Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	357
2	Christopher	267
3	Jason	256
4	David	236
5	Robert	215
6	John	204
7	Brian	185
8	James	162
9	Joseph	140
10	William	124
11	Kevin	123
12	Scott	114
13	Matthew	106
14	Richard	104
15	Steven	103
16	Daniel	101
17	Eric	96
18	Paul	94
19	Thomas	93
20	Jeffrey	92
21	Mark	90
22	Timothy	70
23	Anthony	67
24	Keith	64
25	Gregory	60

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	56
26	Ronald	56
28	Edward	55
29	Stephen	54
30	Jonathan	52
31	Sean	49
32	Todd	48
33	Derek	46
34	Charles	44
34	Donald	44
34	Kenneth	44
37	Patrick	43
38	Raymond	42
39	Andrew	38
39	Joshua	38
41	Frank	37
42	Adam	36
42	Ryan	36
44	Shawn	35
45	Dennis	34
46	Gary	31
46	Justin	31
48	George	29
49	Jamie	28
50	Jeremy	27
51	Douglas	24
51	Marc	24
53	Craig	23
53	Wayne	23
55	Chad	22
56	Aaron	21
57	Bryan	19
57	Philip	19
57	Vincent	19
60	Arthur	18
60	Erik	18
60	Roger	18
60	Russell	18
64	Shane	17
65	Alan	15
65	Albert	15
65	Jesse	15
68	Jose	14
68	Kyle	14
68	Nicholas	14
71	Benjamin	13
71	Brandon	13
71	Carlos	13
71	Christian	13
71	Joel	13
71	Louis	13
71	Victor	13
78	Alexander	12
78	Antonio	12
78	Dean	12
78	Troy	12
82	Bradley	11
82	Carl	11
82	Frederick	11
82	Jon	11
82	Nathan	11
82	Walter	11
88	Bruce	10
88	Larry	10
88	Phillip	10
88	Travis	10
92	Barry	9
92	Brendan	9
92	Corey	9
92	Ernest	9
92	Francis	9
92	Ian	9
92	Jacob	9
92	Jared	9
92	Jay	9
92	Manuel	9
92	Seth	9
92	Tyrone	9