Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	5,064
2	Robert	4,997
3	John	4,833
4	Michael	4,816
5	David	4,648
6	Richard	3,667
7	William	3,574
8	Thomas	3,361
9	Gary	2,449
10	Charles	2,128
11	Mark	1,807
12	Donald	1,746
13	Ronald	1,721
14	Steven	1,705
15	Daniel	1,608
16	Dennis	1,597
17	Kenneth	1,501
18	Joseph	1,465
19	Paul	1,363
20	Larry	1,327
21	Timothy	1,319
22	Stephen	1,233
23	Gregory	1,161
24	Jeffrey	1,101
25	Edward	1,019

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	949
27	Douglas	899
28	Terry	894
29	Bruce	823
30	Roger	775
31	Jerry	729
32	Dale	697
33	Anthony	618
34	Raymond	609
35	Lawrence	603
36	Frank	589
37	Jack	540
38	Keith	528
39	Patrick	488
40	Randy	487
41	Gerald	460
42	Carl	459
43	Danny	429
44	Kevin	403
45	Scott	400
46	Philip	391
47	Ralph	386
48	Craig	379
49	Walter	377
50	Wayne	376
51	Christopher	374
52	Alan	370
53	Harold	363
54	Randall	317
55	Frederick	297
56	Russell	292
57	Ricky	271
58	Harry	269
58	Steve	269
60	Arthur	266
61	Glenn	264
62	Peter	263
63	Eric	262
63	Stanley	262
65	Rick	258
66	Albert	255
67	Martin	254
68	Howard	253
69	Brian	247
70	Phillip	245
71	Roy	240
72	Andrew	226
72	Henry	226
74	Eugene	224
75	Samuel	222
76	Fred	214
77	Leonard	213
78	Allen	211
79	Theodore	208
80	Louis	205
81	Jerome	204
82	Barry	201
83	Rodney	200
84	Jay	194
85	Dean	190
86	Jeffery	189
87	Ronnie	187
88	Marvin	185
89	Earl	182
89	Melvin	182
91	Clifford	174
92	Ernest	171
93	Dan	168
93	Lee	168
93	Micheal	168
96	Norman	167
97	Kim	163
98	Nicholas	157
99	Darrell	155
100	Dwight	152