Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,393
2	Michael	3,211
3	David	2,892
4	Robert	2,646
5	James	2,267
6	Paul	1,807
7	Mark	1,704
8	Richard	1,694
9	William	1,681
10	Thomas	1,438
11	Joseph	1,419
12	Scott	1,174
13	Stephen	1,084
14	Brian	1,080
14	Steven	1,080
16	Kevin	1,074
17	Daniel	989
18	Christopher	932
19	Peter	883
20	Jeffrey	818
21	Timothy	703
22	Edward	685
23	Kenneth	674
24	Charles	611
25	Gary	572

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	525
27	Ronald	499
28	Anthony	480
29	Gregory	434
30	Andrew	428
31	George	406
32	Eric	376
33	Douglas	371
34	Patrick	339
35	Matthew	309
36	Raymond	295
37	Keith	285
38	Bruce	284
39	Philip	268
40	Wayne	267
41	Frank	264
42	Alan	247
43	Todd	243
44	Glenn	239
45	Jonathan	235
46	Francis	226
47	Dennis	214
48	Arthur	209
49	Lawrence	197
50	Sean	183
51	Craig	177
52	Russell	173
53	Gerald	171
54	Shawn	165
55	Barry	163
56	Walter	159
57	Carl	157
58	Marc	156
59	Dana	152
60	Roger	150
61	Jay	146
62	Dean	143
63	Vincent	135
64	Martin	134
65	Albert	129
66	Frederick	124
66	Louis	124
68	Ralph	110
69	Chris	103
69	Jon	103
71	Allen	91
71	Henry	91
73	Roy	89
74	Leonard	87
74	Norman	87
76	Glen	86
77	Steve	85
78	Gerard	84
79	Karl	81
80	Neil	79
80	Nicholas	79
80	Phillip	79
83	Alfred	77
83	Kurt	77
85	Gordon	76
85	Mike	76
85	Randy	76
85	Theodore	76
89	Adam	72
89	Jeff	72
91	Bryan	71
92	Joel	69
93	Eugene	68
93	Leo	68
93	Stanley	68
96	Larry	67
97	Gregg	66
98	Bernard	65
99	Darryl	63
100	Victor	62
100	Warren	62