Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,023
2	Michael	907
3	Christopher	642
4	David	611
5	Brian	563
6	John	535
7	James	531
8	Robert	472
9	Matthew	430
10	Daniel	421
11	Ryan	366
12	Jeffrey	354
13	Eric	342
14	Aaron	318
14	Scott	318
16	William	310
17	Mark	308
18	Kevin	298
19	Richard	287
20	Steven	280
21	Chad	247
21	Jeremy	247
23	Timothy	246
24	Joseph	240
25	Joshua	235

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	212
27	Andrew	200
28	Travis	190
29	Shawn	187
30	Anthony	185
31	Todd	183
32	Justin	170
33	Paul	168
34	Charles	164
34	Sean	164
36	Adam	156
37	Gregory	153
38	Kenneth	150
39	Jonathan	145
40	Shane	141
41	Bryan	140
42	Brandon	139
43	Nathan	136
44	Patrick	131
45	Craig	116
46	Douglas	115
46	Peter	115
48	Ronald	113
49	Donald	111
49	Stephen	111
51	Gary	101
52	Joel	99
53	Benjamin	96
53	Troy	96
55	Edward	93
56	Keith	87
57	Erik	81
57	Jesse	81
59	Derek	80
60	Bradley	78
60	Jeffery	78
62	Jon	75
63	Jacob	73
64	Brett	69
64	Kyle	69
64	Larry	69
67	Brent	68
68	Nicholas	64
69	Dennis	62
70	George	59
71	Christian	56
71	Kelly	56
73	Corey	54
74	Samuel	53
75	Cory	51
75	Phillip	51
77	Carl	50
78	Dustin	49
78	Randy	49
80	Alan	48
80	Jerry	48
80	Marcus	48
80	Russell	48
84	Darren	46
84	Ian	46
84	Jamie	46
84	Jared	46
84	Lance	46
89	Raymond	45
89	Rodney	45
89	Tony	45
89	Wayne	45
93	Frank	44
94	Roger	43
95	Casey	42
96	Jay	41
97	Chris	40
97	Jeff	40
97	Terry	40
97	Trevor	40