Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	677
2	Jason	658
3	David	502
4	James	468
5	Robert	457
6	Christopher	418
7	Scott	396
8	John	387
9	Brian	313
10	Matthew	292
11	Kevin	268
12	Jeffrey	255
13	Eric	248
14	Steven	243
15	William	238
16	Daniel	224
17	Mark	218
18	Richard	216
19	Aaron	191
20	Timothy	189
21	Shawn	180
22	Thomas	168
23	Joseph	161
24	Paul	160
25	Todd	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	142
27	Jeremy	140
28	Travis	135
29	Anthony	134
30	Troy	133
31	Chad	132
32	Charles	130
33	Douglas	125
34	Ryan	120
35	Donald	115
36	Andrew	114
36	Kenneth	114
38	Stephen	108
39	Craig	101
39	Patrick	101
41	Justin	96
42	Shane	94
43	Sean	93
44	Ronald	92
45	Gary	91
46	Jeffery	84
46	Joshua	84
48	Jonathan	83
49	Adam	70
49	Dennis	70
49	Derek	70
52	Edward	69
53	Benjamin	68
54	Bradley	67
55	Corey	66
56	Brent	65
57	Lance	64
58	Jerry	62
58	Randy	62
60	Brandon	61
60	Jon	61
62	Chris	60
63	Tony	58
64	Nathan	57
65	Larry	55
66	Brett	53
66	Bryan	53
66	Peter	53
69	George	52
70	Erik	50
70	Keith	50
72	Terry	48
73	Raymond	45
74	Jay	43
75	Jeff	41
76	Dustin	39
77	Jesse	38
77	Kelly	38
79	Dean	37
79	Steve	37
81	Danny	36
81	Joel	36
81	Wayne	36
84	Brad	35
84	Cory	35
84	Kyle	35
84	Marc	35
88	Alan	34
88	Frank	34
88	Ian	34
88	Mike	34
88	Russell	34
88	Samuel	34
94	Geoffrey	33
94	Randall	33
94	Roger	33
97	Bruce	32
97	Dale	32
97	Greg	32
97	Marcus	32