Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,519
2	James	2,184
3	Robert	1,923
4	David	1,860
5	John	1,859
6	William	1,424
7	Christopher	1,252
8	Richard	949
9	Charles	883
10	Joseph	794
11	Mark	751
12	Thomas	735
13	Kevin	715
14	Brian	706
15	Steven	703
16	Timothy	667
17	Eric	661
18	Jason	645
18	Scott	645
20	Anthony	640
21	Jeffrey	600
22	Kenneth	578
23	Daniel	535
24	Gregory	518
25	Paul	477

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	446
26	Stephen	446
28	Matthew	427
29	Donald	421
30	Edward	388
31	George	339
32	Sean	326
33	Patrick	320
34	Keith	315
35	Gary	310
36	Shawn	303
37	Todd	300
38	Larry	297
39	Andrew	292
40	Douglas	268
41	Willie	259
42	Jonathan	253
43	Terry	230
44	Troy	225
45	Craig	224
46	Raymond	221
47	Jerry	214
48	Johnny	209
49	Frank	194
50	Rodney	190
51	Carl	186
52	Dennis	176
52	Samuel	176
54	Tony	174
55	Bryan	171
56	Russell	169
57	Jeffery	168
58	Corey	163
59	Billy	155
60	Benjamin	154
60	Henry	154
62	Walter	148
63	Marcus	147
64	Derrick	146
65	Randall	139
65	Travis	139
65	Wayne	139
68	Jose	138
68	Reginald	138
70	Peter	135
70	Randy	135
72	Aaron	134
72	Bobby	134
72	Phillip	134
75	Carlos	133
75	Marc	133
77	Chad	131
78	Chris	130
78	Gerald	130
80	Jimmy	129
81	Adam	128
82	Frederick	127
82	Vincent	127
84	Antonio	126
84	Roy	126
86	Roger	123
87	Dwayne	121
88	Alexander	119
89	Darrell	118
90	Curtis	117
90	Derek	117
92	Darren	116
93	Arthur	113
93	Jack	113
93	Juan	113
93	Lance	113
97	Jon	112
97	Shane	112
99	Alan	111
100	Eddie	109