Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1964

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,551
2	Michael	3,118
3	David	2,776
4	Robert	2,704
5	James	2,413
6	Paul	1,696
7	Richard	1,653
8	Mark	1,619
9	William	1,573
10	Thomas	1,410
11	Joseph	1,383
12	Scott	1,114
13	Kevin	1,075
14	Steven	1,061
15	Stephen	1,023
16	Daniel	1,008
17	Brian	953
18	Christopher	934
19	Peter	852
20	Jeffrey	842
21	Timothy	757
22	Edward	747
23	Kenneth	659
24	Charles	557
25	Donald	486

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	482
27	Gary	477
28	Anthony	474
29	Eric	457
30	Patrick	427
31	Andrew	418
32	George	407
33	Douglas	399
34	Gregory	390
35	Matthew	339
36	Keith	283
37	Bruce	272
38	Todd	266
39	Philip	264
40	Raymond	259
41	Frank	247
42	Wayne	238
43	Sean	230
44	Dennis	225
45	Alan	221
45	Jonathan	221
47	Lawrence	216
48	Francis	210
49	Glenn	209
50	Shawn	197
51	Frederick	174
52	Marc	171
53	Roger	169
54	Craig	167
55	Arthur	164
56	Russell	156
57	Carl	149
57	Gerald	149
59	Barry	146
59	Walter	146
61	Jon	136
61	Louis	136
61	Vincent	136
64	Dana	127
65	Dean	121
66	Jay	116
67	Martin	113
68	Albert	105
69	Neil	99
70	Ralph	95
71	Phillip	94
72	Chris	90
73	Adam	89
73	Randy	89
75	Steve	87
76	Harold	84
77	Glen	83
78	Bryan	81
79	Nicholas	79
80	Karl	78
80	Leonard	78
82	Henry	75
83	Ernest	74
84	Allen	73
85	Alfred	72
85	Theodore	72
87	Eugene	71
88	Norman	69
89	Leo	66
90	Dale	65
91	Erik	63
91	Warren	63
93	Jeff	62
94	Randall	61
95	Kurt	59
95	Larry	59
95	Stanley	59
98	Darryl	58
98	Gregg	58
100	Gerard	55
100	Victor	55