Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,534
2	David	1,726
3	John	1,671
4	Christopher	1,583
5	Robert	1,542
6	James	1,405
7	Scott	1,263
8	William	974
9	Brian	938
10	Mark	935
11	Jeffrey	883
12	Richard	874
13	Jason	861
14	Joseph	849
15	Matthew	839
16	Paul	799
17	Thomas	797
18	Kevin	780
19	Daniel	773
20	Eric	735
21	Steven	646
22	Stephen	621
23	Peter	542
24	Sean	538
25	Timothy	511

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	450
27	Derek	431
28	Keith	423
29	Edward	406
30	Todd	393
31	Andrew	389
31	Kenneth	389
33	Shawn	388
34	Charles	356
35	Jonathan	345
36	Gregory	335
37	Patrick	282
38	Craig	269
39	George	247
40	Adam	233
41	Ronald	229
42	Marc	222
43	Donald	215
44	Douglas	201
45	Gary	182
46	Jeremy	181
47	Aaron	179
48	Dennis	169
49	Joshua	157
50	Frank	151
51	Raymond	140
52	Philip	136
53	Erik	134
54	Wayne	127
55	Alan	113
55	Benjamin	113
57	Ryan	108
58	Chad	106
59	Jose	104
60	Russell	103
61	Lawrence	101
62	Bryan	98
63	Christian	95
63	Jamie	95
65	Alexander	94
66	Justin	93
67	Brett	92
67	Jon	92
69	Arthur	91
70	Dana	90
70	Glenn	90
72	Bruce	89
73	Nicholas	88
74	Francis	85
75	Gerald	83
75	Joel	83
77	Dean	82
78	Carl	81
79	Glen	80
79	Walter	80
81	Frederick	76
81	Randy	76
83	Roger	74
84	Darren	73
85	Shane	71
86	Barry	69
86	Brendan	69
86	Jesse	69
89	Vincent	67
90	Martin	66
90	Troy	66
92	Albert	63
92	Corey	63
92	Jay	63
95	Kyle	62
95	Louis	62
97	Nathan	60
97	Victor	60
99	Chris	55
99	Seth	55