Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,324
2	Michael	1,197
3	John	1,046
4	Robert	1,006
5	Mark	1,004
6	James	968
7	Richard	698
8	Steven	682
9	William	575
10	Scott	574
11	Brian	508
12	Kevin	505
13	Daniel	456
14	Thomas	453
15	Timothy	423
16	Jeffrey	417
17	Mike	395
18	Kenneth	389
19	Donald	388
20	Gary	387
21	Paul	358
22	Ronald	346
23	Randy	339
24	Douglas	318
25	Gregory	296

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeff	287
27	Steve	282
28	Charles	274
29	Craig	254
30	Dennis	249
30	Larry	249
32	Joseph	242
33	Patrick	238
34	Rick	226
35	Bruce	218
36	Dale	216
37	Terry	211
38	Jerry	201
39	Jim	194
40	Eric	192
40	Tim	192
42	Stephen	186
43	Keith	177
44	Christopher	172
45	Edward	161
46	Tom	157
47	Greg	153
48	Chris	146
49	Jeffery	143
50	Alan	141
50	Dan	141
52	George	138
53	Russell	137
54	Bradley	136
55	Jon	133
55	Roger	133
57	Dave	132
58	Bill	124
59	Anthony	123
60	Jay	122
60	Wayne	122
62	Peter	121
63	Dean	119
63	Ricky	119
65	Tony	118
66	Matthew	113
67	Raymond	110
68	Bob	108
68	Bryan	108
70	Frank	107
70	Rodney	107
72	Don	105
73	Joe	104
73	Kelly	104
73	Randall	104
76	Danny	102
77	Brad	100
78	Ron	99
79	Gerald	98
79	Martin	98
81	Carl	95
82	Todd	93
83	Philip	91
84	Duane	89
85	Jack	88
86	Phillip	86
87	Curtis	85
88	Bret	81
88	Darrell	81
90	Doug	80
90	Kurt	80
92	Brett	78
93	Andrew	77
93	Glenn	77
93	Gordon	77
96	Micheal	74
97	Ken	73
97	Walter	73
99	Shawn	70
100	Lawrence	69