Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,065
2	Christopher	1,305
3	Jason	1,264
4	David	1,220
5	John	1,079
6	Robert	973
7	James	965
8	Brian	945
9	Matthew	898
10	Daniel	755
11	Joseph	710
12	Mark	646
13	Jeffrey	635
14	William	618
15	Scott	615
16	Eric	590
17	Richard	569
18	Kevin	554
19	Thomas	550
20	Paul	503
21	Timothy	453
22	Stephen	445
23	Sean	417
24	Steven	411
25	Peter	393

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	362
27	Andrew	357
28	Anthony	354
29	Shawn	348
30	Joshua	342
31	Keith	313
32	Gregory	292
33	Adam	279
34	Patrick	270
35	Edward	256
36	Todd	245
37	Derek	243
38	Charles	226
39	Jeremy	214
39	Kenneth	214
41	Ryan	207
42	Justin	198
43	Marc	193
44	Aaron	191
45	Craig	187
46	George	178
47	Benjamin	168
48	Douglas	154
49	Nathan	143
50	Dennis	142
51	Chad	141
52	Donald	137
53	Ronald	129
54	Erik	125
54	Philip	125
56	Alexander	121
57	Jose	116
58	Gary	110
59	Raymond	109
60	Bryan	106
60	Jamie	106
62	Jesse	100
63	Frank	99
64	Shane	97
65	Christian	96
66	Samuel	86
67	Nicholas	85
68	Joel	84
69	Luis	81
70	Wayne	78
71	Alan	76
72	Dana	75
73	Brett	74
73	Ian	74
75	Jay	72
76	Francis	71
77	Neil	69
78	Corey	68
79	Arthur	66
79	Carlos	66
81	Walter	65
82	Carl	62
83	Russell	61
83	Seth	61
85	Randy	60
86	Brandon	59
87	Jon	58
88	Antonio	57
88	Brendan	57
88	Bruce	57
91	Frederick	56
92	Lawrence	55
93	Geoffrey	52
94	Shaun	51
94	Vincent	51
96	Jacob	50
96	Kyle	50
96	Louis	50
99	Angel	46
99	Dean	46