Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	4,218
2	Michael	4,205
3	James	3,963
4	David	3,634
5	John	3,535
6	Richard	2,789
7	Thomas	2,772
8	William	2,736
9	Gary	2,336
10	Dennis	1,751
11	Ronald	1,543
12	Charles	1,537
13	Mark	1,457
14	Kenneth	1,456
15	Donald	1,434
16	Daniel	1,380
17	Steven	1,294
18	Larry	1,288
19	Paul	1,160
20	Joseph	1,108
21	Douglas	1,001
22	Gregory	955
23	Timothy	880
24	Stephen	817
25	Edward	801

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	778
27	Bruce	739
28	Terry	696
29	Gerald	695
30	Patrick	614
31	Lawrence	599
32	Roger	598
33	Dale	538
34	Raymond	528
35	Jerry	523
36	Jack	457
37	Frank	442
38	Alan	424
38	Jeffrey	424
40	Anthony	409
41	Keith	405
42	Brian	372
42	Peter	372
44	Craig	366
45	Christopher	363
46	Randy	343
47	Walter	338
48	Carl	336
49	Arthur	328
50	Wayne	327
51	Frederick	325
52	Randall	298
53	Harold	293
54	Danny	281
55	Ralph	277
56	Leonard	276
57	Martin	269
57	Philip	269
59	Scott	262
60	Stanley	258
61	Russell	256
62	Glenn	252
63	Rodney	249
64	Eugene	232
65	Allen	231
66	Eric	227
67	Andrew	216
67	Henry	216
69	Kevin	215
70	Barry	204
71	Micheal	202
72	Roy	200
73	Gordon	196
74	Duane	193
75	Albert	192
75	Phillip	192
77	Harry	190
77	Norman	190
79	Rick	175
80	Lee	167
80	Theodore	167
82	Howard	166
83	Marvin	165
84	Jerome	163
85	Clifford	162
86	Fred	158
87	Louis	157
88	Ernest	152
89	Melvin	150
90	Bernard	147
91	Curtis	142
91	Dan	142
93	Earl	140
94	Francis	134
95	Steve	131
96	Dean	130
97	Samuel	128
98	Allan	127
99	Kim	124
100	Clarence	123