Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,068
2	James	1,067
3	David	999
4	Robert	848
5	John	826
6	Richard	657
7	William	621
8	Gary	600
9	Larry	593
10	Charles	588
11	Steven	438
12	Ronald	431
13	Jerry	365
14	Donald	364
15	Kenneth	363
16	Mark	360
17	Terry	328
17	Thomas	328
19	Billy	311
20	Stephen	300
21	Jimmy	263
22	Dennis	258
23	Randy	246
24	Danny	237
25	Paul	222

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	218
27	Ricky	212
28	Tommy	202
29	George	200
30	Johnny	192
31	Joe	181
32	Bobby	173
33	Daniel	168
34	Ronnie	160
35	Joseph	147
36	Jack	144
37	Timothy	143
38	Edward	142
39	Roy	141
40	Phillip	138
41	Carl	136
42	Bruce	129
43	Gregory	125
44	Rickey	124
45	Rodney	123
46	Harold	121
46	Stanley	121
48	Dale	119
49	Douglas	116
50	Raymond	115
51	Gerald	112
52	Randall	107
53	Keith	104
54	Darrell	101
54	Patrick	101
54	Steve	101
57	Frank	98
58	Alan	93
59	Anthony	91
60	Jackie	87
61	Don	81
61	Jeffrey	81
63	Micheal	79
64	Philip	77
64	Ralph	77
64	Walter	77
67	Tony	76
68	Lonnie	72
69	Eddie	71
70	Clifford	67
71	Jim	66
71	Russell	66
73	Bill	65
73	Rick	65
75	Howard	64
75	Jimmie	64
77	Christopher	63
77	Curtis	63
77	Henry	63
77	Mike	63
81	Earl	62
81	Glen	62
81	Ray	62
81	Wayne	62
85	Floyd	61
86	Glenn	60
86	Melvin	60
86	Rex	60
89	Clarence	58
89	Jay	58
91	Dwight	57
91	Lawrence	57
93	Leonard	56
93	Marvin	56
93	Scott	56
96	Allen	54
97	Calvin	51
97	Eugene	51
97	Harry	51
97	Leslie	51
97	Vernon	51