Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1977
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,013 |
| 2 | Jason | 3,462 |
| 3 | Christopher | 3,121 |
| 4 | David | 3,015 |
| 5 | John | 2,831 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,733 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,674 |
| 8 | James | 2,578 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,398 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,298 |
| 11 | Matthew | 2,034 |
| 12 | Anthony | 1,791 |
| 13 | William | 1,745 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,601 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,589 |
| 16 | Richard | 1,477 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,413 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,239 |
| 19 | Andrew | 1,231 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 1,223 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,136 |
| 22 | Mark | 1,115 |
| 23 | Scott | 1,091 |
| 24 | Paul | 1,074 |
| 25 | Peter | 993 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Joshua | 883 |
| 27 | Gregory | 876 |
| 28 | Adam | 861 |
| 29 | Jonathan | 853 |
| 30 | Jeremy | 820 |
| 31 | Jose | 813 |
| 32 | Charles | 802 |
| 33 | Sean | 778 |
| 34 | Stephen | 771 |
| 35 | Ryan | 762 |
| 36 | Edward | 681 |
| 37 | Patrick | 669 |
| 38 | Keith | 655 |
| 39 | Shawn | 641 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 638 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 624 |
| 42 | Justin | 608 |
| 43 | Frank | 576 |
| 44 | George | 568 |
| 45 | Nicholas | 524 |
| 46 | Aaron | 514 |
| 47 | Todd | 477 |
| 48 | Luis | 465 |
| 49 | Raymond | 428 |
| 50 | Donald | 424 |
| 51 | Vincent | 408 |
| 52 | Alexander | 401 |
| 53 | Ronald | 398 |
| 54 | Craig | 392 |
| 55 | Juan | 390 |
| 56 | Carlos | 384 |
| 57 | Dennis | 375 |
| 58 | Bryan | 374 |
| 59 | Marc | 369 |
| 60 | Douglas | 367 |
| 61 | Chad | 363 |
| 62 | Corey | 352 |
| 62 | Philip | 352 |
| 64 | Samuel | 345 |
| 65 | Christian | 337 |
| 65 | Victor | 337 |
| 67 | Angel | 335 |
| 68 | Gary | 328 |
| 69 | Louis | 302 |
| 70 | Edwin | 301 |
| 71 | Jesse | 284 |
| 72 | Lawrence | 277 |
| 73 | Nathan | 254 |
| 74 | Andre | 248 |
| 75 | Erik | 241 |
| 76 | Miguel | 238 |
| 77 | Jacob | 237 |
| 78 | Antonio | 223 |
| 79 | Cory | 219 |
| 80 | Joel | 209 |
| 81 | Henry | 204 |
| 81 | Ian | 204 |
| 81 | Rafael | 204 |
| 84 | Derek | 200 |
| 85 | Omar | 196 |
| 86 | Alex | 195 |
| 87 | Jamie | 190 |
| 87 | Martin | 190 |
| 89 | Dwayne | 187 |
| 90 | Alan | 186 |
| 90 | Gabriel | 186 |
| 92 | Hector | 183 |
| 93 | Walter | 181 |
| 94 | Brandon | 178 |
| 94 | Randy | 178 |
| 94 | Shane | 178 |
| 97 | Jermaine | 177 |
| 98 | Jared | 176 |
| 98 | Seth | 176 |
| 100 | Carl | 175 |