Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	311
2	Michael	302
3	Christopher	299
4	James	195
5	David	191
6	Scott	188
7	Robert	181
8	Matthew	173
9	John	159
10	Eric	141
11	Shawn	140
12	Daniel	137
12	Jeffrey	137
14	Brian	127
14	Kevin	127
14	Mark	127
17	William	117
18	Richard	113
19	Timothy	110
20	Joseph	102
21	Aaron	95
21	Thomas	95
23	Todd	92
24	Jonathan	86
25	Steven	85

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	81
27	Andrew	73
28	Chad	70
28	Paul	70
30	Joshua	68
30	Peter	68
32	Anthony	66
33	Stephen	61
34	Jeremy	60
35	Troy	59
36	Charles	55
36	Donald	55
38	Travis	53
39	Adam	52
40	Gregory	48
40	Sean	48
42	Patrick	47
43	Benjamin	46
43	Keith	46
43	Kenneth	46
46	Craig	43
47	Jamie	38
48	Douglas	37
48	Marc	37
48	Ronald	37
51	Dennis	36
51	Derek	36
51	Justin	36
54	Shane	35
55	Gary	34
56	Dana	32
56	George	32
56	Nathan	32
56	Wayne	32
60	Edward	31
60	Philip	31
62	Corey	30
63	Raymond	27
63	Seth	27
63	Walter	27
66	Bruce	25
67	Christian	23
68	Darren	22
68	Frank	22
68	Ralph	22
71	Joel	21
71	Roger	21
73	Brent	20
73	Samuel	20
75	Dale	19
75	Randy	19
77	Jesse	18
78	Danny	17
78	Jay	17
78	Jon	17
81	Carl	16
81	Chris	16
81	Russell	16
84	Brett	15
84	Kirk	15
84	Norman	15
84	Terry	15
88	Bryan	14
88	Dean	14
88	Duane	14
88	Frederick	14
88	Gerald	14
88	Lawrence	14
88	Rodney	14
95	Arthur	13
95	Clifford	13
95	Glenn	13
95	Ian	13
95	Roland	13
100	Alan	12
100	Bernard	12
100	Brandon	12
100	Cory	12
100	Jeffery	12
100	Larry	12
100	Lee	12
100	Wade	12