Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,010
2	James	3,829
3	Michael	3,755
4	David	3,489
5	John	3,382
6	Thomas	2,640
7	William	2,634
8	Richard	2,470
9	Gary	1,979
10	Charles	1,595
11	Dennis	1,592
12	Ronald	1,570
13	Donald	1,354
14	Larry	1,343
15	Daniel	1,285
16	Kenneth	1,260
17	Mark	1,118
18	Joseph	1,033
19	Paul	1,014
20	Steven	969
21	Douglas	927
22	Gregory	900
23	Timothy	803
24	Gerald	738
25	Edward	730

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	693
27	Stephen	690
28	Bruce	674
29	Roger	638
30	Lawrence	622
31	Terry	573
32	Dale	554
33	Patrick	546
34	Frank	477
35	Jerry	475
36	Raymond	452
37	Jack	409
38	Alan	395
39	Carl	359
40	Anthony	345
41	Craig	341
42	Wayne	325
43	Brian	323
44	Frederick	314
44	Jeffrey	314
46	Peter	312
47	Arthur	292
47	Walter	292
49	Harold	281
49	Phillip	281
51	Philip	278
52	Christopher	276
53	Randall	269
54	Russell	263
55	Danny	260
55	Keith	260
57	Martin	251
58	Ralph	237
59	Allen	231
59	Leonard	231
61	Glenn	226
62	Stanley	221
63	Eugene	218
63	Norman	218
63	Rodney	218
66	Randy	216
67	Andrew	213
68	Gordon	210
68	Howard	210
70	Harry	196
71	Albert	194
71	Scott	194
73	Henry	192
74	Duane	191
75	Jerome	180
76	Roy	177
77	Fred	169
78	Louis	164
79	Theodore	162
80	Marvin	158
81	Ernest	156
82	Samuel	154
83	Micheal	151
84	Lee	148
85	Eric	140
86	Francis	138
87	Barry	137
88	Steve	135
89	Kevin	134
90	Bernard	129
91	Melvin	128
92	Earl	126
92	Mike	126
92	Rick	126
95	Dan	122
96	Clifford	121
97	Jon	118
98	Allan	117
98	Dean	117
98	Tom	117
98	Willie	117