Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	410
2	John	323
3	David	302
4	Robert	289
5	Christopher	278
6	James	210
7	Scott	206
8	Jason	191
9	Joseph	177
10	Brian	169
11	Richard	161
12	William	142
13	Steven	130
13	Thomas	130
15	Kevin	128
16	Paul	116
17	Mark	115
18	Matthew	111
19	Daniel	109
20	Stephen	108
21	Jeffrey	105
22	Eric	99
23	Peter	84
24	Anthony	83
25	Edward	79

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	77
27	Raymond	76
28	Keith	75
29	Todd	70
30	Donald	69
31	Kenneth	63
32	Ronald	59
33	Sean	58
34	Charles	56
34	Derek	56
34	Gregory	56
34	Patrick	56
38	George	52
39	Shawn	44
40	Andrew	41
40	Jonathan	41
40	Marc	41
43	Gary	40
44	Frank	36
45	Craig	32
46	Wayne	30
47	Albert	28
47	Dennis	28
47	Jeremy	28
50	Douglas	27
50	Russell	27
52	Vincent	25
53	Arthur	24
53	Joshua	24
55	Christian	22
55	Glenn	22
57	Chad	21
57	Dean	21
57	Louis	21
60	Adam	20
60	Alan	20
60	Alfred	20
60	Jamie	20
60	Jon	20
60	Roger	20
60	Ryan	20
67	Bruce	19
68	Justin	18
68	Kyle	18
68	Troy	18
68	Walter	18
72	Bryan	17
73	Philip	16
74	Aaron	15
74	Erik	15
74	Frederick	15
74	Randy	15
78	Benjamin	14
78	Henry	14
78	Joel	14
81	Brad	13
81	Bradley	13
81	Carl	13
81	Neil	13
81	Shane	13
86	Alexander	12
86	Gerald	12
86	Nicholas	12
86	Ralph	12
86	Samuel	12
91	Antonio	11
91	Corey	11
91	Lawrence	11
94	Allan	10
94	Allen	10
94	Brandon	10
94	Brent	10
94	Curtis	10
94	Eugene	10
94	Geoffrey	10
94	Glen	10
94	Jay	10
94	Norman	10