Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,224
2	Christopher	1,630
3	David	1,429
4	John	1,329
5	Robert	1,205
6	James	1,155
7	Brian	1,107
8	Jason	943
9	Scott	878
10	Matthew	817
11	William	800
12	Mark	762
13	Joseph	760
14	Richard	745
15	Daniel	736
16	Eric	694
16	Kevin	694
18	Jeffrey	654
19	Paul	627
20	Thomas	602
21	Steven	530
22	Stephen	528
23	Sean	501
24	Peter	497
25	Timothy	450

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Keith	398
27	Derek	383
28	Jonathan	378
29	Shawn	368
30	Anthony	355
31	Edward	343
32	Gregory	331
33	Todd	330
34	Kenneth	328
35	Andrew	300
36	Patrick	281
37	Charles	279
38	Adam	236
39	Craig	233
40	Joshua	216
41	Marc	207
42	George	202
43	Douglas	188
44	Ronald	181
45	Donald	170
46	Dennis	163
47	Jeremy	154
48	Gary	151
49	Chad	140
49	Frank	140
51	Aaron	131
52	Ryan	130
53	Benjamin	127
54	Jose	122
54	Justin	122
56	Erik	120
57	Philip	115
58	Christian	114
58	Wayne	114
60	Raymond	107
61	Bryan	106
62	Jamie	102
63	Dana	100
64	Shane	90
65	Brett	89
66	Alexander	83
66	Nicholas	83
66	Randy	83
69	Joel	80
69	Jon	80
71	Alan	79
72	Lawrence	76
73	Russell	75
73	Troy	75
75	Arthur	74
76	Walter	72
77	Bruce	69
77	Roger	69
79	Francis	68
80	Carl	67
81	Louis	64
81	Luis	64
83	Glenn	63
83	Nathan	63
85	Frederick	62
85	Jay	62
87	Albert	60
87	Corey	60
89	Brendan	59
89	Shaun	59
91	Victor	58
92	Neil	57
92	Vincent	57
94	Jesse	55
95	Brandon	54
96	Antonio	52
96	Darren	52
96	Gerald	52
96	Kurt	52
100	Henry	51
100	Martin	51
100	Samuel	51
100	Seth	51