Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	371
2	David	236
3	James	231
4	Christopher	223
5	John	181
6	Jason	180
7	Brian	175
8	Robert	174
9	William	169
10	Matthew	163
11	Kevin	141
12	Anthony	124
13	Joseph	120
14	Daniel	115
15	Eric	105
16	Timothy	95
17	Sean	91
18	Jonathan	85
19	Andrew	83
19	Charles	83
21	Steven	79
22	Richard	75
23	Stephen	73
24	Thomas	72
25	Gregory	68

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	67
27	Joshua	65
27	Kenneth	65
29	Benjamin	64
29	Mark	64
31	Marcus	63
32	Keith	61
32	Paul	61
34	Edward	59
35	Andre	57
35	Scott	57
37	Damon	55
37	Ronald	55
39	Derrick	53
39	Jeffrey	53
41	Antonio	52
42	Justin	51
43	Peter	50
44	Donald	46
45	Patrick	42
46	Adam	40
46	Jeremy	40
48	Ryan	39
49	Shawn	38
50	Samuel	37
51	Antoine	36
52	Nathan	35
52	Reginald	35
54	Alexander	34
54	Gary	34
56	George	33
56	Jerome	33
58	Jermaine	32
59	Brandon	31
59	Raymond	31
61	Larry	29
61	Maurice	29
63	Lawrence	28
64	Dwayne	27
65	Carlos	26
65	Christian	26
65	Douglas	26
65	Nicholas	26
65	Tyrone	26
70	Derek	25
70	Duane	25
70	Jesse	25
70	Russell	25
70	Vincent	25
75	Ian	24
75	Todd	24
77	Rodney	23
77	Terry	23
79	Craig	22
80	Nathaniel	21
80	Ricardo	21
82	Bryan	20
82	Calvin	20
82	Corey	20
82	Eugene	20
82	Marvin	20
82	Philip	20
82	Troy	20
89	Bernard	19
89	Walter	19
89	Willie	19
92	Marc	18
92	Terrence	18
92	Victor	18
92	Wayne	18
96	Clarence	17
96	Dennis	17
96	Frank	17
96	Gerald	17
96	Jose	17
96	Lamont	17
96	Melvin	17