Most popular boys’ names in Colorado, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	799
2	Jason	629
3	Christopher	622
4	David	568
5	Matthew	552
6	James	461
7	Joshua	459
8	Ryan	422
9	John	421
10	Brian	381
11	Robert	377
12	Daniel	364
13	Joseph	340
14	Jeremy	312
15	Justin	305
16	William	264
17	Eric	260
18	Andrew	252
19	Nicholas	248
20	Timothy	243
21	Jeffrey	235
22	Adam	230
23	Aaron	221
24	Kevin	210
25	Richard	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	207
27	Anthony	202
28	Steven	197
29	Thomas	195
30	Nathan	191
31	Benjamin	189
32	Scott	183
33	Chad	173
34	Brandon	165
35	Charles	157
36	Paul	149
37	Jonathan	148
38	Travis	146
39	Patrick	143
40	Jacob	138
40	Sean	138
42	Jesse	134
43	Shawn	117
44	Stephen	115
45	Jeremiah	114
46	Gregory	112
47	Shane	98
48	Dustin	96
49	Bradley	95
49	Bryan	95
51	Kenneth	89
52	Shaun	87
53	Zachary	84
54	Todd	81
55	Samuel	76
56	Gabriel	69
56	Joel	69
56	Tyler	69
59	Donald	68
59	Jose	68
61	Douglas	66
62	Craig	65
62	Gary	65
64	Cody	64
65	Casey	63
65	Edward	63
65	Jared	63
68	Luke	62
68	Ronald	62
70	Phillip	61
71	Nathaniel	60
71	Peter	60
73	Corey	59
73	Keith	59
75	Kyle	58
76	Raymond	57
76	Troy	57
78	Lucas	56
79	Derek	55
80	Erik	53
81	Brent	50
82	Clinton	49
83	Seth	48
84	Carlos	47
85	Cory	46
85	Jon	46
87	Juan	45
88	Dominic	44
89	Carl	43
90	George	42
90	Kristopher	42
92	Jeffery	41
92	Jerry	41
94	Alexander	40
94	Brett	40
94	Frank	40
94	Larry	40
98	Ian	39
98	Wesley	39
100	Marcus	38
100	Randy	38
100	Russell	38