Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,904
2	James	3,687
3	John	3,383
4	David	3,228
5	Michael	3,105
6	William	2,649
7	Richard	2,542
8	Thomas	2,524
9	Ronald	1,808
10	Gary	1,723
11	Dennis	1,511
12	Larry	1,464
13	Charles	1,377
14	Donald	1,225
15	Kenneth	1,139
16	Daniel	1,039
17	Paul	997
18	Joseph	962
19	Edward	788
20	George	728
21	Gerald	722
22	Douglas	718
23	Terry	698
24	Roger	674
25	Gregory	666

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	662
27	Timothy	623
28	Lawrence	608
29	Steven	603
30	Bruce	582
31	Raymond	545
32	Stephen	522
33	Frank	517
34	Jerry	513
35	Patrick	489
36	Dale	481
37	Jack	452
38	Alan	358
39	Carl	352
40	Peter	326
41	Wayne	311
42	Arthur	305
43	Harold	294
43	Walter	294
45	Frederick	286
46	Jeffrey	266
47	Philip	265
47	Ralph	265
49	Anthony	260
49	Phillip	260
51	Danny	254
52	Russell	243
53	Leonard	240
54	Craig	239
55	Mike	236
56	Stanley	233
57	Henry	228
58	Roy	224
59	Keith	219
60	Allen	212
61	Jim	208
62	Fred	207
63	Brian	203
64	Barry	202
64	Eugene	202
64	Tom	202
67	Louis	194
67	Rodney	194
69	Harry	190
70	Albert	184
70	Gordon	184
72	Glenn	181
73	Bill	180
74	Norman	176
75	Randy	175
76	Howard	173
77	Martin	172
78	Christopher	171
78	Duane	171
80	Andrew	165
81	Randall	162
82	Jerome	160
83	Lee	158
84	Dan	157
84	Marvin	157
84	Steve	157
87	Don	155
88	Theodore	153
89	Eric	149
90	Melvin	145
91	Earl	142
92	Jon	140
93	Bernard	138
94	Clifford	122
95	Ernest	120
95	Samuel	120
97	Allan	119
97	Rick	119
99	Clarence	118
100	Bob	115