Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,279
2	Christopher	1,598
3	Matthew	1,454
4	Daniel	1,070
5	David	1,012
6	John	936
7	James	913
8	Joseph	881
9	Andrew	801
10	Brian	795
11	Ryan	789
12	Robert	788
13	Joshua	727
14	Jonathan	690
15	Jason	668
16	Nicholas	644
17	Adam	635
18	William	612
19	Thomas	540
20	Justin	537
21	Eric	529
21	Jeffrey	529
23	Kevin	524
24	Timothy	505
25	Patrick	500

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	467
27	Sean	449
28	Anthony	444
29	Mark	434
30	Steven	424
31	Richard	414
32	Paul	387
33	Scott	373
34	Benjamin	358
35	Gregory	348
36	Peter	340
37	Alexander	284
38	Derek	277
39	Kyle	246
40	Brandon	228
41	Nathan	220
42	Charles	199
43	Edward	196
44	Keith	185
45	Aaron	178
45	Shawn	178
47	Jared	171
48	Kenneth	169
49	Zachary	158
50	Bryan	154
51	Brendan	153
51	Jeremy	153
53	Samuel	143
54	Jacob	137
55	Craig	134
56	Ian	130
56	Jesse	130
58	Tyler	125
59	Marc	118
60	Evan	117
61	George	109
62	Philip	108
63	Jose	105
64	Nathaniel	98
65	Donald	96
66	Douglas	95
67	Erik	94
68	Corey	93
69	Ronald	85
70	Dennis	84
71	Chad	81
72	Joel	80
72	Seth	80
74	Brett	76
75	Raymond	74
76	Colin	73
77	Frank	71
78	Shane	70
79	Gary	68
79	Shaun	68
81	Luis	67
82	Carlos	65
82	Ross	65
82	Todd	65
85	Christian	63
86	Phillip	62
87	Alan	61
87	Marcus	61
89	Luke	60
89	Russell	60
91	Mathew	59
92	Cory	56
92	Travis	56
94	Francis	54
95	Alex	52
95	Gabriel	52
97	Dustin	50
98	Antonio	49
99	Lee	47
100	Carl	46
100	Vincent	46