Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,899
2	John	2,321
3	David	2,176
4	Robert	2,017
5	James	1,827
6	Christopher	1,412
7	Mark	1,266
8	Paul	1,209
9	Richard	1,187
10	William	1,173
11	Scott	1,138
12	Joseph	1,089
13	Thomas	1,040
14	Brian	986
15	Kevin	913
16	Steven	852
17	Daniel	838
18	Jeffrey	811
19	Stephen	807
20	Timothy	718
21	Peter	679
22	Matthew	643
23	Eric	618
24	Edward	518
25	Sean	495

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	476
27	Anthony	451
28	Andrew	445
29	Charles	421
30	Patrick	365
31	Gregory	362
32	Todd	343
33	Ronald	330
34	Donald	323
35	Douglas	321
36	Gary	316
37	Shawn	305
38	George	301
38	Keith	301
40	Jonathan	271
41	Dennis	233
42	Craig	222
43	Raymond	213
44	Marc	184
45	Wayne	173
46	Frank	172
46	Philip	172
48	Jason	153
49	Francis	147
50	Lawrence	145
51	Alan	139
52	Glenn	138
53	Bruce	132
54	Russell	131
55	Dean	122
56	Carl	120
57	Arthur	118
58	Bryan	110
59	Erik	108
60	Jon	105
60	Roger	105
62	Gerald	104
63	Jay	103
64	Frederick	101
65	Walter	99
66	Darren	98
67	Vincent	97
68	Adam	96
69	Dana	94
69	Nicholas	94
71	Albert	88
71	Randy	88
73	Benjamin	84
74	Glen	83
75	Christian	80
76	Barry	77
77	Alexander	75
78	Chris	73
79	Martin	71
80	Jose	69
81	Leonard	68
82	Louis	67
82	Troy	67
84	Jeffery	66
84	Joel	66
86	Derek	64
86	Ralph	64
88	Eugene	62
89	Henry	61
90	Lee	60
91	Kurt	58
92	Alfred	57
92	Joshua	57
92	Norman	57
95	Samuel	56
96	Leo	55
97	Neil	54
98	Karl	53
98	Rodney	53
100	Dale	51