Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,625
2	Michael	1,346
3	Christopher	944
4	Brian	915
5	Matthew	829
6	David	793
7	Daniel	744
8	Scott	736
9	James	698
10	John	662
11	Chad	647
12	Eric	609
13	Robert	595
14	Ryan	537
15	Jeffrey	516
16	Kevin	507
17	Mark	504
18	Timothy	475
19	Andrew	470
20	Steven	462
21	Jeremy	454
22	Joseph	429
23	William	416
24	Thomas	390
25	Paul	368

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	335
27	Todd	327
28	Joshua	310
29	Anthony	299
30	Richard	284
31	Craig	261
32	Shawn	256
33	Gregory	242
34	Bradley	236
35	Benjamin	232
36	Peter	230
37	Nathan	221
38	Patrick	214
39	Troy	207
40	Jonathan	202
41	Adam	199
42	Travis	183
43	Shane	181
44	Jesse	172
45	Charles	166
46	Kenneth	163
47	Bryan	157
48	Jamie	155
48	Justin	155
50	Keith	148
51	Douglas	139
52	Joel	134
53	Sean	126
54	Stephen	123
55	Ronald	118
56	Donald	117
57	Brent	113
58	Erik	112
59	Cory	106
60	Edward	104
61	Brad	102
61	Gary	102
63	Dennis	100
63	Jeffery	100
63	Kurt	100
66	Nicholas	98
67	Brett	97
68	Corey	95
68	Kyle	95
70	Jon	93
71	Jay	90
72	Derek	88
73	Randy	86
74	Jacob	85
75	Brandon	83
76	Dale	77
76	Terry	77
78	Tony	67
79	Dean	64
80	Russell	62
81	Wade	61
82	Lance	60
82	Mathew	60
84	Shannon	58
85	Alan	56
85	Curtis	56
87	Lee	54
87	Roger	54
89	Randall	53
89	Raymond	53
89	Samuel	53
92	Jerry	51
92	Rodney	51
94	Casey	50
94	Frank	50
96	Darren	49
96	George	49
98	Marc	48
98	Neil	48
98	Philip	48