Most popular boys’ names in Massachusetts, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,132
2	Matthew	1,318
3	Christopher	1,245
4	Jason	1,149
5	David	1,103
6	John	905
7	James	860
8	Daniel	858
9	Brian	815
10	Robert	794
11	Joseph	731
12	Jeffrey	604
13	Kevin	594
14	Timothy	575
15	William	514
16	Andrew	490
17	Eric	484
18	Joshua	476
19	Richard	466
20	Thomas	457
21	Mark	449
22	Ryan	442
23	Scott	432
24	Adam	427
25	Paul	421

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	411
27	Jonathan	371
28	Nicholas	369
29	Peter	350
30	Steven	346
31	Anthony	339
32	Patrick	308
33	Justin	302
34	Sean	300
35	Gregory	296
36	Benjamin	271
37	Shawn	250
38	Keith	243
39	Charles	241
40	Jeremy	230
41	Edward	189
42	Kenneth	175
43	Todd	171
44	Nathan	168
45	Shaun	164
46	Aaron	159
47	Derek	146
48	Bryan	136
49	Jesse	135
50	Craig	133
51	George	128
52	Marc	127
53	Chad	123
54	Jose	122
55	Donald	116
56	Philip	113
57	Alexander	108
58	Dennis	105
59	Jared	103
60	Douglas	100
61	Erik	99
62	Ronald	97
63	Seth	96
64	Corey	95
65	Joel	93
66	Frank	87
67	Brendan	85
68	Raymond	84
69	Samuel	80
70	Shane	79
71	Jacob	78
72	Ian	75
72	Kyle	75
74	Gary	74
74	Luis	74
76	Nathaniel	73
77	Jamie	69
78	Brad	64
79	Vincent	62
80	Christian	59
81	Jay	58
81	Russell	58
81	Wayne	58
84	Arthur	56
84	Carlos	56
86	Luke	53
87	Alan	51
88	Antonio	50
88	Brandon	50
88	Evan	50
91	Zachary	49
92	Mathew	47
92	Neil	47
94	Geoffrey	46
95	Cory	45
95	Lawrence	45
95	Randy	45
98	Angel	44
98	Gabriel	44
98	Victor	44