Most popular boys’ names in Arizona, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	826
2	Christopher	598
3	Jason	582
4	David	511
5	Robert	430
6	James	403
7	Matthew	372
8	Daniel	369
9	Brian	334
10	John	320
10	Joseph	320
10	Joshua	320
13	Ryan	266
14	Richard	250
15	Jeremy	248
16	William	222
17	Steven	215
18	Eric	211
19	Anthony	201
20	Timothy	197
21	Aaron	190
22	Adam	189
23	Justin	188
24	Jeffrey	181
25	Kevin	175

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	170
27	Mark	166
28	Jose	164
29	Nicholas	163
30	Scott	155
30	Thomas	155
32	Charles	151
33	Brandon	145
34	Benjamin	132
35	Jonathan	131
36	Stephen	127
37	Paul	121
38	Gabriel	118
39	Nathan	116
40	Jacob	112
40	Travis	112
42	Patrick	111
43	Shawn	105
44	Juan	102
45	Chad	100
46	Carlos	99
47	Jesse	95
47	Jesus	95
47	Kenneth	95
50	Francisco	94
51	Samuel	93
52	Gregory	86
52	Manuel	86
54	Bryan	84
55	Sean	83
56	Edward	74
57	Mario	73
58	Frank	72
59	Shaun	66
60	Phillip	64
60	Ronald	64
62	Raymond	61
63	Gary	60
64	Donald	59
65	Jared	58
65	Keith	58
65	Luis	58
65	Todd	58
69	Johnny	57
70	Bradley	56
70	George	56
72	Peter	55
73	Ruben	54
73	Shane	54
75	Fernando	53
76	Adrian	52
76	Jeremiah	52
78	Douglas	50
79	Antonio	49
79	Dustin	49
79	Troy	49
82	Albert	48
82	Kyle	48
84	Armando	46
84	Larry	46
84	Victor	46
87	Casey	45
88	Danny	44
88	Martin	44
88	Miguel	44
88	Ricardo	44
92	Dennis	42
93	Angel	41
93	Arthur	41
93	Joel	41
93	Nathaniel	41
93	Wesley	41
98	Zachary	40
99	Jaime	39
99	Jeffery	39
99	Philip	39
99	Russell	39