill	151
65	Marvin	149
66	Phillip	143
67	Bernard	138
68	Mark	137
69	Don	136
70	Duane	133
70	Earl	133
72	Joe	125
73	Theodore	123
74	Mike	122
75	Brian	120
75	Martin	120
75	Melvin	120
78	Clarence	119
79	Francis	113
80	Bob	111
80	Jon	111
82	Glenn	109
83	Edwin	106
84	Danny	105
84	Lee	105
86	Clifford	103
86	Jerome	103
88	Victor	102
89	Gregory	100
90	Leslie	99
91	Barry	96
91	Leroy	96
93	Leo	95
94	Alfred	93
94	Ray	93
96	Ernest	92
97	Rodney	90
98	Joel	88
99	Dan	87
99	Warren	87