Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,936
2	James	4,917
3	Robert	4,863
4	David	4,689
5	John	4,482
6	William	3,616
7	Richard	3,552
8	Thomas	3,119
9	Gary	2,379
10	Charles	2,136
11	Mark	2,036
12	Donald	1,832
13	Steven	1,818
14	Ronald	1,702
15	Kenneth	1,529
16	Joseph	1,503
17	Daniel	1,491
18	Dennis	1,489
19	Jeffrey	1,452
20	Paul	1,398
21	Timothy	1,343
22	Gregory	1,242
23	Larry	1,217
24	Stephen	1,188
25	Edward	1,002

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Douglas	973
27	Terry	925
28	George	893
29	Roger	882
30	Bruce	816
31	Jerry	707
32	Dale	672
33	Randy	633
34	Anthony	619
35	Raymond	585
36	Lawrence	570
37	Frank	557
38	Keith	545
39	Kevin	530
40	Patrick	510
41	Carl	492
42	Jack	482
43	Gerald	468
44	Danny	438
45	Alan	431
46	Scott	430
47	Christopher	381
48	Ralph	379
49	Craig	376
50	Ricky	371
51	Randall	366
52	Wayne	357
53	Harold	353
54	Walter	350
55	Philip	340
55	Rick	340
55	Rodney	340
58	Frederick	315
59	Brian	295
60	Peter	289
61	Phillip	288
61	Russell	288
63	Jeffery	282
63	Stanley	282
65	Steve	275
66	Arthur	271
67	Roy	262
68	Martin	259
68	Samuel	259
70	Andrew	256
71	Howard	254
72	Glenn	251
73	Harry	245
74	Eugene	242
75	Eric	239
76	Albert	230
77	Barry	224
78	Leonard	217
79	Fred	216
80	Allen	212
81	Theodore	211
82	Micheal	205
83	Dean	204
84	Dan	188
85	Louis	186
86	Henry	185
86	Jerome	185
88	Norman	184
89	Earl	182
90	Dwight	180
91	Darrell	178
92	Kim	177
93	Mike	176
94	Jay	168
94	Ronnie	168
96	Curtis	167
96	Jon	167
98	Lee	162
99	Clifford	160
99	Ernest	160