Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	300
2	Michael	292
3	Christopher	271
4	Matthew	234
5	Joshua	216
6	James	188
7	Ryan	182
8	David	161
9	Nicholas	149
10	Daniel	147
11	John	144
12	Robert	143
13	Adam	133
14	Joseph	130
15	Andrew	128
16	Benjamin	124
17	Jeremy	119
17	Scott	119
19	Brian	114
20	Timothy	113
21	Eric	111
22	Justin	109
23	Jonathan	102
24	Travis	98
25	Nathan	93

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	92
27	Chad	87
28	Mark	85
29	William	84
30	Kevin	83
31	Shawn	80
32	Jeffrey	76
32	Richard	76
34	Thomas	74
35	Peter	68
36	Patrick	63
37	Steven	62
38	Stephen	61
39	Charles	52
39	Jacob	52
41	Paul	49
42	Anthony	45
42	Seth	45
44	Jesse	44
45	Corey	43
46	Derek	41
47	Lucas	37
48	Jared	36
48	Keith	36
50	Zachary	34
51	Donald	33
52	Craig	32
52	Gregory	32
54	Todd	31
55	Brandon	29
55	George	29
55	Jamie	29
58	Shaun	28
59	Ian	27
59	Samuel	27
59	Sean	27
59	Troy	27
63	Nathaniel	26
63	Philip	26
65	Heath	25
66	Bruce	24
66	Cory	24
66	Kenneth	24
66	Kyle	24
70	Edward	23
71	Dana	22
71	Joel	22
71	Kristopher	22
74	Erik	21
74	Ronald	21
76	Bradley	20
76	Dennis	20
76	Gary	20
76	Shane	20
80	Raymond	19
81	Alan	18
81	Brent	18
83	Dale	17
83	Douglas	17
83	Dustin	17
86	Bryan	16
86	Isaac	16
86	Randy	16
86	Roger	16
90	Evan	15
90	Gabriel	15
90	Luke	15
93	Darren	14
93	Jeremiah	14
93	Lance	14
93	Russell	14
97	Alexander	13
97	Brad	13
97	Kurt	13
97	Noah	13
97	Trevor	13