Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,468
2	Robert	1,377
3	David	1,238
4	James	1,231
5	John	1,214
6	Richard	1,052
7	Steven	932
8	William	826
9	Gary	684
10	Thomas	674
11	Mark	586
12	Daniel	540
13	Ronald	512
14	Donald	498
15	Kenneth	466
16	Charles	464
17	Stephen	427
18	Dennis	409
19	Paul	403
20	Douglas	396
21	Larry	390
22	Gregory	361
23	Timothy	351
24	Bruce	332
25	Patrick	294

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	260
27	Joseph	248
28	Randy	246
29	Scott	238
30	Terry	236
31	Jerry	220
32	Edward	216
33	Dale	212
34	Craig	197
35	Brian	195
36	Roger	189
37	George	188
38	Gerald	180
39	Wayne	176
40	Lawrence	164
41	Jack	155
42	Alan	148
43	Raymond	143
44	Peter	142
45	Keith	138
46	Frank	135
46	Kevin	135
48	Christopher	121
49	Rick	119
49	Stanley	119
51	Randall	113
52	Carl	112
52	Dean	112
54	Gordon	110
55	Russell	107
56	Micheal	105
57	Dan	104
58	Rodney	102
59	Eric	95
60	Danny	93
61	Steve	92
62	Martin	90
62	Roy	90
64	Clifford	86
64	Frederick	86
66	Walter	85
67	Glenn	84
68	Curtis	82
69	Kim	81
70	Allen	80
70	Harold	80
72	Jay	78
73	Anthony	77
74	Phillip	75
75	Philip	74
76	Andrew	73
76	Arthur	73
76	Lee	73
79	Bradley	70
79	Eugene	70
81	Glen	69
82	Chris	67
82	Duane	67
82	Theodore	67
85	Howard	66
85	Ralph	66
87	Jon	64
87	Marvin	64
89	Norman	63
90	Mike	61
91	Fred	59
91	Jeffery	59
93	Darrell	58
94	Ricky	57
95	Barry	56
96	Samuel	54
97	Kurt	53
98	Joe	52
98	Kelly	52
98	Lloyd	52