Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,641
2	Christopher	1,457
3	Jason	1,410
4	James	1,398
5	David	1,028
6	William	1,025
7	Robert	914
8	John	883
9	Brian	789
10	Kevin	628
11	Charles	581
12	Joseph	580
13	Matthew	538
14	Timothy	523
15	Jonathan	520
16	Joshua	509
17	Jeremy	494
18	Daniel	449
19	Richard	440
20	Eric	431
21	Thomas	407
22	Anthony	401
23	Jeffrey	399
24	Steven	398
25	Kenneth	331

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	300
27	Chad	292
28	Mark	289
29	Benjamin	263
30	Stephen	258
31	Gregory	254
32	Brandon	242
33	Travis	240
34	Larry	236
35	Bryan	230
36	Ryan	219
37	Paul	210
38	Wesley	204
39	Bradley	202
40	Ronald	201
41	Donald	198
42	Jerry	197
43	Antonio	195
44	Corey	193
45	Derrick	189
46	Bobby	188
47	Adam	187
48	Marcus	186
49	Phillip	185
50	Jamie	184
51	Patrick	182
52	Justin	175
53	Gary	174
53	Scott	174
55	Aaron	172
56	Edward	170
57	George	167
57	Samuel	167
59	Billy	161
60	Shawn	158
61	Rodney	154
62	Nathan	150
62	Tony	150
64	Johnny	138
65	Terry	137
66	Jimmy	132
67	Keith	127
67	Randy	127
69	Dennis	110
69	Douglas	110
71	Shannon	107
72	Jesse	104
73	Danny	103
74	Derek	101
74	Reginald	101
76	Ricky	99
77	Jeremiah	98
78	Jeffery	96
78	Willie	96
80	Curtis	92
81	Roger	89
82	Cory	88
83	Ronnie	83
83	Walter	83
85	Sean	82
86	Philip	79
87	Allen	78
88	Russell	77
89	Henry	76
90	Joel	75
90	Shane	75
92	Jacob	74
92	Nicholas	74
94	Tommy	73
95	Adrian	71
96	Carl	69
97	Roy	68
98	Barry	67
98	Calvin	67
98	Jody	67
98	Raymond	67
98	Tyrone	67