Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,113
2	Christopher	1,228
3	Matthew	1,150
4	David	1,114
5	Jason	1,068
6	John	946
7	Brian	867
8	Daniel	852
9	James	815
10	Robert	814
11	Joseph	778
12	Andrew	569
13	Jeffrey	567
14	William	562
15	Kevin	561
16	Nicholas	550
17	Joshua	533
18	Eric	524
19	Timothy	509
20	Adam	507
21	Thomas	506
22	Mark	456
23	Ryan	442
23	Scott	442
25	Richard	427

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	421
27	Paul	416
28	Peter	387
29	Patrick	368
29	Steven	368
31	Stephen	364
32	Anthony	353
33	Justin	335
34	Sean	332
35	Benjamin	295
36	Jeremy	275
37	Gregory	245
38	Charles	237
39	Keith	225
40	Edward	224
41	Shawn	218
42	Nathan	206
43	Aaron	173
44	Derek	158
45	Kenneth	147
46	Jose	141
47	Shaun	139
48	Dennis	138
49	Chad	137
49	Erik	137
51	Marc	136
52	Todd	130
53	Jesse	128
54	Bryan	125
54	George	125
56	Jared	123
57	Craig	115
58	Alexander	111
59	Brendan	109
60	Seth	103
61	Philip	102
62	Corey	99
62	Jacob	99
64	Donald	98
65	Joel	95
65	Ronald	95
67	Douglas	88
68	Kyle	86
69	Ian	84
70	Gary	83
71	Frank	81
71	Jamie	81
73	Samuel	79
74	Luis	76
74	Shane	76
74	Zachary	76
77	Russell	72
78	Carlos	71
78	Raymond	71
80	Nathaniel	70
81	Christian	67
81	Wayne	67
83	Brandon	64
84	Brad	62
85	Evan	59
86	Brett	58
86	Carl	58
88	Luke	57
88	Neil	57
88	Vincent	57
91	Dana	54
92	Travis	53
93	Geoffrey	52
93	Jay	52
95	Colin	50
96	Lawrence	48
96	Phillip	48
96	Randy	48
99	Bradford	47
99	Jeremiah	47