Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,243
2	Christopher	1,816
3	Jason	1,641
4	James	1,528
5	David	1,353
6	Robert	1,299
7	John	1,223
8	William	989
9	Matthew	899
10	Daniel	875
11	Joseph	869
12	Brian	865
13	Richard	700
14	Charles	694
15	Joshua	663
16	Kevin	619
17	Eric	593
18	Anthony	557
19	Timothy	556
20	Thomas	538
21	Ryan	536
22	Steven	468
23	Jeremy	421
24	Jeffrey	418
25	Andrew	416

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	409
27	Justin	390
28	Mark	376
29	Nicholas	367
30	Kenneth	361
31	Adam	357
32	Paul	348
33	Stephen	347
34	Shawn	340
35	Scott	339
36	Aaron	303
37	Benjamin	289
38	Gregory	278
39	Bryan	264
40	Sean	263
41	Patrick	254
42	Donald	244
43	Chad	240
44	Edward	237
45	Antonio	223
46	Keith	222
47	Ronald	219
48	George	202
49	Willie	199
50	Samuel	197
51	Travis	196
52	Derrick	193
52	Jose	193
54	Larry	189
55	Shaun	187
56	Gary	182
57	Corey	177
58	Alexander	174
59	Nathan	167
60	Douglas	160
61	Marcus	156
62	Peter	152
63	Juan	150
64	Frank	146
65	Raymond	145
66	Todd	144
67	Jesse	143
68	Phillip	142
69	Carlos	141
70	Jacob	138
71	Bradley	135
72	Johnny	129
73	Brandon	128
74	Shane	126
75	Terry	123
76	Craig	121
77	Curtis	118
78	Tony	117
79	Dennis	114
80	Jeffery	112
81	Cory	110
81	Henry	110
81	Joel	110
81	Wesley	110
85	Derek	109
86	Maurice	105
86	Russell	105
86	Troy	105
89	Jerry	103
89	Micheal	103
91	Philip	100
92	Adrian	98
92	Jorge	98
94	Billy	97
95	Luis	96
96	Carl	95
96	Reginald	95
98	Jeremiah	93
99	Jimmy	92
100	Bobby	91
100	Randy	91