Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,169
2	James	4,025
3	John	3,645
4	David	3,392
5	Michael	2,969
6	Richard	2,823
7	William	2,758
8	Thomas	2,569
9	Gary	1,888
10	Ronald	1,801
11	Dennis	1,650
12	Larry	1,456
13	Donald	1,383
14	Charles	1,376
15	Kenneth	1,147
16	Daniel	1,032
17	Paul	975
18	Joseph	958
19	Edward	882
20	George	779
21	Terry	762
22	Gerald	750
23	Douglas	728
24	Roger	679
25	Jerry	668

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	589
27	Bruce	583
28	Lawrence	582
29	Raymond	567
30	Frank	549
31	Dale	532
32	Jack	498
32	Timothy	498
34	Stephen	481
34	Steven	481
36	Patrick	438
37	Mark	425
38	Alan	406
39	Harold	401
40	Carl	375
41	Wayne	369
42	Arthur	335
43	Walter	328
44	Philip	320
45	Peter	310
46	Frederick	277
47	Ralph	272
47	Tom	272
49	Leonard	263
50	Mike	262
51	Jim	260
52	Henry	259
53	Phillip	258
54	Russell	254
55	Danny	252
56	Fred	251
57	Stanley	240
58	Roy	237
59	Anthony	236
60	Keith	235
61	Bill	234
62	Jeffrey	227
62	Norman	227
64	Allen	223
65	Eugene	219
66	Barry	217
67	Harry	212
68	Rodney	205
69	Albert	204
69	Craig	204
71	Glenn	201
71	Gordon	201
73	Louis	199
74	Brian	196
74	Howard	196
76	Dan	189
77	Duane	183
78	Melvin	179
78	Steve	179
80	Marvin	171
81	Jon	166
82	Lee	165
83	Martin	160
84	Jerome	159
85	Ernest	158
86	Don	156
87	Randall	155
88	Earl	153
89	Bernard	150
89	Randy	150
91	Theodore	145
92	Andrew	143
93	Dave	142
93	Joe	142
95	Francis	139
96	Samuel	138
97	Eric	131
98	Allan	129
99	Clarence	127
100	Bob	126