Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,543
2	Christopher	1,352
2	James	1,352
4	Jason	1,243
5	David	1,009
6	William	977
7	John	891
8	Robert	886
9	Brian	676
10	Joseph	543
11	Jonathan	524
12	Kevin	516
13	Charles	497
14	Matthew	493
15	Jeremy	479
16	Timothy	476
17	Anthony	468
18	Eric	406
19	Steven	403
20	Daniel	402
21	Thomas	393
22	Richard	388
23	Jeffrey	371
24	Joshua	330
25	Kenneth	327

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chad	284
27	Stephen	276
28	Mark	262
29	Gregory	254
30	Jamie	252
31	Travis	250
32	Benjamin	242
33	Brandon	233
34	Donald	228
35	Larry	217
36	Bryan	216
37	Bradley	215
38	Andrew	212
39	Ryan	211
40	Ronald	198
41	Paul	197
42	Bobby	185
43	Patrick	184
43	Phillip	184
43	Rodney	184
46	Jerry	183
47	Gary	178
48	Adam	176
49	Scott	175
50	Terry	174
51	George	166
52	Aaron	163
53	Nathan	161
54	Marcus	160
55	Billy	158
56	Samuel	157
57	Edward	156
57	Shawn	156
59	Tony	153
60	Antonio	151
61	Johnny	150
62	Derrick	139
63	Keith	136
64	Dennis	126
64	Justin	126
66	Corey	123
67	Jimmy	118
67	Shannon	118
69	Randy	116
70	Jeffery	115
71	Ronnie	110
72	Wesley	108
73	Danny	107
73	Ricky	107
75	Douglas	105
76	Roger	104
76	Willie	104
78	Walter	88
79	Darrell	84
80	Reginald	81
80	Todd	81
82	Curtis	80
83	Barry	78
84	Derek	76
84	Joel	76
86	Brad	74
86	Jesse	74
86	Micheal	74
86	Tyrone	74
90	Allen	72
90	Randall	72
92	Carl	71
92	Maurice	71
94	Brent	70
94	Shane	70
96	Craig	69
97	Philip	68
98	Henry	66
99	Raymond	65
99	Russell	65