Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,480
2	James	1,326
3	Christopher	1,304
4	Jason	1,237
5	William	932
6	John	895
7	Robert	883
8	David	862
9	Matthew	649
10	Joseph	603
11	Brian	600
12	Timothy	595
13	Charles	587
14	Joshua	564
15	Kevin	480
16	Jeremy	472
17	Jonathan	452
18	Thomas	431
19	Eric	412
20	Daniel	404
21	Anthony	380
21	Richard	380
23	Benjamin	338
24	Jeffrey	323
25	Steven	294

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	290
27	Stephen	281
28	Adam	262
28	Antonio	262
30	Nicholas	253
31	Kenneth	245
32	Brandon	244
33	Gregory	237
34	Marcus	235
35	Mark	231
36	Travis	226
37	Derrick	225
38	Ryan	208
39	Justin	207
40	Corey	199
41	Larry	188
41	Patrick	188
43	Paul	175
44	Scott	166
45	Willie	164
46	Nathan	162
46	Ronald	162
46	Wesley	162
49	Samuel	160
50	Gary	158
51	Donald	156
52	Bobby	152
53	George	151
54	Jerry	150
55	Bryan	147
56	Johnny	144
57	Keith	143
58	Terry	140
59	Bradley	135
60	Rodney	133
61	Phillip	131
62	Edward	130
63	Chad	127
64	Jeffery	125
65	Aaron	123
66	Jamie	122
66	Shaun	122
68	Tony	120
69	Billy	119
70	Jimmy	114
71	Adrian	109
72	Shawn	108
73	Walter	102
74	Carlos	101
75	Russell	99
76	Derek	98
77	Douglas	97
78	Maurice	96
79	Ricky	95
80	Randy	94
81	Curtis	92
82	Danny	91
82	Jesse	91
84	Reginald	90
85	Cory	87
85	Raymond	87
87	Shannon	85
88	Cedric	84
89	Sean	83
90	Casey	82
91	Randall	80
92	Kelvin	79
93	Dennis	78
93	Joel	78
95	Jacob	76
95	Jeremiah	76
97	Clinton	75
98	Henry	74
98	Philip	74
98	Shane	74