Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,093
2	Michael	958
3	Christopher	696
4	David	635
5	Brian	551
6	Matthew	522
7	Robert	513
8	John	489
9	James	488
10	Daniel	425
11	Ryan	403
12	Jeffrey	379
13	Joshua	363
14	William	357
15	Scott	344
16	Aaron	337
17	Jeremy	331
18	Eric	322
19	Steven	290
20	Joseph	280
21	Mark	279
22	Kevin	270
23	Chad	244
24	Richard	243
25	Timothy	240

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	227
27	Shawn	225
28	Justin	224
29	Anthony	217
30	Thomas	211
31	Paul	198
32	Adam	192
33	Benjamin	179
34	Sean	176
35	Travis	174
36	Jonathan	170
37	Brandon	168
38	Kenneth	161
39	Todd	159
40	Gregory	158
40	Shane	158
42	Nathan	155
43	Charles	147
44	Peter	131
45	Stephen	130
46	Bryan	125
47	Donald	123
48	Patrick	121
49	Jesse	116
50	Troy	114
51	Douglas	111
51	Jacob	111
53	Erik	105
54	Brent	97
55	Craig	96
56	Gary	93
57	Ronald	92
58	Joel	89
59	Jeffery	88
59	Keith	88
61	Bradley	86
62	Edward	76
63	Kyle	74
64	Jon	73
65	Raymond	72
66	Dennis	70
67	Derek	69
67	Jared	69
69	Corey	68
70	Randy	66
71	Jay	64
72	Dustin	63
72	Terry	63
74	Ian	60
75	George	59
76	Cory	58
77	Samuel	57
78	Jamie	55
78	Larry	55
80	Kelly	53
80	Marc	53
82	Russell	52
83	Nicholas	51
84	Carl	50
85	Tyler	49
85	Zachary	49
87	Curtis	48
87	Jose	48
87	Phillip	48
90	Chris	47
91	Casey	46
91	Frank	46
91	Tony	46
94	Gabriel	44
94	Lance	44
96	Brett	43
96	Philip	43
98	Darren	42
98	Marcus	42
98	Seth	42
98	Trevor	42