Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	572
2	John	503
3	David	485
4	James	465
5	Robert	405
6	Christopher	287
7	Anthony	271
8	William	267
9	Mark	251
10	Kevin	223
11	Richard	198
12	Joseph	193
13	Charles	190
14	Thomas	184
15	Jeffrey	176
15	Timothy	176
17	Brian	174
17	Eric	174
19	Steven	160
20	Kenneth	154
21	Paul	144
22	Sean	141
23	Stephen	138
24	Gregory	132
25	Edward	127

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Matthew	118
27	Andrew	117
28	Daniel	113
28	Scott	113
30	Ronald	110
31	George	108
32	Keith	103
33	Donald	94
33	Patrick	94
35	Andre	81
36	Jonathan	73
37	Douglas	72
37	Reginald	72
39	Peter	71
40	Gary	69
41	Rodney	67
42	Derrick	65
43	Raymond	64
44	Tyrone	62
45	Craig	58
46	Todd	54
47	Lawrence	49
48	Darryl	48
49	Aaron	47
50	Samuel	46
50	Vincent	46
52	Martin	44
52	Shawn	44
54	Larry	43
54	Maurice	43
54	Troy	43
57	Wayne	42
58	Benjamin	41
59	Dwayne	40
60	Marc	39
60	Walter	39
62	Darrell	38
62	Dennis	38
62	Gerald	38
65	Curtis	37
65	Derek	37
67	Antonio	35
68	Bernard	34
68	Jason	34
70	Bruce	33
70	Darren	33
72	Bryan	32
72	Marcus	32
72	Willie	32
75	Carl	31
75	Tony	31
77	Arthur	30
77	Carlos	30
77	Jerome	30
77	Melvin	30
81	Adam	29
81	Frank	29
81	Leonard	29
84	Alan	28
84	Jay	28
86	Russell	27
86	Warren	27
88	Albert	26
88	Alexander	26
88	Henry	26
88	Jeffery	26
88	Jerry	26
88	Philip	26
94	Terrence	25
95	Eugene	24
95	Frederick	24
95	Howard	24
95	Louis	24
95	Nicholas	24
100	Harold	23
100	Leon	23
100	Nathaniel	23
100	Ricardo	23
100	Stanley	23