Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,898
2	David	4,402
3	Robert	4,271
4	James	3,951
5	John	3,466
6	Richard	2,775
7	Thomas	2,734
8	William	2,668
9	Mark	2,476
10	Gary	2,168
11	Steven	1,765
12	Daniel	1,642
13	Donald	1,559
14	Charles	1,541
15	Ronald	1,477
16	Kenneth	1,445
17	Dennis	1,390
18	Joseph	1,284
19	Paul	1,250
20	Timothy	1,231
21	Gregory	1,220
22	Larry	1,047
23	Douglas	1,009
24	Jeffrey	934
25	Kevin	842

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	821
27	Edward	803
28	Randy	802
29	Stephen	780
30	Bruce	753
31	Patrick	704
32	George	679
33	Gerald	633
34	Roger	604
35	Keith	591
36	Dale	571
37	Brian	562
38	Lawrence	547
39	Raymond	539
40	Anthony	532
41	Scott	519
42	Craig	504
43	Frank	458
44	Jerry	444
45	Alan	443
46	Peter	423
47	Jack	404
48	Randall	373
49	Carl	371
50	Christopher	367
51	Ricky	342
52	Rodney	338
52	Wayne	338
54	Kim	331
55	Danny	322
56	Walter	312
57	Frederick	309
58	Philip	290
59	Rick	289
60	Arthur	286
60	Martin	286
62	Harold	285
63	Russell	268
64	Glenn	253
65	Stanley	249
66	Ralph	248
67	Phillip	238
68	Jeffery	228
69	Andrew	227
69	Gordon	227
71	Leonard	222
71	Roy	222
73	Eric	220
74	Barry	218
75	Micheal	209
76	Allen	207
77	Eugene	203
78	Steve	196
79	Bradley	194
79	Jon	194
79	Norman	194
82	Henry	192
83	Dean	183
84	Jerome	181
85	Duane	180
85	Theodore	180
87	Curtis	177
87	Howard	177
87	Louis	177
90	Clifford	168
91	Matthew	165
92	Dan	162
92	Samuel	162
94	Fred	161
95	Bernard	160
96	Harry	155
97	Mike	154
98	Albert	152
99	Darrell	148
99	Victor	148