Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	332
2	Christopher	273
3	Michael	266
4	Matthew	200
5	David	192
6	Robert	170
7	James	160
8	John	155
9	Scott	132
10	Brian	131
11	Eric	113
12	Daniel	112
12	Jeffrey	112
14	Aaron	109
15	Kevin	104
16	Joseph	103
16	Mark	103
18	Ryan	101
19	Shawn	100
20	Timothy	97
21	Thomas	93
22	Joshua	88
23	William	87
24	Richard	86
25	Andrew	81

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	79
27	Jeremy	77
27	Steven	77
29	Adam	75
29	Todd	75
31	Chad	72
31	Stephen	72
33	Paul	69
34	Peter	64
35	Benjamin	59
36	Patrick	55
37	Nathan	54
38	Craig	53
39	Keith	51
40	Donald	50
41	Travis	49
42	Anthony	47
42	Charles	47
44	Sean	43
45	Shane	42
46	Derek	41
46	Troy	41
48	Kenneth	40
49	Jamie	39
50	Justin	37
51	Corey	36
51	Gregory	36
53	Erik	32
54	Seth	30
55	Ronald	27
56	Wayne	25
57	Douglas	24
57	Randy	24
59	Gary	23
59	George	23
59	Samuel	23
62	Brent	22
62	Raymond	22
64	Dennis	21
64	Philip	21
66	Allen	20
66	Brandon	20
66	Dale	20
66	Jeffery	20
66	Jesse	20
66	Larry	20
72	Bruce	19
72	Edward	19
72	Roger	19
75	Jacob	18
76	Christian	17
77	Alan	16
77	Bryan	16
77	Cory	16
77	Ian	16
77	Joel	16
77	Russell	16
83	Dana	15
83	Gerald	15
83	Harold	15
83	Toby	15
87	Albert	14
87	Dean	14
87	Jon	14
87	Marc	14
87	Randall	14
87	Tony	14
93	Brad	13
93	Lance	13
93	Lawrence	13
93	Nicholas	13
93	Terry	13
98	Carl	12
98	Darren	12
98	Eugene	12
98	Heath	12
98	Jarrod	12
98	Jay	12
98	Kristopher	12
98	Theodore	12