Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	352
2	James	233
3	David	228
4	Christopher	219
5	John	203
6	Robert	187
7	Brian	168
7	Jason	168
9	Kevin	158
10	William	156
11	Matthew	136
12	Joseph	132
13	Daniel	126
14	Charles	121
15	Anthony	105
16	Andrew	95
17	Eric	91
18	Thomas	89
19	Gregory	81
20	Sean	77
21	Richard	72
21	Timothy	72
23	Jeffrey	71
23	Jonathan	71
25	Mark	70

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	65
27	Patrick	64
27	Paul	64
29	Aaron	63
29	Kenneth	63
31	Ryan	61
32	Derrick	60
32	Joshua	60
34	Stephen	59
35	Nicholas	57
36	Marcus	56
37	Benjamin	52
37	Justin	52
39	Andre	50
39	Shawn	50
41	Keith	46
42	Adam	45
43	Edward	44
44	Antonio	43
44	Ronald	43
46	Peter	40
47	Scott	38
48	Donald	37
48	George	37
50	Jeremy	36
50	Samuel	36
52	Maurice	34
53	Jerome	32
53	Nathaniel	32
55	Alexander	31
55	Larry	31
55	Rodney	31
58	Raymond	30
58	Tyrone	30
60	Willie	29
61	Bryan	28
61	Carlos	28
61	Shaun	28
64	Antoine	27
64	Damien	27
64	Gary	27
67	Brandon	26
67	Derek	26
67	Jamal	26
67	Jesse	26
67	Lawrence	26
67	Phillip	26
73	Reginald	25
74	Dennis	23
74	Jose	23
76	Corey	22
76	Philip	22
78	Damon	21
78	Wayne	21
80	Adrian	20
80	Bruce	20
80	Darnell	20
80	Erik	20
80	Jerry	20
80	Troy	20
86	Arthur	19
86	Carl	19
86	Craig	19
86	Jared	19
86	Nathan	19
86	Ricardo	19
86	Terrence	19
93	Bernard	18
93	Calvin	18
93	Curtis	18
93	Darryl	18
93	Douglas	18
93	Eugene	18
93	Ian	18
93	Jermaine	18
93	Lee	18
93	Walter	18