Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1969

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,925
2	David	2,199
3	John	2,103
4	Robert	1,837
5	James	1,723
6	Christopher	1,439
7	Scott	1,279
8	Mark	1,238
9	William	1,174
10	Richard	1,110
11	Joseph	1,071
12	Paul	1,052
13	Thomas	1,022
14	Brian	980
15	Daniel	886
16	Jeffrey	858
16	Kevin	858
18	Steven	803
19	Stephen	770
20	Matthew	647
21	Eric	637
22	Peter	623
23	Timothy	613
24	Edward	541
25	Sean	534

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	495
27	Kenneth	450
28	Anthony	429
29	Charles	410
30	Gregory	389
30	Todd	389
32	Patrick	363
33	Jonathan	358
34	Jason	357
35	Donald	314
35	Keith	314
37	Ronald	310
38	Shawn	295
39	George	291
40	Douglas	282
41	Craig	278
42	Gary	275
43	Dennis	233
44	Marc	228
45	Raymond	180
46	Frank	159
47	Derek	158
48	Philip	151
49	Glenn	149
50	Bruce	137
51	Wayne	135
52	Francis	131
53	Adam	128
54	Dean	122
55	Alan	118
56	Lawrence	116
57	Carl	115
57	Glen	115
59	Arthur	114
60	Jay	110
61	Frederick	105
61	Nicholas	105
63	Christian	102
64	Alexander	101
65	Darren	100
65	Gerald	100
67	Russell	99
68	Benjamin	97
68	Jon	97
70	Erik	96
70	Joshua	96
72	Dana	94
73	Vincent	91
73	Walter	91
75	Bryan	88
75	Jose	88
77	Neil	87
77	Roger	87
79	Barry	86
80	Louis	84
81	Joel	83
82	Randy	79
83	Corey	76
84	Leonard	70
85	Albert	68
85	Samuel	68
87	Phillip	67
87	Troy	67
89	Martin	65
90	Aaron	64
91	Ralph	63
92	Shaun	62
93	Brett	56
93	Henry	56
93	Victor	56
96	Karl	55
96	Luis	55
98	Kyle	54
99	Allen	53
99	Bradford	53
99	Jeffery	53