Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,901
2	David	4,431
3	Robert	4,138
4	James	3,972
5	John	3,676
6	Mark	3,166
7	William	2,646
8	Richard	2,551
9	Thomas	2,538
10	Steven	2,044
11	Gary	1,809
12	Daniel	1,732
13	Timothy	1,603
14	Ronald	1,573
15	Donald	1,543
16	Joseph	1,474
17	Paul	1,461
18	Charles	1,439
19	Kenneth	1,412
20	Dennis	1,316
21	Gregory	1,315
22	Kevin	1,269
23	Jeffrey	1,244
24	Douglas	1,156
25	Brian	1,087

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	1,034
27	Randy	873
28	Edward	835
29	Bruce	818
30	Stephen	803
31	Terry	788
32	Scott	777
33	Keith	746
34	Patrick	737
35	Anthony	650
36	George	640
37	Gerald	603
38	Dale	582
39	Lawrence	538
40	Raymond	519
41	Craig	508
42	Jerry	474
43	Christopher	469
44	Jeffery	463
44	Roger	463
46	Peter	445
47	Alan	441
48	Frank	427
49	Carl	413
50	Randall	385
51	Jack	380
52	Russell	374
53	Martin	344
54	Wayne	343
55	Rodney	329
56	Matthew	320
57	Rick	319
58	Steve	313
59	Ricky	305
60	Eric	299
61	Walter	286
62	Andrew	285
63	Philip	284
64	Phillip	279
65	Danny	278
65	Kim	278
67	Glenn	269
67	Harold	269
69	Duane	266
70	Micheal	264
71	Arthur	258
71	Mike	258
73	Ralph	254
74	Frederick	239
75	Dan	232
76	Stanley	222
77	Barry	220
78	Dean	218
79	Kurt	215
80	Gordon	212
80	Henry	212
82	Roy	206
83	Allen	197
84	Bradley	196
85	Norman	193
86	Chris	191
87	Leonard	188
88	Curtis	184
88	Joe	184
90	Jerome	178
91	Jeff	177
91	Louis	177
93	Howard	175
94	Joel	174
95	Theodore	173
96	Jim	167
97	Lee	165
98	Darrell	164
99	Jon	163
100	Dave	162
100	Fred	162