Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	537
2	James	363
3	John	347
4	David	324
5	Christopher	310
6	Robert	298
7	William	263
8	Kevin	219
9	Anthony	213
10	Eric	192
11	Joseph	179
12	Brian	173
13	Charles	171
14	Mark	160
15	Richard	159
16	Matthew	152
17	Thomas	149
18	Sean	137
19	Gregory	135
19	Jeffrey	135
21	Andrew	132
22	Kenneth	119
23	Steven	118
24	Timothy	117
25	Jason	115

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Scott	115
27	Daniel	107
28	Paul	102
29	Keith	98
30	Patrick	88
31	Stephen	86
32	Ronald	85
33	George	80
34	Edward	77
35	Jonathan	75
36	Andre	73
37	Donald	71
38	Antonio	67
39	Aaron	66
40	Marcus	65
41	Reginald	64
42	Adam	56
43	Peter	55
44	Shawn	54
45	Derrick	53
46	Larry	51
46	Lawrence	51
46	Marc	51
49	Douglas	50
50	Gary	48
51	Maurice	47
52	Raymond	45
52	Troy	45
54	Vincent	44
55	Benjamin	43
56	Derek	42
57	Craig	41
57	Dennis	41
59	Erik	39
60	Tyrone	38
61	Jerome	37
61	Todd	37
63	Joshua	36
64	Darrell	35
64	Tony	35
66	Frank	34
66	Rodney	34
68	Dwayne	33
69	Bernard	32
69	Frederick	32
71	Bryan	31
71	Jerry	31
73	Carlos	30
73	Curtis	30
73	Jeremy	30
76	Carl	29
76	Louis	29
76	Nathaniel	29
79	Arthur	28
79	Juan	28
79	Russell	28
79	Ryan	28
83	Calvin	27
84	Alexander	26
84	Christian	26
84	Gerald	26
84	Harold	26
84	Terrence	26
89	Clarence	25
89	Corey	25
89	Lamont	25
89	Philip	25
89	Phillip	25
94	Eugene	24
94	Melvin	24
94	Nicholas	24
94	Wayne	24
94	Willie	24
99	Theodore	23
100	Darryl	22
100	Leon	22