Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,958
2	James	3,760
3	Michael	3,569
4	David	3,400
5	John	3,370
6	William	2,604
7	Thomas	2,511
8	Richard	2,510
9	Gary	1,698
10	Ronald	1,668
11	Charles	1,584
12	Dennis	1,423
13	Donald	1,381
14	Larry	1,347
15	Daniel	1,239
16	Kenneth	1,137
17	Paul	1,045
18	Joseph	989
19	Mark	938
20	Gregory	850
21	Douglas	818
22	Steven	811
23	Edward	768
24	George	756
25	Stephen	693

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	684
27	Gerald	683
28	Lawrence	650
29	Bruce	647
30	Terry	641
31	Roger	621
32	Patrick	585
33	Raymond	501
34	Dale	497
35	Jerry	490
36	Frank	459
37	Jack	432
38	Carl	411
39	Alan	382
40	Frederick	342
41	Wayne	331
42	Arthur	329
43	Peter	316
44	Walter	310
45	Jeffrey	306
46	Harold	302
47	Ralph	284
48	Anthony	281
49	Philip	276
50	Craig	269
51	Phillip	262
52	Brian	252
53	Danny	244
54	Stanley	243
55	Keith	239
56	Leonard	232
57	Rodney	227
58	Russell	219
59	Glenn	214
60	Eugene	213
61	Christopher	212
62	Henry	207
63	Norman	203
64	Allen	202
65	Howard	201
66	Albert	200
66	Roy	200
68	Harry	192
69	Randall	189
69	Randy	189
71	Gordon	186
72	Duane	184
73	Louis	183
74	Barry	180
75	Jerome	179
76	Martin	176
77	Andrew	175
78	Fred	173
79	Marvin	172
80	Theodore	169
81	Steve	165
82	Samuel	161
83	Eric	158
84	Tom	157
85	Dan	154
86	Melvin	153
87	Mike	152
88	Earl	142
89	Jim	138
90	Bernard	135
91	Clifford	133
91	Lee	133
93	Micheal	131
94	Scott	129
95	Ernest	124
96	Bill	123
96	Francis	123
98	Allan	122
99	Rick	116
100	Don	115