Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	381
2	Michael	281
3	Christopher	274
4	Matthew	245
5	David	187
6	Ryan	168
7	Joshua	153
8	James	144
9	John	141
10	Scott	137
11	Brian	136
11	Eric	136
13	Robert	133
14	Benjamin	127
15	Daniel	125
16	Jeremy	124
17	Andrew	123
18	Kevin	121
19	Joseph	118
20	Timothy	110
21	Adam	106
22	Jeffrey	99
23	Shawn	98
24	Aaron	91
25	Richard	86

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	85
27	Thomas	84
27	William	84
29	Jonathan	83
30	Mark	78
31	Chad	75
32	Justin	70
33	Stephen	68
34	Peter	65
34	Travis	65
36	Steven	64
37	Corey	60
38	Anthony	55
39	Charles	51
40	Keith	48
40	Paul	48
42	Jamie	47
42	Patrick	47
44	Todd	45
45	Nicholas	41
46	Gregory	38
47	Kenneth	37
48	Seth	35
49	Craig	34
50	Derek	33
50	Donald	33
50	Raymond	33
53	Troy	32
54	Jesse	31
54	Joel	31
56	Gary	30
56	Jacob	30
56	Sean	30
59	Edward	28
59	Samuel	28
61	Dana	27
62	Bryan	26
62	Douglas	26
64	Cory	25
64	Jared	25
64	Shane	25
67	Brandon	24
67	Randy	24
69	Ian	23
70	Jeremiah	22
70	Marc	22
72	Gabriel	21
72	Philip	21
74	Bruce	20
74	Dennis	20
74	George	20
74	Wayne	20
78	Alan	19
78	Brent	19
78	Erik	19
78	Nathaniel	19
78	Shaun	19
78	Tony	19
84	Brad	18
84	Heath	18
84	Jay	18
87	Frederick	16
87	Ronald	16
89	Alexander	15
89	Gerald	15
89	Kyle	15
89	Wesley	15
93	Dale	14
93	Jon	14
93	Kristopher	14
93	Russell	14
93	Zachary	14
98	Bradley	13
98	Carl	13
98	Darren	13
98	Isaac	13
98	Randall	13