Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1953
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,751 |
| 2 | David | 4,135 |
| 3 | Robert | 4,109 |
| 4 | James | 3,864 |
| 5 | John | 3,545 |
| 6 | Richard | 2,843 |
| 7 | William | 2,746 |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,717 |
| 9 | Gary | 2,169 |
| 10 | Mark | 1,998 |
| 11 | Dennis | 1,706 |
| 12 | Donald | 1,566 |
| 13 | Steven | 1,561 |
| 14 | Charles | 1,533 |
| 15 | Daniel | 1,501 |
| 16 | Ronald | 1,478 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,365 |
| 18 | Paul | 1,265 |
| 19 | Joseph | 1,202 |
| 20 | Timothy | 1,102 |
| 21 | Larry | 1,052 |
| 22 | Gregory | 1,049 |
| 23 | Douglas | 971 |
| 24 | Bruce | 766 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 763 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Edward | 761 |
| 27 | Stephen | 754 |
| 28 | George | 719 |
| 29 | Roger | 717 |
| 29 | Terry | 717 |
| 31 | Randy | 679 |
| 32 | Patrick | 676 |
| 33 | Gerald | 629 |
| 34 | Dale | 567 |
| 35 | Lawrence | 555 |
| 36 | Jerry | 507 |
| 37 | Raymond | 502 |
| 38 | Anthony | 493 |
| 39 | Keith | 459 |
| 40 | Jack | 454 |
| 41 | Brian | 445 |
| 42 | Alan | 444 |
| 43 | Frank | 440 |
| 44 | Kevin | 429 |
| 45 | Craig | 414 |
| 46 | Peter | 396 |
| 47 | Scott | 363 |
| 48 | Carl | 358 |
| 49 | Christopher | 357 |
| 50 | Wayne | 330 |
| 51 | Ricky | 328 |
| 52 | Rick | 317 |
| 53 | Rodney | 313 |
| 54 | Randall | 304 |
| 55 | Walter | 295 |
| 56 | Arthur | 294 |
| 57 | Harold | 284 |
| 58 | Philip | 278 |
| 59 | Frederick | 276 |
| 60 | Martin | 275 |
| 61 | Danny | 272 |
| 62 | Russell | 262 |
| 63 | Ralph | 259 |
| 64 | Stanley | 253 |
| 65 | Duane | 247 |
| 66 | Allen | 237 |
| 67 | Glenn | 227 |
| 68 | Micheal | 226 |
| 69 | Leonard | 222 |
| 70 | Kim | 218 |
| 71 | Jeffery | 217 |
| 72 | Roy | 212 |
| 73 | Andrew | 207 |
| 74 | Albert | 202 |
| 75 | Eric | 200 |
| 76 | Phillip | 198 |
| 77 | Eugene | 191 |
| 78 | Gordon | 188 |
| 79 | Dean | 182 |
| 80 | Samuel | 177 |
| 81 | Barry | 174 |
| 81 | Theodore | 174 |
| 83 | Bradley | 171 |
| 84 | Curtis | 169 |
| 85 | Howard | 168 |
| 85 | Steve | 168 |
| 87 | Harry | 167 |
| 88 | Henry | 166 |
| 89 | Louis | 164 |
| 90 | Jon | 161 |
| 91 | Jerome | 157 |
| 91 | Norman | 157 |
| 93 | Marvin | 154 |
| 94 | Clifford | 151 |
| 94 | Willie | 151 |
| 96 | Fred | 147 |
| 97 | Earl | 146 |
| 98 | Matthew | 145 |
| 99 | Bernard | 142 |
| 100 | Jay | 141 |
| 100 | Lee | 141 |