Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,110
2	Jason	2,505
3	Christopher	1,998
4	David	1,925
5	Robert	1,881
6	James	1,752
7	Brian	1,685
8	Matthew	1,556
9	John	1,506
10	Scott	1,319
11	Daniel	1,257
12	Jeffrey	1,209
13	Eric	1,128
14	William	1,074
15	Kevin	1,017
16	Mark	1,014
17	Steven	932
18	Joseph	917
19	Richard	878
20	Timothy	868
21	Thomas	866
22	Chad	779
23	Anthony	715
24	Todd	628
25	Charles	622

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	618
27	Andrew	589
28	Gregory	555
29	Jeremy	527
30	Kenneth	521
31	Ryan	520
32	Aaron	516
33	Shawn	504
34	Ronald	450
35	Donald	445
36	Keith	398
37	Patrick	395
38	Stephen	391
39	Edward	378
40	Adam	360
41	Douglas	348
42	Jonathan	340
43	Craig	337
44	Sean	329
45	Gary	322
46	Joshua	319
47	Dennis	313
48	Bradley	311
49	Jeffery	301
50	Bryan	286
50	Larry	286
52	Derek	281
53	Troy	249
54	Nathan	239
54	Peter	239
56	Raymond	223
57	Jamie	221
58	Benjamin	220
59	Frank	218
60	George	216
61	Joel	215
62	Brandon	210
63	Justin	202
63	Terry	202
65	Jerry	196
66	Randy	193
66	Shane	193
68	Marc	187
69	Gerald	179
70	Rodney	174
71	Brent	165
72	Marcus	164
73	Corey	163
74	Erik	160
74	Nicholas	160
76	Phillip	154
77	Brett	151
78	Carl	150
79	Damon	148
80	Roger	145
81	Tony	144
82	Dale	141
83	Brad	139
83	Philip	139
85	Travis	138
86	Jon	135
87	Russell	133
88	Samuel	128
89	Lawrence	127
90	Andre	123
90	Derrick	123
92	Antonio	122
93	Jesse	116
94	Martin	112
95	Curtis	111
96	Kurt	109
96	Kyle	109
98	Arthur	106
99	Walter	105
100	Alan	101
100	Jermaine	101