Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	428
2	David	270
3	Christopher	241
4	John	235
5	James	231
6	Robert	207
7	William	184
8	Brian	182
9	Eric	159
10	Kevin	149
11	Anthony	137
12	Joseph	136
13	Matthew	133
14	Jason	131
15	Daniel	123
16	Charles	119
17	Richard	115
18	Thomas	112
19	Mark	109
20	Gregory	101
21	Sean	95
22	Andrew	94
23	Jonathan	83
24	Timothy	82
25	Jeffrey	78

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	77
27	Steven	76
28	Stephen	72
29	Ronald	71
30	Paul	69
31	Keith	67
32	Scott	66
33	Edward	65
34	Andre	58
34	George	58
36	Patrick	55
37	Derrick	54
37	Marcus	54
39	Joshua	52
40	Aaron	46
40	Peter	46
40	Shawn	46
43	Jermaine	43
43	Reginald	43
45	Benjamin	41
46	Tyrone	39
47	Donald	38
48	Justin	37
48	Marc	37
50	Bryan	36
50	Craig	36
52	Adam	35
52	Antonio	35
52	Lawrence	35
55	Carlos	34
55	Frank	34
55	Larry	34
55	Maurice	34
55	Ryan	34
55	Todd	34
61	Derek	33
61	Raymond	33
61	Rodney	33
64	Christian	32
64	Gary	32
64	Jerome	32
67	Damon	31
67	Melvin	31
69	Alexander	30
69	Duane	30
69	Lamont	30
69	Samuel	30
73	Gerald	28
73	Troy	28
75	Vincent	26
76	Terrence	25
76	Willie	25
78	Carl	24
78	Curtis	24
78	Douglas	24
78	Nathaniel	24
82	Antoine	23
82	Chad	23
82	Micheal	23
85	Dennis	22
86	Marlon	21
86	Nathan	21
86	Russell	21
86	Wayne	21
90	Bruce	20
90	Nicholas	20
90	Walter	20
93	Allen	19
93	Arthur	19
93	Corey	19
93	Erik	19
93	Tony	19
98	Adrian	18
98	Jesse	18
98	Marvin	18
98	Philip	18
98	Theodore	18