Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,439
2	Robert	4,108
3	David	3,905
4	James	3,860
5	John	3,636
6	Richard	2,856
7	Thomas	2,785
8	William	2,692
9	Gary	2,267
10	Dennis	1,802
11	Mark	1,777
12	Charles	1,521
12	Daniel	1,521
14	Ronald	1,469
15	Donald	1,450
16	Steven	1,446
17	Kenneth	1,401
18	Larry	1,150
19	Paul	1,138
20	Gregory	1,112
21	Joseph	1,045
22	Timothy	1,036
23	Douglas	1,017
24	Edward	814
25	Stephen	786

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	754
27	George	712
28	Terry	659
29	Gerald	655
30	Patrick	654
31	Roger	586
32	Dale	577
33	Lawrence	576
34	Jeffrey	492
35	Randy	485
36	Jerry	479
37	Keith	469
37	Raymond	469
39	Alan	444
40	Frank	443
41	Craig	439
42	Brian	432
43	Anthony	426
44	Jack	416
45	Peter	382
46	Christopher	359
47	Randall	348
48	Wayne	335
49	Carl	334
50	Scott	322
51	Kevin	320
52	Danny	309
53	Frederick	297
54	Arthur	293
55	Walter	284
56	Phillip	270
56	Russell	270
58	Rick	267
59	Rodney	265
60	Stanley	264
61	Harold	263
62	Philip	262
63	Martin	257
64	Allen	252
65	Henry	248
66	Ralph	242
67	Duane	233
68	Ricky	232
69	Glenn	230
70	Leonard	229
71	Kim	211
72	Andrew	207
73	Roy	205
74	Eugene	202
75	Eric	201
76	Norman	196
77	Micheal	195
78	Dean	188
79	Gordon	185
80	Barry	184
81	Jerome	182
81	Steve	182
83	Albert	180
83	Harry	180
85	Howard	179
86	Theodore	176
87	Marvin	168
88	Clifford	153
89	Fred	152
90	Dan	151
91	Louis	146
92	Curtis	143
93	Samuel	141
94	Jeffery	140
95	Lee	138
96	Ernest	133
96	Melvin	133
98	Calvin	130
98	Dwight	130
98	Jon	130