Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,853 |
| 2 | Jason | 3,253 |
| 3 | Christopher | 3,245 |
| 4 | David | 3,112 |
| 5 | John | 2,690 |
| 6 | Joseph | 2,659 |
| 7 | James | 2,580 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,389 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,218 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,202 |
| 11 | Matthew | 2,108 |
| 12 | Anthony | 1,772 |
| 13 | William | 1,622 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,559 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,469 |
| 16 | Richard | 1,454 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,352 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,249 |
| 19 | Andrew | 1,248 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 1,219 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,162 |
| 22 | Paul | 1,069 |
| 23 | Mark | 1,062 |
| 24 | Nicholas | 1,049 |
| 25 | Joshua | 993 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 990 |
| 27 | Scott | 947 |
| 28 | Peter | 897 |
| 29 | Ryan | 849 |
| 30 | Charles | 822 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 799 |
| 32 | Stephen | 765 |
| 33 | Gregory | 757 |
| 34 | Jose | 751 |
| 35 | Sean | 723 |
| 36 | Justin | 708 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 686 |
| 38 | Patrick | 682 |
| 39 | Edward | 652 |
| 40 | Shawn | 621 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 581 |
| 42 | Keith | 564 |
| 43 | Benjamin | 529 |
| 44 | Aaron | 521 |
| 45 | Frank | 496 |
| 46 | George | 492 |
| 47 | Luis | 481 |
| 48 | Carlos | 443 |
| 49 | Raymond | 439 |
| 50 | Vincent | 420 |
| 51 | Shaun | 419 |
| 52 | Craig | 413 |
| 53 | Juan | 377 |
| 54 | Dennis | 376 |
| 55 | Donald | 375 |
| 56 | Ronald | 373 |
| 57 | Bryan | 371 |
| 58 | Todd | 362 |
| 59 | Chad | 353 |
| 60 | Alexander | 347 |
| 61 | Douglas | 339 |
| 62 | Philip | 334 |
| 63 | Samuel | 331 |
| 64 | Gary | 323 |
| 65 | Marc | 322 |
| 66 | Edwin | 314 |
| 67 | Angel | 308 |
| 68 | Christian | 307 |
| 69 | Jesse | 306 |
| 70 | Victor | 299 |
| 71 | Nathan | 278 |
| 72 | Louis | 275 |
| 73 | Erik | 273 |
| 74 | Corey | 264 |
| 75 | Jacob | 253 |
| 76 | Omar | 238 |
| 77 | Lawrence | 234 |
| 78 | Cory | 225 |
| 79 | Ian | 217 |
| 80 | Andre | 215 |
| 81 | Joel | 214 |
| 82 | Miguel | 207 |
| 83 | Bradley | 206 |
| 84 | Shane | 195 |
| 85 | Rafael | 191 |
| 86 | Kyle | 190 |
| 87 | Antonio | 188 |
| 87 | Derek | 188 |
| 89 | Randy | 187 |
| 90 | Jared | 186 |
| 91 | Roberto | 182 |
| 92 | Phillip | 180 |
| 93 | Brandon | 178 |
| 93 | Carl | 178 |
| 93 | Gabriel | 178 |
| 96 | Alan | 175 |
| 97 | Hector | 172 |
| 97 | Seth | 172 |
| 99 | Alex | 170 |
| 99 | Henry | 170 |