Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,997
2	Jason	1,307
3	Matthew	1,263
4	Christopher	1,181
5	David	1,051
6	Brian	949
7	John	918
8	James	861
9	Daniel	823
10	Robert	778
11	Joseph	698
12	Kevin	666
13	Jeffrey	634
14	Eric	528
15	William	507
16	Thomas	494
17	Timothy	486
18	Andrew	479
19	Richard	465
20	Mark	457
21	Paul	450
22	Joshua	424
23	Ryan	421
23	Scott	421
25	Steven	410

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	404
27	Sean	371
28	Jonathan	354
29	Adam	335
30	Peter	317
31	Anthony	315
32	Gregory	290
33	Benjamin	288
34	Justin	282
35	Jeremy	277
36	Shawn	269
37	Keith	268
38	Patrick	264
39	Charles	213
40	Nathan	211
41	Edward	208
42	Todd	179
43	Kenneth	171
44	Derek	160
45	Bryan	156
46	Marc	155
47	Nicholas	150
48	Aaron	144
49	Craig	138
50	Corey	133
51	George	132
52	Jose	126
53	Jesse	125
54	Donald	123
55	Dennis	107
55	Erik	107
57	Alexander	105
57	Douglas	105
59	Ronald	102
60	Philip	98
61	Chad	97
62	Jacob	92
63	Brendan	91
64	Raymond	89
65	Jared	88
66	Shaun	87
67	Gary	86
67	Seth	86
69	Ian	85
70	Joel	82
71	Christian	78
72	Frank	75
72	Jamie	75
74	Brandon	72
74	Shane	72
76	Brett	69
77	Zachary	68
78	Luis	67
79	Wayne	66
80	Neil	65
81	Francis	64
82	Alan	63
82	Kyle	63
84	Samuel	62
85	Cory	57
86	Arthur	56
86	Dana	56
86	Russell	56
89	Carlos	53
90	Jeremiah	52
90	Juan	52
92	Nathaniel	51
93	Mathew	48
94	Vincent	47
95	Roger	46
96	Jay	45
96	Louis	45
98	Geoffrey	44
98	Phillip	44
100	Bruce	43
100	Jarrod	43