Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,266
2	David	999
3	John	833
4	Robert	829
5	James	819
6	Jason	791
7	Christopher	643
8	Brian	602
9	Jeffrey	587
10	Scott	557
11	Mark	527
12	Steven	472
13	Daniel	458
14	Richard	442
15	Eric	434
16	William	424
17	Kevin	415
18	Matthew	363
19	Todd	331
20	Paul	317
21	Thomas	312
22	Joseph	300
23	Timothy	292
24	Kenneth	288
25	Shawn	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	254
27	Aaron	248
27	Sean	248
29	Patrick	237
30	Donald	233
31	Charles	216
32	Ronald	210
33	Gregory	209
34	Andrew	207
35	Douglas	202
36	Troy	199
37	Gary	173
38	Craig	168
39	Chad	167
40	Travis	164
41	Shane	156
42	Stephen	150
43	Jeffery	146
44	Peter	139
45	Jeff	137
46	Brent	125
47	Keith	122
48	Edward	121
49	Jonathan	118
50	Bryan	117
50	Erik	117
50	Jon	117
53	Jeremy	116
54	Lance	115
55	Bradley	113
56	Dennis	109
57	Jerry	108
57	Marc	108
59	Darren	105
60	Larry	104
61	Tony	101
62	Chris	97
63	Ryan	96
64	Derek	93
65	Joel	92
66	Kelly	88
67	Terry	87
68	Corey	86
68	Jay	86
68	Kyle	86
71	Justin	85
72	Brett	82
72	Russell	82
74	Frank	81
75	Brandon	80
75	Dale	80
77	Mike	79
77	Randy	79
79	Benjamin	78
79	Dean	78
81	Adam	76
81	Samuel	76
83	Raymond	75
84	George	70
85	Curtis	68
86	Joshua	67
87	Martin	66
88	Alan	64
88	Bruce	64
88	Wayne	64
91	Brad	63
91	Kirk	63
91	Rodney	63
91	Roger	63
95	Gerald	62
96	Cory	60
96	Steve	60
98	Carl	58
98	Marcus	58
100	Micheal	57