Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,179
2	Christopher	1,369
3	Jason	1,208
3	John	1,208
5	David	1,155
6	Robert	1,133
7	Brian	985
8	James	973
9	Matthew	878
10	Daniel	764
11	William	743
12	Mark	676
13	Joseph	671
14	Scott	659
15	Kevin	651
16	Richard	635
17	Jeffrey	624
18	Thomas	614
19	Eric	599
20	Paul	578
21	Timothy	502
22	Steven	447
23	Sean	437
24	Peter	432
25	Stephen	418

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	374
27	Keith	370
28	Anthony	349
29	Shawn	346
30	Gregory	336
31	Andrew	335
32	Kenneth	302
33	Edward	294
33	Todd	294
35	Derek	276
36	Joshua	257
37	Charles	243
38	Patrick	238
39	Craig	230
40	Adam	213
41	George	210
42	Marc	190
43	Justin	177
44	Dennis	173
45	Donald	171
46	Ryan	170
47	Jeremy	160
48	Ronald	156
49	Aaron	154
50	Douglas	151
51	Benjamin	141
52	Gary	138
53	Bryan	122
54	Jamie	117
54	Shane	117
56	Chad	113
57	Frank	112
58	Jose	111
59	Christian	106
60	Nicholas	105
61	Philip	103
61	Raymond	103
63	Erik	102
64	Wayne	95
65	Brett	93
66	Dana	85
66	Joel	85
68	Alexander	84
68	Nathan	84
70	Francis	81
71	Jesse	80
72	Seth	79
73	Jon	75
74	Luis	73
74	Russell	73
76	Arthur	72
77	Carlos	67
78	Alan	66
78	Samuel	66
80	Brendan	65
81	Carl	62
82	Gerald	61
82	Walter	61
84	Bruce	60
84	Jay	60
84	Victor	60
87	Glenn	59
88	Lawrence	58
89	Albert	57
90	Roger	55
91	Ian	54
92	Corey	52
92	Frederick	52
94	Brandon	51
94	Darren	51
96	Antonio	50
96	Phillip	50
96	Vincent	50
99	Jacob	46
100	Dean	44
100	Martin	44