Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,034
2	Jason	1,172
3	Christopher	1,151
4	David	1,120
5	Matthew	941
6	John	891
7	Robert	860
8	James	830
9	Brian	813
10	Daniel	787
11	Joseph	687
12	Eric	610
13	Jeffrey	570
14	Scott	533
15	William	505
16	Timothy	496
17	Kevin	486
18	Richard	476
19	Mark	456
19	Stephen	456
21	Thomas	433
22	Steven	428
23	Paul	411
24	Andrew	381
25	Jonathan	364

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sean	354
27	Peter	351
28	Joshua	344
29	Ryan	340
30	Adam	317
31	Anthony	310
32	Jeremy	294
33	Shawn	291
34	Gregory	289
35	Keith	267
36	Benjamin	250
37	Patrick	247
38	Justin	243
39	Edward	229
40	Todd	212
41	Charles	205
42	Kenneth	198
43	Aaron	191
44	Nathan	175
45	Craig	151
46	Marc	148
47	Derek	141
48	George	139
49	Dennis	137
50	Jamie	136
51	Bryan	129
52	Donald	122
53	Jesse	121
54	Douglas	120
55	Jose	119
56	Chad	113
57	Nicholas	108
58	Ronald	107
59	Gary	106
60	Alexander	104
61	Erik	102
62	Raymond	98
63	Brendan	96
64	Seth	89
65	Frank	88
66	Corey	85
66	Philip	85
68	Samuel	81
69	Christian	76
69	Jacob	76
71	Dana	71
71	Joel	71
73	Nathaniel	69
73	Shane	69
75	Jared	68
76	Luis	66
77	Carlos	62
77	Ian	62
79	Wayne	60
80	Jay	58
81	Russell	55
82	Brett	54
83	Arthur	53
84	Alan	52
85	Bruce	51
85	Kyle	51
85	Lawrence	51
85	Neil	51
89	Brandon	50
89	Francis	50
91	Zachary	49
92	Albert	48
92	Frederick	48
92	Juan	48
92	Louis	48
96	Antonio	47
96	Randy	47
98	Geoffrey	46
99	Carl	45
99	Nelson	45