Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	601
2	James	426
3	David	418
4	John	387
5	Robert	379
6	Christopher	338
7	William	301
8	Kevin	258
9	Anthony	235
10	Eric	226
11	Charles	200
11	Mark	200
13	Thomas	186
14	Richard	176
15	Joseph	170
16	Jeffrey	168
17	Brian	167
18	Paul	142
19	Kenneth	141
20	Sean	140
21	Steven	139
22	Daniel	138
23	Gregory	136
24	Timothy	134
25	Matthew	123

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jason	119
27	Stephen	112
28	Andrew	111
29	Scott	102
30	Andre	99
31	Ronald	96
32	Edward	92
33	Keith	90
34	Donald	87
35	Jonathan	82
36	Patrick	78
37	Derrick	77
38	Douglas	72
38	Marcus	72
40	George	70
41	Peter	69
42	Reginald	65
43	Todd	61
44	Maurice	60
45	Shawn	58
46	Rodney	57
47	Lawrence	55
48	Tyrone	53
49	Antonio	52
49	Craig	52
51	Marc	50
52	Frank	48
52	Gary	48
52	Vincent	48
55	Aaron	47
55	Adam	47
55	Darrell	47
58	Carlos	46
59	Alexander	45
60	Wayne	43
61	Eugene	42
61	Troy	42
63	Carl	41
63	Raymond	41
65	Corey	40
66	Benjamin	39
66	Samuel	39
68	Bryan	37
68	Larry	37
70	Dennis	36
70	Gerald	36
72	Curtis	35
72	Leonard	35
72	Walter	35
75	Derek	33
75	Earl	33
77	Arthur	32
77	Henry	32
77	Melvin	32
80	Darren	31
80	Dwayne	31
80	Erik	31
80	Jerome	31
80	Nathaniel	31
85	Joshua	30
85	Nathan	30
85	Tony	30
85	Willie	30
89	Darryl	29
89	Daryl	29
91	Bruce	28
91	Theodore	28
91	Victor	28
94	Albert	27
94	Bernard	27
94	Frederick	27
97	Glenn	26
97	Jay	26
97	Nicholas	26
100	Damon	25
100	Ernest	25
100	Jeremy	25