Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	4,397
2	Michael	4,191
3	Mark	3,483
4	James	3,453
5	Robert	3,439
6	John	3,342
7	Thomas	2,258
8	William	2,144
9	Richard	2,139
10	Timothy	1,910
11	Steven	1,759
12	Kevin	1,603
13	Brian	1,592
14	Daniel	1,586
15	Jeffrey	1,464
16	Kenneth	1,388
17	Paul	1,384
18	Joseph	1,349
19	Donald	1,232
20	Gary	1,196
21	Ronald	1,157
22	Scott	1,146
23	Charles	1,129
24	Gregory	1,111
25	Dennis	1,012

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	924
27	Larry	824
28	Randy	785
29	Anthony	745
30	Patrick	723
31	Keith	714
32	Christopher	701
32	Edward	701
34	Craig	687
35	Terry	675
36	Bruce	653
37	Stephen	642
38	Mike	639
39	Steve	599
40	Dale	555
41	Eric	507
42	George	489
43	Gerald	456
44	Jeff	452
45	Jerry	447
46	Tim	444
47	Matthew	440
48	Jeffery	432
49	Alan	431
50	Lawrence	421
51	Peter	417
52	Rick	405
53	Tom	402
54	Roger	393
55	Frank	388
56	Randall	385
57	Jim	384
58	Raymond	383
59	Martin	348
60	Chris	341
60	Ricky	341
62	Wayne	338
63	Russell	327
64	Dean	325
65	Dan	320
66	Dave	318
67	Carl	315
68	Andrew	310
69	Todd	304
70	Jack	299
71	Bill	278
72	Duane	267
72	Greg	267
72	Rodney	267
75	Joe	258
76	Kurt	256
76	Tony	256
78	Glenn	254
79	Philip	251
80	Bryan	249
81	Danny	247
82	Bradley	245
83	Phillip	238
84	Walter	219
85	Arthur	218
86	Frederick	210
87	Curtis	204
88	Harold	200
89	Jon	193
90	Kirk	190
91	Allen	189
91	Micheal	189
91	Ralph	189
94	Jay	187
95	Gordon	186
96	Darryl	183
97	Barry	177
98	Joel	168
99	Leonard	166
99	Roy	166