Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	480
2	David	365
3	John	348
4	Robert	342
5	James	263
6	Christopher	235
7	Richard	198
8	Joseph	183
9	William	173
10	Brian	165
11	Scott	162
12	Mark	159
12	Thomas	159
14	Steven	156
15	Kevin	150
16	Jason	141
17	Paul	135
18	Jeffrey	129
19	Daniel	125
20	Eric	117
20	Stephen	117
22	Matthew	105
23	Peter	99
24	Anthony	97
25	Edward	95

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	95
27	Todd	89
28	Kenneth	84
29	Ronald	77
30	Gregory	76
31	Raymond	73
32	Charles	71
33	Sean	67
34	Keith	61
34	Marc	61
36	Patrick	60
37	Andrew	59
38	Jonathan	54
39	Dennis	52
40	Donald	49
41	Frank	47
42	Gary	46
42	George	46
44	Craig	39
44	Douglas	39
46	Shawn	37
47	Derek	33
48	Vincent	31
49	Dean	28
50	Albert	24
50	Glenn	24
50	Joshua	24
50	Wayne	24
54	Adam	23
54	Gerald	23
54	Louis	23
57	Aaron	22
57	Walter	22
59	Christian	21
60	Jay	20
60	Russell	20
60	Troy	20
63	Glen	19
64	Antonio	18
64	Francis	18
64	Kyle	18
67	Arthur	17
67	Frederick	17
67	Randy	17
70	Alan	16
70	Benjamin	16
70	Bryan	16
70	Shane	16
74	Jeremy	15
75	Bruce	14
75	Mathew	14
75	Ralph	14
75	Roger	14
79	Barry	13
79	Karl	13
79	Lawrence	13
82	Allan	12
82	Carl	12
82	Ernest	12
82	Henry	12
82	Howard	12
82	Jerry	12
82	Justin	12
89	Alfred	11
89	Allen	11
89	Dale	11
89	Erik	11
89	Eugene	11
89	Geoffrey	11
89	Joel	11
89	Jon	11
89	Neil	11
89	Norman	11
89	Philip	11
89	Seth	11