Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,628
2	David	1,432
3	Robert	1,324
4	James	1,194
5	John	1,156
6	Richard	1,007
7	Steven	941
8	Mark	789
9	William	765
10	Gary	680
11	Thomas	598
12	Daniel	579
13	Donald	547
14	Ronald	515
15	Charles	436
16	Kenneth	428
17	Gregory	400
18	Paul	389
19	Douglas	384
19	Timothy	384
21	Jeffrey	368
22	Randy	342
23	Stephen	321
24	Larry	306
25	Dennis	299

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	297
27	Scott	294
28	Patrick	292
29	Terry	280
30	Kevin	273
31	Brian	268
32	Joseph	257
33	Dale	222
34	Craig	210
35	Edward	203
36	George	191
37	Jerry	184
38	Roger	177
39	Alan	172
40	Frank	158
41	Lawrence	156
42	Rick	150
42	Wayne	150
44	Gerald	147
45	Raymond	146
46	Peter	141
47	Keith	129
48	Jack	127
49	Randall	125
50	Rodney	121
51	Gordon	115
52	Jay	108
53	Christopher	105
54	Anthony	104
54	Micheal	104
56	Dan	103
57	Curtis	102
58	Russell	101
59	Bradley	100
59	Jeffery	100
61	Steve	99
62	Ricky	98
63	Dean	96
64	Stanley	95
65	Eric	94
65	Glenn	94
67	Philip	93
68	Kim	91
69	Carl	90
70	Danny	88
71	Harold	87
72	Jon	82
73	Roy	79
74	Allen	78
74	Duane	78
76	Brad	77
77	Arthur	76
78	Martin	75
78	Walter	75
80	Matthew	73
81	Leonard	70
82	Barry	68
83	Eugene	67
83	Mike	67
83	Norman	67
86	Darrell	66
86	Ralph	66
88	Lee	65
89	Howard	64
89	Phillip	64
91	Andrew	63
91	Jim	63
93	Clifford	61
94	Guy	60
95	Frederick	59
96	Leslie	58
97	Marvin	57
98	Marc	56
99	Chris	55
99	Kelly	55