Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,909
2	Jason	2,811
3	Christopher	1,781
4	David	1,674
5	Matthew	1,629
6	Robert	1,545
7	James	1,440
8	Brian	1,376
9	John	1,289
10	Eric	1,103
11	Daniel	1,062
12	Joseph	1,032
13	Scott	1,027
14	Ryan	999
15	Jeffrey	992
16	Jeremy	979
17	Kevin	900
18	Steven	891
19	William	868
20	Mark	832
21	Timothy	824
22	Thomas	762
23	Andrew	735
24	Richard	679
25	Anthony	678

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	635
27	Chad	627
28	Joshua	605
29	Paul	570
30	Benjamin	517
31	Charles	477
32	Gregory	461
33	Kenneth	445
34	Nathan	435
35	Adam	434
36	Shawn	402
37	Todd	397
38	Justin	360
38	Stephen	360
40	Jonathan	351
41	Donald	338
42	Patrick	322
43	Keith	311
44	Bradley	309
45	Bryan	304
46	Ronald	292
47	Brandon	285
48	Edward	284
49	Sean	271
50	Gary	242
51	Craig	236
52	Douglas	229
53	Corey	228
54	Dennis	226
55	Jamie	220
55	Jeffery	220
57	Peter	213
58	Shane	205
59	Jacob	199
60	Larry	195
61	Joel	194
62	Brent	186
63	Troy	178
64	George	171
65	Randy	168
66	Jesse	164
66	Nicholas	164
68	Derek	163
69	Raymond	162
70	Kyle	157
70	Travis	157
72	Erik	153
72	Terry	153
74	Marc	151
75	Marcus	144
76	Frank	140
76	Philip	140
78	Damon	139
79	Samuel	137
80	Antonio	136
81	Brad	133
81	Jerry	133
83	Phillip	130
84	Andre	124
85	Brett	122
86	Gerald	119
87	Alan	118
88	Tony	115
89	Russell	114
90	Rodney	112
91	Zachary	111
92	Carl	109
92	Jeremiah	109
94	Curtis	106
94	Derrick	106
94	Lawrence	106
97	Cory	104
98	Gabriel	103
99	Nathaniel	102
100	Micheal	100