Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,876
2	James	3,643
3	John	3,240
4	Richard	2,764
5	David	2,510
6	William	2,455
7	Michael	2,330
8	Thomas	2,156
9	Ronald	1,765
10	Gary	1,649
11	Dennis	1,483
12	Charles	1,324
13	Donald	1,236
14	Larry	1,204
15	Kenneth	1,044
16	Paul	897
17	Daniel	821
18	Joseph	813
19	Edward	784
20	Gerald	778
21	George	702
22	Roger	690
23	Terry	649
24	Jerry	598
25	Douglas	577

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lawrence	512
27	Bruce	466
28	Raymond	455
29	Jack	449
30	Frank	432
31	Gregory	414
32	Dale	373
33	Timothy	355
34	Patrick	349
35	Stephen	346
36	Harold	341
37	Walter	331
38	Alan	330
39	Carl	323
40	Steven	317
41	Wayne	309
42	Arthur	292
43	Frederick	286
44	Mark	271
45	Tom	266
46	Russell	259
47	Ralph	257
48	Peter	253
49	Fred	251
50	Anthony	244
51	Leonard	237
52	Philip	235
53	Norman	234
54	Jim	230
55	Stanley	226
56	Henry	211
57	Eugene	207
58	Rodney	203
59	Gordon	196
60	Bill	195
61	Harry	194
61	Mike	194
63	Howard	193
64	Allen	176
64	Louis	176
66	Roy	175
67	Phillip	174
68	Duane	172
69	Keith	171
70	Albert	169
70	Danny	169
72	Martin	161
73	Don	157
74	Craig	156
75	Jeffrey	155
76	Marvin	151
77	Brian	149
77	Glenn	149
79	Dan	147
80	Earl	144
81	Theodore	143
82	Barry	141
83	Lee	139
84	Melvin	136
85	Jerome	135
86	Joe	133
87	Ernest	132
88	Jon	126
88	Randall	126
90	Gene	121
91	Steve	119
92	Dave	118
93	Bernard	117
94	Francis	116
95	Bob	114
96	Andrew	113
97	Leslie	109
97	Ray	109
99	Eric	107
99	Ronnie	107