Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	390
2	James	272
3	David	251
4	John	214
5	Christopher	213
6	Jason	191
7	Robert	188
8	Brian	184
9	William	157
10	Joseph	145
11	Kevin	143
12	Daniel	138
13	Matthew	135
14	Eric	128
15	Anthony	113
16	Andrew	110
17	Charles	109
18	Thomas	107
19	Mark	84
19	Timothy	84
21	Jonathan	78
22	Gregory	77
23	Richard	73
23	Sean	73
25	Steven	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	68
27	Benjamin	64
27	Joshua	64
29	Ronald	63
30	Paul	62
31	Antonio	54
31	Kenneth	54
31	Patrick	54
31	Stephen	54
35	Justin	53
36	Jeffrey	52
37	Edward	50
38	Aaron	49
38	Marcus	49
40	George	48
41	Derrick	46
42	Andre	44
43	Alexander	43
43	Maurice	43
45	Adam	42
45	Damon	42
47	Keith	41
48	Donald	39
48	Peter	39
50	Bryan	38
50	Jeremy	38
52	Larry	35
53	Tyrone	34
54	Reginald	33
54	Scott	33
56	Shawn	32
57	Lawrence	30
58	Jermaine	28
59	Brandon	25
59	Gary	25
59	Nathan	25
59	Todd	25
63	Corey	23
63	Duane	23
63	Eugene	23
63	Melvin	23
63	Samuel	23
63	Vincent	23
63	Wesley	23
70	Carlos	22
70	Marc	22
70	Phillip	22
70	Raymond	22
70	Willie	22
75	Adrian	21
75	Christian	21
75	Jerome	21
75	Jesse	21
75	Micheal	21
75	Russell	21
81	Carl	20
82	Craig	19
82	Jerry	19
82	Marco	19
82	Nathaniel	19
82	Nicholas	19
87	Bradley	18
87	Dwayne	18
87	Ian	18
87	Jacob	18
87	Omar	18
87	Rodney	18
87	Victor	18
94	Brendan	17
94	Dennis	17
94	Donnell	17
94	Douglas	17
94	Erik	17
94	Frank	17
94	Henry	17