Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,309
2	James	2,082
3	David	2,044
4	Robert	1,802
5	John	1,717
6	Thomas	1,662
7	Richard	1,504
8	Gary	1,242
9	Steven	1,223
10	Mark	1,189
11	William	1,135
12	Daniel	974
13	Dennis	924
14	Jeffrey	896
15	Paul	634
16	Donald	625
17	Ronald	608
18	Charles	597
19	Joseph	577
20	Gregory	572
21	Kenneth	555
22	Timothy	523
23	Bruce	451
24	Dale	396
25	Larry	388

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	375
27	Patrick	369
28	Roger	364
29	Douglas	357
30	Scott	356
31	Peter	336
32	Stephen	325
33	Randy	315
34	Terry	297
35	Edward	280
36	Randall	250
37	Alan	248
38	Kevin	238
39	Keith	236
40	Wayne	234
41	George	226
42	Lawrence	214
43	Brian	206
44	Rodney	191
45	Jerry	179
46	Craig	175
47	Dean	170
48	Raymond	165
49	Jeffery	148
50	Anthony	147
51	Allen	144
51	Ricky	144
53	Frank	139
54	Russell	137
55	Jerome	135
56	Duane	131
57	Eugene	123
57	Lee	123
59	Carl	117
60	Frederick	115
60	Rick	115
62	Philip	110
62	Stanley	110
64	Ralph	108
65	Glenn	107
66	Jon	106
67	Bradley	104
67	Christopher	104
67	Gene	104
67	Jack	104
67	Kim	104
72	Curtis	102
73	Steve	99
74	Arthur	94
75	Allan	93
76	Kurt	90
77	Andrew	89
77	Jay	89
79	Micheal	87
80	Martin	84
81	Harold	83
81	Roy	83
81	Todd	83
84	Glen	81
85	Gordon	80
85	Walter	80
87	Leonard	71
87	Theodore	71
89	Eric	70
90	Joel	68
90	Phillip	68
92	Marvin	65
93	Danny	64
93	Darrell	64
93	Louis	64
96	Henry	63
96	Terrence	63
98	Dan	62
99	Barry	60
100	Howard	59