Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,526
2	David	1,332
3	Robert	1,158
4	James	1,108
4	John	1,108
6	Mark	963
7	Richard	844
8	Steven	838
9	William	650
10	Thomas	566
11	Daniel	536
12	Gary	486
13	Donald	484
14	Kevin	465
15	Scott	460
16	Ronald	451
17	Kenneth	428
18	Douglas	419
19	Brian	418
20	Timothy	410
21	Paul	407
22	Gregory	383
22	Jeffrey	383
24	Larry	356
25	Randy	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	333
27	Joseph	288
27	Terry	288
29	Patrick	264
30	Bruce	243
31	Mike	242
32	Stephen	241
33	Dennis	231
34	Rick	228
35	Dale	227
36	Steve	222
37	Craig	193
37	Edward	193
39	Keith	183
40	Jerry	182
41	George	168
42	Roger	165
43	Peter	149
44	Jeff	148
45	Gerald	147
46	Dan	142
47	Christopher	140
48	Alan	139
48	Russell	139
50	Anthony	137
51	Dean	135
52	Jay	133
53	Raymond	130
54	Jack	128
55	Tim	127
56	Wayne	125
57	Jeffery	123
57	Martin	123
59	Eric	122
59	Jim	122
59	Matthew	122
62	Lawrence	117
63	Danny	115
64	Greg	112
65	Bradley	111
65	Carl	111
65	Tom	111
68	Rodney	108
69	Jon	104
70	Dave	102
70	Frank	102
72	Micheal	99
73	Curtis	96
74	Kelly	95
74	Randall	95
76	Bill	94
76	Ricky	94
78	Gordon	86
78	Tony	86
80	Philip	85
81	Joe	83
82	Chris	82
83	Glenn	81
84	Don	80
84	Ralph	80
86	Bryan	79
86	Duane	79
88	Roy	77
88	Walter	77
90	Barry	75
91	Glen	74
92	Andrew	73
92	Brad	73
94	Darrell	71
95	Allen	70
95	Kurt	70
95	Phillip	70
98	Stanley	69
99	Fred	68
99	Joel	68
99	Marc	68
99	Todd	68