Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	772
2	Michael	533
3	Christopher	500
4	David	383
5	Brian	371
6	Matthew	360
7	Robert	325
8	Ryan	314
9	James	313
10	John	306
11	Joshua	289
12	Jeremy	262
13	Daniel	259
14	Jeffrey	226
15	Scott	221
16	Aaron	218
16	Kevin	218
18	Eric	206
19	William	197
20	Joseph	194
21	Steven	187
22	Justin	177
22	Mark	177
24	Timothy	173
25	Richard	166

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Travis	152
27	Andrew	149
28	Nathan	144
29	Chad	137
30	Anthony	131
31	Benjamin	127
31	Thomas	127
33	Gregory	123
33	Shane	123
35	Jonathan	116
35	Paul	116
37	Shawn	114
38	Adam	113
39	Brandon	110
40	Todd	105
41	Kenneth	102
42	Sean	99
43	Bryan	97
44	Jacob	91
45	Charles	90
46	Jesse	82
46	Troy	82
48	Douglas	81
49	Peter	73
50	Gary	72
51	Brent	70
52	Donald	69
53	Patrick	67
54	Bradley	66
55	Jeffery	64
56	Edward	63
57	Dustin	62
57	Stephen	62
59	Craig	61
59	Ronald	61
61	Joel	55
62	Casey	51
62	Erik	51
64	Dennis	47
65	Cory	46
66	Corey	45
67	Nicholas	44
67	Samuel	44
69	Jared	43
69	Keith	43
69	Randy	43
72	Trevor	41
73	Larry	40
74	Derek	38
74	Jamie	38
76	Jerry	37
77	George	36
77	Kelly	36
77	Martin	36
80	Kyle	35
80	Marc	35
80	Raymond	35
83	Phillip	34
83	Tony	34
85	Billy	33
85	Curtis	33
85	Gabriel	33
85	Jeremiah	33
85	Terry	33
85	Toby	33
91	Brett	32
91	Darren	32
91	Ian	32
94	Geoffrey	31
94	Jon	31
96	Zachary	30
97	Russell	29
97	Seth	29
97	Tyler	29
100	Marcus	28