Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,454
2	Michael	3,299
3	David	3,085
4	Robert	2,857
5	James	2,404
6	Mark	1,894
7	Richard	1,726
8	William	1,593
9	Paul	1,553
10	Thomas	1,521
11	Joseph	1,391
12	Scott	1,148
13	Stephen	1,129
14	Steven	1,072
15	Daniel	1,062
16	Kevin	1,046
17	Brian	999
18	Jeffrey	888
19	Peter	841
20	Christopher	801
21	Edward	768
22	Charles	673
23	Timothy	667
24	Kenneth	666
25	Donald	561

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	534
27	Ronald	511
28	Anthony	486
29	George	427
30	Douglas	419
31	Gregory	412
32	Andrew	363
33	Glenn	349
34	Bruce	346
35	Eric	345
36	Alan	317
37	Philip	299
38	Frank	291
38	Raymond	291
40	Patrick	268
41	Keith	264
42	Matthew	263
43	Lawrence	260
44	Wayne	258
45	Dennis	247
46	Francis	226
47	Todd	224
48	Craig	189
49	Russell	188
50	Barry	187
51	Gerald	186
52	Arthur	183
52	Jonathan	183
54	Frederick	161
55	Walter	158
56	Sean	152
57	Roger	151
58	Dana	149
59	Vincent	146
60	Shawn	141
61	Carl	138
62	Dean	136
63	Albert	130
64	Martin	121
65	Jay	119
66	Marc	118
67	Glen	116
67	Mike	116
69	Ralph	115
70	Louis	111
71	Norman	106
72	Leonard	105
73	Chris	96
74	Jon	95
74	Steve	95
76	Henry	93
77	Bryan	92
78	Nicholas	87
78	Randy	87
80	Randall	86
81	Gerard	85
82	Theodore	83
83	Alfred	81
84	Phillip	80
85	Jeffery	77
86	Kurt	76
87	Karl	75
88	Harold	74
89	Eugene	73
90	Gregg	71
91	Ernest	70
92	Neil	69
93	Adam	67
94	Dale	66
94	Jeff	66
94	Victor	66
97	Leo	64
98	Allan	63
98	Joel	63
98	Larry	63