Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,257
2	James	1,755
3	Christopher	1,609
4	Robert	1,450
5	David	1,368
6	John	1,362
7	Jason	1,307
8	William	1,163
9	Brian	986
10	Richard	799
11	Daniel	750
12	Joseph	726
13	Charles	695
14	Eric	658
15	Kevin	621
16	Thomas	583
17	Anthony	582
18	Matthew	564
19	Timothy	545
20	Mark	534
21	Steven	524
22	Scott	507
23	Kenneth	440
24	Jeffrey	439
25	Shawn	410

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	401
27	Stephen	351
28	Gregory	348
29	Jonathan	332
30	Donald	329
31	Sean	319
32	Ronald	313
33	Keith	286
34	George	272
35	Chad	268
36	Edward	260
37	Andrew	258
38	Gary	254
39	Larry	253
40	Patrick	250
41	Joshua	245
42	Ryan	237
43	Bryan	221
43	Douglas	221
45	Todd	219
46	Willie	205
47	Travis	202
48	Samuel	198
49	Jeremy	196
50	Aaron	193
51	Adam	190
51	Johnny	190
53	Jerry	181
54	Raymond	180
55	Craig	173
56	Shane	170
57	Derrick	166
58	Benjamin	164
59	Carlos	160
60	Troy	158
61	Dennis	155
62	Frank	152
63	Justin	150
63	Terry	150
65	Marcus	148
66	Antonio	146
66	Jose	146
68	Rodney	144
69	Alexander	138
70	Derek	136
71	Bobby	135
72	Phillip	134
73	Walter	133
74	Peter	132
75	Henry	131
76	Juan	129
77	Jeffery	128
78	Gerald	127
79	Billy	125
79	Carl	125
79	Roger	125
82	Corey	121
83	Curtis	116
83	Randall	116
83	Tony	116
86	Danny	113
87	Micheal	107
87	Russell	107
87	Shannon	107
90	Albert	104
91	Jermaine	101
91	Jimmy	101
91	Wayne	101
94	Frederick	100
95	Jamie	99
96	Arthur	97
96	Joel	97
98	Brett	95
99	Randy	94
99	Ronnie	94