Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,110
2	James	2,992
3	John	2,540
4	Richard	2,228
5	William	1,932
6	David	1,874
7	Thomas	1,805
8	Michael	1,753
9	Ronald	1,321
10	Gary	1,270
11	Charles	1,109
12	Donald	1,068
13	Dennis	1,041
14	Larry	1,007
15	Kenneth	881
16	Joseph	729
17	Paul	679
18	Daniel	650
19	Edward	646
20	George	641
21	Gerald	623
22	Roger	579
23	Douglas	510
24	Jerry	481
25	Lawrence	423

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	401
27	Terry	390
28	Frank	373
29	Jack	368
30	Bruce	323
31	Dale	322
32	Carl	301
33	Harold	285
34	Arthur	268
35	Patrick	267
36	Timothy	262
37	Walter	257
38	Alan	248
39	Stephen	244
40	Wayne	241
41	Ralph	236
42	Peter	232
43	Frederick	219
43	Leonard	219
45	Norman	217
46	Russell	200
47	Steven	199
48	Tom	198
49	Mark	185
50	Stanley	181
51	Anthony	178
52	Albert	174
53	Bill	171
54	Fred	168
55	Danny	167
55	Harry	167
55	Howard	167
55	Jim	167
59	Gregory	166
60	Eugene	165
61	Phillip	163
62	Philip	161
63	Roy	159
64	Henry	158
65	Mike	155
66	Duane	154
67	Louis	151
68	Keith	148
69	Allen	142
70	Ernest	137
71	Jon	135
72	Bernard	134
73	Gordon	132
74	Marvin	131
75	Lee	125
76	Steve	122
77	Barry	121
78	Don	120
78	Glenn	120
80	Martin	118
80	Melvin	118
82	Brian	116
82	Earl	116
84	Bob	113
85	Clifford	112
86	Andrew	109
86	Jerome	109
88	Joe	108
89	Clarence	105
89	Jeffrey	105
89	Samuel	105
89	Theodore	105
93	Victor	102
94	Rodney	97
95	Alfred	96
96	Leroy	94
97	Dan	92
98	Gene	91
99	Leslie	90
100	Allan	89