Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,187
2	Christopher	1,218
3	Jason	1,195
4	David	1,140
5	John	968
6	James	945
7	Matthew	940
8	Robert	928
9	Brian	869
10	Daniel	745
11	Joseph	685
12	Jeffrey	621
13	William	601
14	Mark	577
15	Scott	574
16	Richard	560
17	Eric	551
18	Kevin	527
19	Thomas	498
20	Paul	477
21	Steven	428
22	Timothy	427
23	Joshua	422
24	Stephen	421
25	Sean	394

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	387
27	Peter	372
28	Jonathan	367
29	Adam	317
29	Anthony	317
31	Shawn	306
32	Keith	286
33	Gregory	276
34	Ryan	275
35	Edward	255
36	Todd	245
37	Jeremy	242
38	Benjamin	234
39	Patrick	222
40	Justin	221
40	Kenneth	221
42	Charles	211
43	Aaron	176
44	Craig	173
45	Derek	158
46	Marc	156
47	George	152
48	Jamie	137
49	Ronald	135
50	Nathan	134
51	Dennis	130
52	Donald	129
53	Chad	124
54	Jose	123
55	Douglas	121
56	Bryan	117
57	Raymond	113
58	Nicholas	109
59	Gary	107
59	Philip	107
61	Alexander	103
62	Seth	102
63	Christian	100
63	Jesse	100
65	Erik	88
65	Shane	88
67	Frank	87
68	Joel	86
69	Brendan	79
70	Wayne	77
71	Brett	75
72	Luis	73
73	Samuel	69
74	Neil	68
75	Corey	67
75	Francis	67
77	Carl	66
78	Jon	65
79	Lawrence	64
79	Russell	64
81	Dana	63
82	Randy	62
83	Ian	61
84	Geoffrey	58
85	Darren	55
85	Jared	55
85	Jay	55
88	Alan	54
89	Carlos	53
89	Jacob	53
91	Antonio	52
91	Juan	52
91	Nathaniel	52
94	Arthur	51
95	Roger	49
96	Frederick	47
96	Gerald	47
96	Kyle	47
99	Louis	46
100	Lee	44
100	Martin	44