Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	312
2	Michael	286
3	Matthew	284
4	Christopher	249
5	Ryan	179
6	Joshua	172
7	James	163
8	David	160
9	John	135
10	Joseph	132
11	Robert	131
12	Scott	128
13	Adam	126
14	Eric	123
15	Jeremy	122
16	Daniel	118
17	Benjamin	117
18	Brian	109
19	Nicholas	108
20	William	100
21	Richard	99
22	Andrew	98
23	Timothy	97
24	Nathan	92
25	Jeffrey	91

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	89
27	Aaron	80
28	Thomas	78
29	Jonathan	75
30	Shawn	73
31	Mark	69
32	Justin	67
33	Travis	66
34	Chad	63
35	Paul	62
36	Stephen	61
37	Steven	57
38	Anthony	52
38	Jacob	52
38	Peter	52
41	Jesse	51
42	Charles	50
43	Patrick	49
44	Corey	46
45	Craig	40
46	Todd	39
47	Gregory	38
48	Sean	37
48	Shaun	37
50	Derek	34
51	Seth	32
52	Jared	31
52	Keith	31
54	Edward	29
54	Joel	29
54	Kenneth	29
57	Donald	27
57	Samuel	27
59	Douglas	26
60	Shane	25
61	Randy	24
62	Erik	23
62	Jamie	23
62	Ronald	23
65	Ian	22
65	Troy	22
67	Cory	21
67	Marc	21
67	Nathaniel	21
70	Casey	20
70	Dennis	20
70	George	20
70	Jeremiah	20
70	Philip	20
75	Brandon	18
75	Brent	18
75	Gary	18
75	Mathew	18
75	Roger	18
80	Alan	17
80	Bruce	17
80	Joey	17
80	Lawrence	17
84	Bryan	16
84	Dana	16
84	Frank	16
84	Kyle	16
84	Lucas	16
89	Arthur	15
89	Gerald	15
89	Heath	15
89	Wayne	15
93	Kristopher	14
94	Alexander	13
94	Brad	13
94	Dustin	13
94	Raymond	13
94	Trevor	13
99	Dale	12
99	Gabriel	12
99	Jarrod	12
99	Lance	12
99	Luke	12