Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	834
2	Jason	712
3	Christopher	685
4	James	516
5	David	484
6	John	462
7	Jeremy	419
8	Joshua	417
8	Matthew	417
10	Robert	416
11	Justin	370
12	Brian	361
13	William	280
14	Ryan	259
15	Joseph	255
16	Steven	250
17	Jeffrey	248
18	Daniel	240
19	Kevin	234
20	Brandon	225
20	Timothy	225
22	Richard	222
23	Charles	213
24	Chad	198
25	Eric	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	190
27	Dustin	188
28	Aaron	181
29	Nicholas	166
30	Anthony	157
31	Nathan	151
32	Adam	150
33	Thomas	148
34	Shawn	146
35	Jonathan	143
36	Scott	141
37	Kenneth	137
38	Stephen	134
38	Travis	134
40	Billy	133
41	Bradley	128
42	Andrew	127
43	Kyle	125
44	Bryan	123
45	Gregory	121
46	Donald	111
47	Benjamin	105
48	Gary	103
49	Paul	102
50	Jimmy	94
51	Patrick	91
52	Jerry	89
53	Jesse	86
54	Jacob	85
55	Larry	82
56	Jeremiah	80
56	Zachary	80
58	Sean	77
59	Jeffery	76
59	Ronald	76
59	Samuel	76
62	Terry	75
63	Bobby	74
63	Cody	74
63	Cory	74
63	Wesley	74
67	Brent	72
68	Jared	71
69	Phillip	70
70	Casey	69
70	Corey	69
72	Ricky	68
73	Joe	67
73	Shane	67
75	Johnny	66
76	Keith	64
77	Douglas	63
77	Shaun	63
79	Randy	62
80	Russell	61
81	Tony	55
82	Rodney	54
83	Marcus	53
84	Raymond	50
85	Curtis	48
85	Edward	48
87	George	47
87	Todd	47
87	Troy	47
90	Dennis	46
90	Derek	46
92	Clayton	45
92	Jon	45
94	Clinton	44
94	Craig	44
96	Carl	43
96	Ronnie	43
96	Tommy	43
99	Jay	42
99	Kelly	42