Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,797
2	David	2,034
3	John	2,018
4	Robert	1,788
5	James	1,655
6	Christopher	1,555
7	Scott	1,194
8	William	1,150
9	Mark	1,092
10	Joseph	1,074
11	Richard	1,014
12	Brian	985
13	Paul	983
14	Jeffrey	920
15	Kevin	910
16	Thomas	894
17	Daniel	888
18	Stephen	723
18	Steven	723
20	Eric	721
21	Jason	718
22	Matthew	712
23	Peter	648
24	Sean	567
25	Timothy	557

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	513
27	Andrew	490
28	Anthony	449
29	Charles	408
30	Todd	406
31	Derek	405
32	Shawn	395
33	Kenneth	393
34	Jonathan	377
35	Gregory	376
36	Keith	353
37	Craig	321
38	Patrick	312
39	Ronald	283
40	Donald	279
41	George	274
42	Douglas	258
43	Gary	252
44	Dennis	234
45	Marc	225
46	Frank	185
47	Raymond	183
48	Wayne	171
49	Adam	156
50	Glenn	149
50	Philip	149
52	Joshua	136
53	Alan	128
54	Lawrence	124
55	Aaron	123
55	Erik	123
57	Christian	120
58	Jose	118
59	Bryan	116
59	Russell	116
61	Bruce	111
61	Francis	111
63	Frederick	108
64	Arthur	107
65	Jeremy	106
66	Benjamin	105
67	Jon	102
68	Alexander	101
68	Nicholas	101
70	Carl	97
71	Dana	92
71	Roger	92
73	Albert	91
74	Darren	88
74	Gerald	88
74	Glen	88
77	Jay	84
78	Barry	82
79	Louis	81
80	Vincent	80
81	Dean	79
82	Chris	78
82	Randy	78
84	Corey	77
84	Martin	77
84	Walter	77
87	Neil	76
88	Joel	74
89	Brett	73
90	Henry	70
91	Shane	69
91	Troy	69
93	Lee	68
93	Ralph	68
95	Lance	67
96	Kurt	66
97	Justin	65
98	Jamie	61
98	Shaun	61
100	Jesse	59
100	Karl	59
100	Samuel	59