Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	645
2	Jason	610
3	Christopher	549
4	Ryan	494
5	Joshua	486
6	Matthew	481
7	David	421
8	James	411
9	Brian	352
10	Robert	338
11	Jeremy	328
12	Daniel	326
13	Joseph	306
14	Nicholas	293
15	John	284
16	Andrew	282
17	Justin	281
18	Aaron	263
19	Timothy	251
20	Eric	235
21	Nathan	230
22	Scott	222
23	William	219
24	Jeffrey	210
25	Benjamin	208

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Kevin	208
27	Adam	201
28	Jesse	194
29	Jacob	192
30	Travis	180
31	Jonathan	174
32	Steven	171
33	Mark	164
34	Brandon	159
35	Richard	155
36	Shawn	154
37	Thomas	147
38	Anthony	142
39	Paul	119
40	Chad	116
41	Dustin	108
42	Charles	102
43	Kenneth	98
43	Sean	98
45	Patrick	97
46	Stephen	93
47	Bryan	92
48	Gregory	91
49	Kyle	86
50	Cory	84
51	Casey	83
52	Shane	77
53	Gabriel	76
53	Jeremiah	76
53	Samuel	76
56	Peter	75
56	Tyler	75
56	Zachary	75
59	Shaun	74
60	Donald	68
60	Joel	68
62	Bradley	65
63	Craig	63
64	Erik	61
65	Gary	59
65	Jared	59
67	Jeffery	58
67	Ronald	58
69	Douglas	57
69	Luke	57
69	Seth	57
72	Cody	54
73	Todd	52
74	Kristopher	51
74	Nathaniel	51
76	Keith	49
76	Troy	49
78	Brent	48
78	Corey	48
78	Edward	48
78	Lucas	48
82	Brett	46
82	Ian	46
84	Phillip	44
85	George	43
85	Randy	43
87	Trevor	40
88	Derek	39
88	Kelly	39
88	Tyson	39
91	Dennis	38
91	Jose	38
91	Wesley	38
94	Raymond	37
95	Larry	36
95	Mathew	36
95	Russell	36
98	Jack	34
99	Curtis	33
99	Geoffrey	33
99	Jon	33