Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	5,494
2	Michael	5,175
3	James	5,100
4	Robert	4,692
5	John	4,511
6	William	3,495
7	Richard	3,251
8	Thomas	3,147
9	Mark	2,895
10	Jeffrey	2,238
11	Gary	2,203
12	Steven	2,171
13	Charles	2,054
14	Timothy	1,900
15	Donald	1,850
16	Daniel	1,737
17	Joseph	1,682
18	Ronald	1,673
19	Gregory	1,525
20	Kenneth	1,461
21	Paul	1,433
22	Dennis	1,334
23	Stephen	1,203
24	Douglas	1,155
25	Larry	1,145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	1,099
27	Edward	1,002
28	Kevin	978
29	George	861
30	Randy	856
31	Bruce	806
32	Keith	745
33	Anthony	740
34	Roger	694
35	Raymond	601
36	Scott	600
37	Jerry	599
38	Dale	572
39	Frank	556
40	Patrick	544
41	Christopher	530
42	Carl	525
43	Lawrence	516
44	Jeffery	507
45	Brian	506
46	Craig	497
47	Jack	486
48	Danny	437
49	Alan	435
50	Randall	423
51	Gerald	417
52	Ricky	396
53	Philip	382
54	Russell	364
55	Ralph	363
56	Harold	354
57	Wayne	345
58	Peter	333
59	Rick	319
60	Phillip	316
60	Walter	316
62	Martin	315
63	Steve	307
64	Rodney	300
65	Eric	295
66	Andrew	277
67	Frederick	265
68	Kim	260
69	Stanley	258
70	Samuel	257
71	Roy	254
72	Howard	251
73	Eugene	249
74	Micheal	243
75	Glenn	242
76	Barry	240
77	Harry	237
78	Arthur	230
79	Allen	223
80	Theodore	218
81	Albert	214
82	Darrell	211
83	Jon	206
84	Louis	203
85	Curtis	199
85	Fred	199
87	Bradley	197
88	Henry	196
89	Dean	190
89	Matthew	190
91	Leonard	187
92	Chris	185
93	Clifford	183
93	Duane	183
95	Earl	179
95	Mike	179
97	Jay	178
98	Terrence	177
99	Jerome	174
99	Marvin	174