Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,947
2	John	2,725
3	David	2,440
4	Robert	2,183
5	James	2,062
6	Richard	1,419
7	Paul	1,414
8	William	1,370
9	Mark	1,281
10	Christopher	1,241
11	Joseph	1,198
12	Thomas	1,159
13	Scott	1,101
14	Steven	1,019
15	Kevin	1,015
16	Brian	1,004
17	Stephen	971
18	Daniel	939
19	Jeffrey	821
20	Timothy	769
21	Peter	739
22	Edward	621
23	Kenneth	580
24	Eric	503
25	Charles	468

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	446
27	Matthew	435
28	Ronald	421
29	Donald	393
30	Andrew	389
31	Gary	383
32	Patrick	378
33	Sean	368
34	Keith	355
35	Gregory	352
36	George	319
37	Douglas	306
38	Todd	299
39	Jonathan	239
40	Shawn	234
41	Bruce	225
42	Dennis	218
42	Raymond	218
44	Frank	204
45	Philip	197
46	Craig	195
46	Wayne	195
48	Marc	182
49	Francis	176
50	Alan	169
51	Lawrence	159
52	Glenn	150
53	Arthur	136
53	Walter	136
55	Dean	132
56	Barry	128
56	Russell	128
58	Roger	120
59	Gerald	119
60	Jay	114
61	Frederick	113
62	Carl	112
63	Adam	110
64	Erik	101
65	Jon	100
66	Dana	96
67	Vincent	95
68	Darren	94
69	Rodney	93
70	Jason	92
71	Randy	90
72	Chris	85
73	Albert	83
73	Nicholas	83
75	Henry	82
75	Louis	82
77	Bryan	80
78	Martin	71
79	Leonard	70
79	Norman	70
81	Glen	69
81	Ralph	69
83	Neil	67
84	Phillip	64
85	Ernest	63
85	Gerard	63
85	Joel	63
88	Kurt	62
89	Alexander	60
89	Brendan	60
89	Gregg	60
92	Allen	59
92	Karl	59
92	Troy	59
95	Stanley	58
96	Darryl	56
96	Lee	56
98	Jeffery	55
99	Alfred	54
99	Theodore	54