Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,078
2	David	3,163
3	James	2,788
4	Robert	2,766
5	John	2,498
6	Scott	1,839
7	Mark	1,817
8	Brian	1,690
9	Jeffrey	1,678
10	William	1,516
11	Steven	1,485
12	Richard	1,478
13	Thomas	1,438
14	Christopher	1,364
15	Timothy	1,356
16	Daniel	1,267
17	Kevin	1,263
18	Paul	1,175
19	Matthew	1,101
20	Joseph	1,086
21	Todd	1,045
22	Kenneth	941
23	Eric	906
24	Charles	847
25	Anthony	832

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	813
27	Patrick	713
28	Gregory	704
29	Donald	685
30	Douglas	658
31	Stephen	623
32	Gary	569
33	Andrew	520
34	Dennis	517
35	Jeffery	485
36	Keith	471
37	Edward	468
38	Craig	456
39	Larry	357
40	Sean	343
41	Rodney	340
42	Troy	338
43	Raymond	324
44	Peter	320
45	George	318
46	Gerald	303
46	Terry	303
48	Jerry	295
49	Shawn	292
50	Randy	277
51	Bradley	273
52	Bryan	267
53	Bruce	263
54	Roger	262
55	Jason	259
56	Frank	254
57	Dean	253
58	Dale	237
59	Lawrence	226
60	Carl	221
61	Joel	219
62	Kurt	218
63	Jonathan	215
64	Tony	204
65	Martin	203
66	Jon	198
66	Russell	198
68	Alan	191
69	Randall	187
70	Wayne	185
71	Aaron	183
72	Marc	178
73	Philip	177
74	Jeff	175
75	Phillip	169
76	Curtis	162
77	Allen	156
78	Chad	154
79	Darren	153
80	Jay	152
80	Vincent	152
82	Derrick	151
82	Steve	151
84	Brent	148
84	Brett	148
86	Chris	145
87	Kirk	140
88	Jack	139
89	Frederick	137
90	Duane	133
91	Mike	132
92	Arthur	131
93	Nicholas	129
94	Danny	127
94	Lee	127
96	Darrell	125
96	Glenn	125
98	Theodore	123
99	Derek	122
99	Erik	122