Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,394
2	Robert	1,256
3	James	1,158
4	John	1,112
5	David	1,056
6	Richard	987
7	William	852
8	Gary	729
9	Steven	720
10	Thomas	673
11	Ronald	507
12	Donald	492
13	Larry	435
14	Kenneth	421
15	Charles	418
16	Mark	409
17	Stephen	392
18	Dennis	377
19	Daniel	366
20	Douglas	355
21	Gregory	349
22	Bruce	309
23	Paul	279
24	Patrick	273
25	Terry	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	224
27	Timothy	222
28	George	214
29	Jerry	205
30	Roger	202
31	Jack	193
32	Gerald	192
33	Edward	178
34	Wayne	168
35	Jeffrey	167
35	Scott	167
37	Dale	163
38	Brian	156
38	Lawrence	156
40	Alan	147
41	Frank	145
42	Raymond	142
43	Randy	141
44	Craig	136
45	Randall	121
45	Steve	121
47	Peter	120
48	Christopher	116
49	Harold	115
50	Rodney	99
51	Danny	98
52	Carl	91
52	Dan	91
52	Keith	91
55	Philip	88
56	Stanley	86
57	Arthur	84
58	Frederick	82
59	Gordon	81
60	Jim	80
60	Mike	80
60	Walter	80
63	Ralph	78
63	Russell	78
65	Rick	77
66	Jay	75
66	Roy	75
68	Allen	73
68	Phillip	73
70	Darrell	72
70	Dean	72
70	Lee	72
73	Micheal	71
74	Glenn	70
75	Howard	67
76	Anthony	66
76	Bradley	66
76	Kevin	66
79	Clifford	65
79	Martin	65
81	Fred	64
81	Norman	64
83	Jon	63
83	Leonard	63
85	Bill	62
85	Duane	62
85	Marvin	62
85	Tom	62
89	Eric	60
90	Joe	57
91	Andrew	56
91	Don	56
91	Glen	56
94	Barry	54
95	Albert	53
95	Chris	53
97	Harry	52
98	Leslie	50
99	Curtis	48
99	Eugene	48