Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	372
2	David	287
3	James	266
4	Christopher	236
5	John	218
6	Robert	201
7	William	171
8	Jason	167
9	Matthew	149
10	Brian	147
10	Kevin	147
12	Daniel	144
13	Anthony	131
14	Eric	121
15	Joseph	113
16	Charles	106
17	Mark	104
18	Richard	91
19	Andrew	88
19	Thomas	88
21	Gregory	87
22	Sean	79
22	Steven	79
24	Paul	75
25	Jeffrey	74

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	73
27	Stephen	72
28	Jonathan	70
29	Edward	69
30	Timothy	66
31	Aaron	64
32	Joshua	53
33	Derrick	52
34	Andre	50
34	Scott	50
36	Reginald	49
36	Ronald	49
38	Ryan	48
39	Keith	47
40	Antonio	46
41	Patrick	45
41	Shawn	45
41	Tyrone	45
44	Damon	43
45	Adam	42
45	Samuel	42
47	Alexander	40
47	Donald	40
47	George	40
50	Justin	38
50	Larry	38
52	Bryan	37
52	Raymond	37
54	Benjamin	36
55	Derek	35
55	Peter	35
57	Duane	34
58	Carlos	33
58	Jerome	33
60	Marcus	32
60	Troy	32
62	Jeremy	31
63	Douglas	30
63	Philip	30
65	Jermaine	29
66	Dwayne	28
66	Maurice	28
66	Nathan	28
66	Nathaniel	28
70	Corey	27
70	Gary	27
70	Nicholas	27
73	Vincent	26
74	Dennis	25
74	Todd	25
76	Curtis	24
76	Lawrence	24
78	Micheal	23
79	Bernard	22
79	Frank	22
79	Marc	22
82	Arthur	21
82	Craig	21
82	Russell	21
85	Antoine	20
85	Brandon	20
85	Calvin	20
85	Darrell	20
85	Eugene	20
85	Leonard	20
85	Willie	20
92	Lamont	19
92	Phillip	19
92	Wayne	19
95	Carl	18
95	Christian	18
95	Frederick	18
95	Juan	18
95	Marvin	18
95	Ricardo	18
95	Warren	18