Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,065
2	Jason	967
3	David	816
4	Robert	770
5	James	671
6	Christopher	666
7	John	636
8	Brian	567
9	Scott	545
10	Matthew	450
11	Jeffrey	443
12	Steven	428
13	Eric	424
14	Richard	422
15	Kevin	372
16	William	358
17	Mark	353
18	Daniel	342
19	Aaron	327
20	Joseph	298
21	Timothy	285
22	Thomas	280
23	Chad	273
24	Todd	262
25	Paul	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	249
27	Jeremy	225
28	Sean	222
29	Gregory	216
30	Anthony	213
31	Ryan	208
32	Kenneth	207
33	Donald	204
34	Andrew	191
35	Charles	187
36	Patrick	186
37	Ronald	167
38	Travis	161
39	Douglas	152
40	Shane	144
41	Gary	140
41	Stephen	140
43	Jonathan	136
44	Peter	135
45	Troy	132
46	Craig	131
47	Bryan	128
48	Jeffery	121
49	Keith	117
50	Edward	113
51	Bradley	109
51	Erik	109
53	Derek	107
54	Adam	104
55	Dennis	99
56	Chris	97
57	Jon	95
57	Joshua	95
57	Justin	95
60	Brent	92
61	Brandon	89
61	George	89
63	Kyle	87
63	Tony	87
65	Darren	86
66	Brett	85
66	Kelly	85
68	Benjamin	82
69	Raymond	80
70	Randy	79
71	Jerry	77
71	Lance	77
73	Jeff	76
74	Larry	75
75	Marc	74
76	Joel	73
77	Jay	70
78	Carl	69
78	Frank	69
78	Marcus	69
81	Terry	64
82	Nathan	63
83	Russell	62
84	Dean	61
85	Jesse	60
86	Curtis	57
86	Wayne	57
88	Brad	56
89	Cory	55
89	Dale	55
91	Nicholas	54
92	Corey	53
93	Kirk	52
93	Steve	52
95	Kurt	51
96	Martin	50
97	Jack	49
98	Mike	48
99	Philip	47
99	Samuel	47