Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,116
2	Jason	2,830
3	John	2,420
4	Christopher	2,348
5	David	2,312
6	Brian	2,275
7	Robert	2,230
8	James	2,167
9	Matthew	1,762
10	William	1,673
11	Joseph	1,590
12	Daniel	1,290
13	Thomas	1,193
14	Jeffrey	1,175
15	Kevin	1,163
16	Mark	1,154
17	Scott	1,142
18	Richard	1,118
19	Eric	1,107
20	Timothy	895
21	Shawn	894
22	Steven	868
23	Charles	758
24	Anthony	756
25	Stephen	728

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	708
27	Paul	660
28	Chad	628
29	Gregory	624
30	Ryan	623
31	Edward	584
32	Todd	536
33	Sean	529
34	Kenneth	520
35	Jonathan	507
36	Ronald	499
37	Keith	483
38	Joshua	455
39	Donald	454
40	Patrick	450
41	Jeremy	438
42	Aaron	427
43	Adam	424
44	Douglas	411
45	George	387
46	Bryan	356
47	Craig	339
48	Dennis	331
49	Peter	329
50	Gary	315
51	Benjamin	310
52	Justin	307
53	Nathan	281
54	Frank	272
55	Samuel	257
56	Raymond	253
57	Bradley	251
58	Jamie	227
59	Shane	220
60	Troy	213
61	Larry	191
61	Marc	191
63	Christian	188
64	Brett	184
65	Brad	177
66	Jesse	175
67	Gerald	170
68	Nicholas	169
69	Philip	165
70	Carl	163
71	Travis	161
72	Joel	160
73	Terry	157
74	Brandon	155
74	Francis	155
76	Derek	153
77	Vincent	150
78	Lawrence	145
79	Brent	144
80	Randy	140
80	Russell	140
82	Erik	139
82	Harry	139
84	Wayne	136
85	Kyle	134
86	Walter	133
87	Damon	131
88	Corey	129
89	Frederick	121
89	Jose	121
91	Rodney	119
92	Allen	117
92	Martin	117
94	Bruce	115
95	Barry	114
95	Jeffery	114
95	Theodore	114
98	Albert	111
98	Jerry	111
100	Jacob	110
100	Roger	110