Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,180
2	John	3,042
3	David	2,557
4	Robert	2,333
5	James	2,177
6	Paul	1,543
7	Mark	1,541
8	Richard	1,529
9	William	1,448
10	Joseph	1,298
11	Christopher	1,288
12	Thomas	1,254
13	Scott	1,054
14	Daniel	1,045
15	Brian	1,020
15	Kevin	1,020
17	Steven	1,014
18	Stephen	979
19	Peter	807
20	Jeffrey	801
21	Timothy	778
22	Edward	695
23	Kenneth	634
24	Charles	561
25	Eric	535

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	473
27	Gary	457
28	Ronald	441
29	Patrick	421
30	Andrew	418
31	Donald	382
32	George	363
32	Matthew	363
34	Gregory	359
35	Douglas	339
36	Sean	319
37	Keith	276
38	Todd	266
39	Frank	238
40	Dennis	235
41	Jonathan	234
42	Raymond	227
43	Philip	223
44	Wayne	218
45	Bruce	195
46	Alan	188
47	Shawn	185
48	Craig	184
49	Francis	176
50	Marc	174
51	Glenn	173
52	Russell	166
53	Lawrence	165
54	Arthur	162
55	Frederick	138
56	Walter	137
57	Vincent	135
58	Roger	127
59	Jon	121
60	Jay	116
61	Gerald	114
62	Dean	111
63	Carl	107
64	Barry	106
64	Chris	106
66	Dana	105
66	Ralph	105
68	Louis	101
68	Randy	101
70	Darren	100
71	Nicholas	98
72	Adam	97
72	Bryan	97
74	Albert	94
75	Glen	90
76	Erik	88
76	Henry	88
78	Martin	87
79	Rodney	86
80	Neil	84
81	Leonard	80
82	Kurt	78
83	Norman	75
84	Allen	72
84	Darryl	72
84	Gerard	72
84	Phillip	72
88	Leo	70
89	Eugene	67
89	Jason	67
89	Lee	67
92	Karl	64
93	Randall	63
93	Stanley	63
95	Darrin	62
95	Steve	62
97	Alfred	61
97	Victor	61
99	Theodore	60
100	Bernard	58
100	Dale	58