Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,613
2	David	1,380
3	Robert	1,341
4	James	1,195
5	John	1,134
6	Richard	1,022
7	Steven	932
8	William	854
9	Gary	654
9	Thomas	654
11	Mark	626
12	Ronald	500
13	Daniel	481
14	Donald	474
15	Douglas	452
16	Kenneth	430
17	Charles	417
18	Gregory	397
19	Dennis	389
20	Larry	381
21	Paul	366
22	Stephen	362
23	Timothy	319
24	Jeffrey	317
25	Bruce	303

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	269
27	Patrick	267
28	Joseph	250
29	Terry	245
30	Scott	244
31	Edward	222
32	Dale	220
33	Roger	213
34	George	200
35	Brian	192
36	Craig	187
37	Kevin	185
38	Gerald	175
39	Jerry	166
40	Alan	161
41	Lawrence	158
42	Wayne	155
43	Rodney	148
44	Peter	145
45	Rick	139
46	Keith	137
47	Raymond	131
48	Frank	129
48	Jack	129
50	Christopher	117
51	Stanley	112
52	Micheal	111
53	Gordon	108
54	Anthony	105
54	Dean	105
56	Russell	104
57	Ralph	101
58	Philip	98
59	Steve	97
60	Danny	95
60	Eric	95
62	Dan	94
62	Randall	94
64	Bradley	93
65	Roy	91
66	Jon	89
67	Martin	85
68	Brad	84
69	Carl	80
69	Glenn	80
71	Curtis	79
72	Clifford	78
73	Barry	77
74	Harold	75
74	Jay	75
76	Phillip	74
76	Walter	74
78	Allen	73
78	Duane	73
78	Jeffery	73
81	Howard	71
82	Kim	69
83	Arthur	68
83	Frederick	68
85	Fred	67
85	Ricky	67
87	Glen	65
87	Norman	65
89	Mike	64
90	Leonard	62
91	Leslie	60
92	Marc	58
93	Lee	57
94	Eugene	56
94	Melvin	56
96	Don	55
96	Jim	55
98	Ernest	54
98	Warren	54
100	Andrew	52
100	Theodore	52