Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,435
2	John	1,260
3	Robert	1,235
4	James	1,116
5	David	1,109
6	Richard	1,002
7	William	880
8	Steven	818
9	Gary	736
10	Thomas	624
11	Mark	530
12	Ronald	498
13	Donald	495
14	Daniel	450
15	Dennis	438
16	Kenneth	433
17	Charles	405
18	Stephen	404
19	Douglas	401
20	Larry	400
21	Gregory	337
22	Paul	327
23	Bruce	322
24	Timothy	298
25	Patrick	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	223
27	Terry	222
28	Jerry	208
29	Randy	206
29	Scott	206
31	George	204
32	Jeffrey	203
33	Dale	202
34	Edward	193
35	Gerald	179
36	Craig	178
37	Brian	169
37	Roger	169
39	Jack	163
40	Alan	160
41	Lawrence	154
42	Wayne	138
43	Raymond	136
44	Frank	133
45	Randall	126
46	Christopher	125
47	Gordon	117
48	Peter	103
48	Stanley	103
50	Steve	102
51	Carl	99
51	Keith	99
53	Micheal	97
54	Glenn	96
55	Philip	95
56	Rodney	94
56	Russell	94
58	Rick	93
59	Danny	92
59	Dean	92
59	Kevin	92
62	Allen	91
63	Dan	84
63	Eric	84
63	Harold	84
63	Roy	84
67	Walter	78
68	Jay	77
69	Arthur	76
70	Norman	74
71	Frederick	73
72	Clifford	72
72	Ralph	72
74	Martin	69
75	Anthony	66
75	Bradley	66
75	Duane	66
75	Fred	66
75	Leonard	66
80	Barry	64
80	Phillip	64
82	Curtis	63
82	Jon	63
84	Melvin	60
84	Mike	60
86	Jim	59
86	Leslie	59
88	Eugene	57
88	Glen	57
90	Edwin	56
90	Marvin	56
92	Bill	55
93	Darrell	53
94	Marc	52
95	Ricky	51
96	Andrew	50
96	Howard	50
98	Jeffery	49
98	Kim	49
98	Samuel	49