Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,524
2	Christopher	1,426
3	James	1,334
4	Jason	1,309
5	David	961
6	William	948
7	Robert	862
8	John	839
9	Brian	664
10	Matthew	586
10	Timothy	586
12	Charles	569
13	Joshua	565
14	Joseph	554
15	Kevin	534
16	Jonathan	529
17	Daniel	498
18	Jeremy	472
19	Thomas	466
20	Steven	400
21	Eric	376
22	Anthony	372
23	Richard	363
24	Jeffrey	344
25	Kenneth	318

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	289
27	Stephen	282
28	Nicholas	275
29	Adam	274
29	Brandon	274
31	Mark	258
32	Travis	254
33	Justin	252
34	Chad	232
35	Benjamin	227
35	Gregory	227
37	Ryan	224
38	Donald	219
39	Derrick	217
40	Larry	215
41	Aaron	213
42	Patrick	205
43	Bradley	187
44	Paul	186
45	Phillip	180
46	Samuel	176
47	Bryan	173
48	Nathan	169
49	Jerry	165
50	Bobby	163
51	Antonio	162
52	Shawn	156
53	Marcus	155
54	George	153
54	Scott	153
56	Wesley	145
57	Corey	142
57	Edward	142
59	Ronald	141
60	Rodney	140
60	Tony	140
62	Jamie	137
63	Keith	136
64	Derek	135
65	Gary	134
65	Shaun	134
67	Billy	122
67	Terry	122
69	Willie	113
70	Johnny	110
71	Douglas	109
72	Ronnie	106
73	Dennis	105
73	Ricky	105
75	Curtis	104
76	Danny	101
77	Jimmy	97
78	Jacob	95
79	Jeffery	91
79	Shannon	91
81	Maurice	90
82	Randy	87
83	Jesse	85
83	Philip	85
85	Raymond	84
86	Walter	83
87	Roger	81
88	Dwayne	77
88	Reginald	77
90	Shane	74
91	Carl	73
91	Nathaniel	73
93	Tyrone	72
94	Henry	71
94	Joel	71
96	Adrian	70
96	Allen	70
96	Dustin	70
99	Sean	69
100	Randall	68
100	Tommy	68