Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,029
2	Jason	2,984
3	Christopher	1,810
4	David	1,730
5	Matthew	1,696
6	James	1,576
7	Brian	1,538
8	Robert	1,496
9	Ryan	1,254
10	John	1,242
11	Daniel	1,152
12	Joseph	1,114
13	Eric	1,098
14	Kevin	1,043
15	Jeremy	1,007
16	William	926
17	Jeffrey	921
18	Timothy	905
19	Andrew	896
20	Scott	881
21	Joshua	846
22	Steven	822
23	Mark	817
24	Anthony	759
25	Thomas	726

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	693
27	Richard	676
28	Chad	631
29	Paul	576
30	Benjamin	575
31	Adam	565
32	Charles	550
33	Nathan	498
34	Gregory	452
35	Justin	437
36	Kenneth	404
37	Jonathan	400
38	Shawn	384
39	Bradley	378
40	Donald	367
41	Bryan	364
42	Todd	361
43	Patrick	350
44	Stephen	347
45	Brandon	338
46	Keith	325
47	Nicholas	307
48	Corey	300
48	Ronald	300
50	Douglas	284
51	Sean	270
52	Craig	256
53	Edward	254
54	Jacob	245
55	Peter	243
56	Gary	241
57	Dennis	234
58	Jeffery	226
59	Joel	223
60	Brent	210
61	Shane	208
62	Jesse	204
62	Larry	204
64	Jeremiah	184
65	Travis	183
66	Derek	182
67	Raymond	181
68	George	173
69	Terry	163
70	Cory	160
71	Jamie	157
71	Troy	157
73	Damon	155
74	Philip	148
75	Phillip	146
76	Kyle	145
76	Randy	145
78	Samuel	140
79	Brad	138
79	Frank	138
81	Marcus	134
82	Erik	133
82	Gerald	133
82	Shaun	133
85	Marc	132
85	Wesley	132
87	Jared	121
88	Carl	119
89	Nathaniel	118
90	Antonio	116
91	Lawrence	115
91	Zachary	115
93	Jerry	113
94	Kristopher	112
94	Rodney	112
96	Russell	110
97	Brett	107
97	Derrick	107
99	Ian	106
100	Dale	103