Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,091 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,841 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,849 |
| 4 | David | 1,823 |
| 5 | Christopher | 1,678 |
| 6 | James | 1,575 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,535 |
| 8 | Brian | 1,380 |
| 9 | John | 1,240 |
| 10 | Ryan | 1,197 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,133 |
| 12 | Joseph | 1,126 |
| 13 | Timothy | 1,028 |
| 14 | Eric | 1,021 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,002 |
| 16 | Joshua | 963 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 946 |
| 18 | Andrew | 938 |
| 19 | Jeremy | 900 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 891 |
| 21 | Steven | 886 |
| 22 | Scott | 880 |
| 23 | William | 864 |
| 24 | Mark | 754 |
| 25 | Thomas | 737 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 707 |
| 27 | Anthony | 694 |
| 28 | Aaron | 682 |
| 29 | Richard | 645 |
| 30 | Paul | 621 |
| 31 | Charles | 600 |
| 32 | Chad | 577 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 543 |
| 34 | Justin | 521 |
| 35 | Nathan | 503 |
| 36 | Gregory | 442 |
| 37 | Kenneth | 422 |
| 38 | Jonathan | 415 |
| 39 | Patrick | 403 |
| 40 | Brandon | 376 |
| 41 | Bryan | 360 |
| 42 | Shawn | 354 |
| 43 | Donald | 343 |
| 44 | Bradley | 329 |
| 45 | Todd | 328 |
| 46 | Stephen | 322 |
| 47 | Keith | 307 |
| 48 | Shaun | 288 |
| 49 | Corey | 266 |
| 50 | Jacob | 263 |
| 50 | Ronald | 263 |
| 52 | Douglas | 245 |
| 53 | Sean | 234 |
| 54 | Craig | 230 |
| 55 | Jeffery | 229 |
| 55 | Peter | 229 |
| 57 | Edward | 226 |
| 58 | Gary | 220 |
| 59 | Dennis | 215 |
| 60 | Jesse | 208 |
| 61 | Derek | 207 |
| 62 | Kyle | 203 |
| 63 | Larry | 199 |
| 64 | Joel | 196 |
| 65 | Phillip | 190 |
| 66 | Shane | 184 |
| 67 | George | 183 |
| 68 | Travis | 174 |
| 69 | Samuel | 166 |
| 70 | Brent | 162 |
| 71 | Erik | 150 |
| 71 | Terry | 150 |
| 73 | Marcus | 146 |
| 74 | Randy | 145 |
| 74 | Troy | 145 |
| 76 | Jeremiah | 139 |
| 77 | Frank | 138 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | 136 |
| 78 | Raymond | 136 |
| 80 | Philip | 132 |
| 81 | Cory | 131 |
| 82 | Damon | 127 |
| 82 | Marc | 127 |
| 84 | Carl | 125 |
| 84 | Gerald | 125 |
| 84 | Russell | 125 |
| 84 | Zachary | 125 |
| 88 | Jamie | 123 |
| 89 | Tony | 122 |
| 90 | Jerry | 119 |
| 91 | Derrick | 118 |
| 92 | Brett | 116 |
| 93 | Brad | 115 |
| 94 | Jared | 114 |
| 95 | Andre | 112 |
| 96 | Curtis | 109 |
| 97 | Casey | 108 |
| 98 | Antonio | 104 |
| 99 | Kristopher | 103 |
| 100 | Alan | 102 |
| 100 | Dustin | 102 |
| 100 | Ian | 102 |
| 100 | Rodney | 102 |