Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,065
2	Brian	2,505
3	Christopher	2,501
4	John	2,464
5	Robert	2,359
6	James	2,308
7	David	2,291
8	Jason	2,182
9	William	1,774
10	Joseph	1,643
11	Matthew	1,605
12	Daniel	1,354
13	Thomas	1,304
14	Eric	1,273
15	Mark	1,239
16	Richard	1,214
17	Scott	1,156
18	Jeffrey	1,138
19	Kevin	1,100
20	Timothy	864
21	Shawn	857
22	Steven	854
23	Charles	811
24	Anthony	746
25	Stephen	745

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	703
27	Paul	702
28	Gregory	646
29	Edward	632
30	Chad	601
31	Todd	575
32	Kenneth	562
32	Ronald	562
34	Sean	554
35	Keith	526
36	Ryan	512
37	Jonathan	505
38	Donald	503
39	Patrick	461
40	Douglas	445
41	George	444
42	Craig	390
43	Bryan	378
44	Adam	376
45	Aaron	365
46	Gary	350
47	Peter	339
48	Dennis	337
49	Frank	333
50	Joshua	314
51	Raymond	300
52	Jeremy	290
53	Justin	279
54	Troy	261
55	Shane	260
56	Samuel	245
57	Christian	240
58	Bradley	236
59	Benjamin	232
60	Jamie	210
60	Marc	210
62	Nathan	205
63	Larry	202
63	Nicholas	202
65	Vincent	193
66	Terry	189
67	Derek	178
68	Gerald	176
69	Philip	171
70	Brett	167
71	Russell	164
72	Carl	161
73	Randy	159
74	Jesse	158
75	Lawrence	156
76	Wayne	154
77	Erik	153
78	Travis	150
79	Francis	149
80	Walter	147
81	Brandon	145
82	Albert	143
83	Frederick	138
84	Harry	134
84	Joel	134
84	Kyle	134
87	Eugene	127
88	Brent	125
88	Bruce	125
90	Brad	122
90	Martin	122
92	Derrick	121
92	Louis	121
94	Alan	115
94	Jose	115
96	Dale	114
97	Phillip	113
98	Jon	112
98	Roger	112
100	Glenn	111
100	Leonard	111