Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,296
2	Jason	1,704
3	Christopher	1,700
4	James	1,597
5	Robert	1,524
6	David	1,468
7	John	1,389
8	William	1,097
9	Brian	1,003
10	Richard	753
11	Daniel	730
12	Joseph	720
13	Charles	684
14	Matthew	658
15	Eric	646
16	Kevin	592
17	Thomas	581
18	Anthony	553
19	Mark	542
20	Steven	530
21	Timothy	516
22	Scott	508
23	Jeffrey	477
24	Shawn	412
25	Kenneth	404

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	390
27	Stephen	355
28	Jonathan	331
28	Ryan	331
30	Gregory	328
30	Ronald	328
32	Donald	320
33	Sean	313
34	Joshua	312
35	Andrew	304
36	Patrick	291
37	Edward	262
38	Chad	252
39	George	250
40	Adam	249
41	Jeremy	248
42	Gary	246
42	Larry	246
44	Bryan	242
45	Aaron	236
46	Benjamin	225
47	Keith	221
48	Willie	202
49	Jose	200
50	Todd	199
51	Justin	188
52	Travis	180
53	Carlos	175
54	Dennis	173
54	Samuel	173
56	Frank	171
57	Marcus	170
58	Terry	166
59	Douglas	165
60	Jerry	164
60	Johnny	164
62	Raymond	159
63	Antonio	156
63	Corey	156
63	Craig	156
66	Jeffery	150
67	Shane	149
68	Peter	148
69	Rodney	147
70	Derrick	143
71	Juan	138
72	Billy	137
72	Tony	137
74	Troy	135
75	Henry	133
75	Phillip	133
77	Derek	129
78	Alexander	126
78	Bobby	126
80	Nathan	122
81	Walter	121
82	Bradley	119
83	Carl	118
84	Micheal	115
85	Jesse	111
86	Joel	110
87	Roger	108
88	Gerald	103
89	Jimmy	101
90	Jamie	100
90	Russell	100
92	Randall	96
93	Curtis	92
93	Nicholas	92
93	Reginald	92
96	Christian	91
96	Wayne	91
98	Arthur	90
99	Albert	89
100	Philip	88