Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,216
2	Matthew	1,481
3	Christopher	1,473
4	David	1,081
5	Daniel	925
6	John	913
7	Jason	895
8	Joseph	861
9	James	860
10	Robert	855
11	Brian	817
12	Ryan	677
13	Jonathan	640
14	Joshua	633
15	Andrew	630
16	William	602
17	Timothy	599
18	Justin	568
19	Adam	558
20	Nicholas	554
21	Jeffrey	546
22	Eric	521
23	Thomas	491
24	Kevin	486
25	Mark	456

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	440
27	Paul	430
28	Richard	424
29	Anthony	422
30	Stephen	406
31	Sean	400
32	Scott	369
33	Steven	367
34	Benjamin	351
35	Peter	335
36	Gregory	334
37	Derek	263
38	Jeremy	230
39	Edward	229
40	Charles	225
41	Shawn	215
42	Aaron	210
43	Nathan	206
44	Alexander	205
45	Keith	203
46	Jesse	187
47	Kenneth	161
48	Jared	145
49	Kyle	140
50	Bryan	138
51	Brendan	137
52	Brandon	133
52	Philip	133
54	George	131
55	Craig	129
56	Ian	125
57	Jose	114
58	Marc	113
59	Jacob	111
60	Douglas	108
60	Shaun	108
62	Raymond	103
63	Chad	100
64	Erik	96
65	Zachary	95
66	Dennis	93
66	Evan	93
68	Donald	91
68	Seth	91
70	Corey	88
71	Nathaniel	85
71	Samuel	85
73	Luis	84
74	Frank	83
75	Todd	78
76	Ronald	75
77	Joel	71
77	Shane	71
79	Travis	67
80	Brett	65
80	Gary	65
82	Colin	63
83	Ross	61
84	Russell	59
85	Juan	58
86	Carlos	57
86	Phillip	57
86	Victor	57
89	Christian	56
89	Dana	56
89	Vincent	56
92	Luke	55
93	Francis	52
94	Brad	51
94	Mathew	51
96	Alan	50
96	Wayne	50
98	Cory	49
98	Neil	49
100	Noah	48