Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,541
2	Michael	1,494
3	Robert	1,239
4	John	1,178
5	James	1,126
6	Steven	972
7	Mark	928
8	Richard	858
9	William	794
10	Thomas	623
11	Gary	584
12	Daniel	580
13	Kenneth	515
14	Donald	465
15	Ronald	460
16	Timothy	432
17	Jeffrey	430
18	Gregory	399
19	Paul	398
20	Douglas	389
21	Charles	381
22	Randy	350
23	Stephen	344
24	Scott	336
25	Dennis	311

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	307
27	Bruce	295
28	Brian	291
29	Larry	278
30	Patrick	272
30	Terry	272
32	Joseph	256
33	Craig	216
34	Edward	212
35	Jerry	187
36	Dale	178
36	George	178
38	Alan	167
39	Gerald	164
40	Rick	158
40	Roger	158
42	Keith	153
43	Rodney	148
44	Wayne	146
45	Peter	143
46	Lawrence	140
47	Jack	139
48	Jeffery	135
49	Randall	125
49	Raymond	125
51	Russell	122
52	Steve	119
53	Christopher	116
53	Frank	116
55	Dan	115
56	Carl	113
57	Eric	110
57	Jay	110
59	Anthony	108
59	Danny	108
59	Gordon	108
59	Micheal	108
63	Jon	106
64	Mike	104
65	Bradley	97
66	Brad	92
66	Martin	92
68	Kim	90
69	Dean	88
70	Philip	86
70	Stanley	86
72	Allen	85
73	Roy	77
74	Glenn	76
75	Curtis	74
76	Eugene	73
76	Ricky	73
78	Jim	72
79	Barry	71
80	Lee	69
81	Andrew	68
81	Howard	68
81	Walter	68
84	Arthur	67
84	Matthew	67
84	Ralph	67
87	Duane	66
88	Don	65
89	Darrell	64
89	Norman	64
91	Phillip	61
92	Marc	57
92	Tony	57
94	Fred	56
95	Frederick	54
96	Leonard	53
97	Joe	52
98	Clifford	51
98	Harold	51
98	Joel	51
98	Kelly	51
98	Todd	51