Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,043
2	Michael	939
3	Christopher	683
4	David	603
5	Matthew	543
6	Ryan	509
7	Brian	501
8	Robert	496
9	James	489
10	John	463
11	Joshua	449
12	Daniel	413
13	Jeremy	397
14	Eric	350
15	Aaron	340
16	Jeffrey	328
17	Scott	319
18	Joseph	303
19	William	298
20	Steven	272
21	Kevin	271
22	Andrew	268
23	Justin	267
24	Chad	255
25	Richard	254

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	254
27	Mark	249
28	Benjamin	235
29	Thomas	213
30	Anthony	210
31	Paul	204
32	Nathan	195
33	Adam	184
34	Shawn	177
35	Jonathan	176
36	Charles	171
37	Travis	170
38	Brandon	164
39	Sean	163
40	Jesse	156
41	Jacob	154
42	Bryan	143
43	Patrick	139
44	Kenneth	133
45	Todd	131
46	Gregory	129
47	Shane	121
48	Kyle	117
49	Joel	110
50	Stephen	108
51	Erik	102
52	Douglas	101
53	Peter	99
54	Donald	97
55	Bradley	93
55	Jeffery	93
57	Brent	90
58	Craig	87
59	Casey	85
59	Gary	85
59	Ronald	85
62	Troy	83
63	Dustin	82
63	Keith	82
65	Samuel	77
66	Brett	73
67	Tyler	72
68	Edward	71
68	Ian	71
70	Corey	70
70	Jared	70
72	Dennis	65
73	Cory	64
73	Kelly	64
75	Jeremiah	62
76	Jamie	60
76	Jon	60
76	Randy	60
79	Derek	57
80	Larry	56
81	Trevor	55
82	George	53
82	Jose	53
84	Christian	52
84	Nicholas	52
84	Tony	52
87	Russell	48
87	Seth	48
89	Philip	47
90	Zachary	46
91	Dale	45
91	Gabriel	45
91	Jack	45
91	Jerry	45
91	Terry	45
96	Curtis	44
96	Frank	44
98	Allen	43
98	Phillip	43
100	Kristopher	41
100	Raymond	41