Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	4,204
2	Jason	3,019
3	David	2,227
4	Christopher	2,129
5	James	2,072
6	John	2,063
7	Brian	2,018
8	Matthew	2,007
9	Robert	1,935
10	Joseph	1,725
11	William	1,423
12	Daniel	1,388
13	Kevin	1,195
14	Thomas	1,147
15	Eric	1,130
16	Timothy	1,047
17	Ryan	1,041
18	Jeffrey	1,039
19	Richard	947
20	Mark	937
21	Andrew	904
22	Joshua	886
23	Scott	821
24	Jeremy	802
25	Anthony	798

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	779
27	Shawn	751
28	Stephen	749
29	Charles	703
30	Jonathan	647
31	Gregory	632
32	Justin	618
33	Paul	592
34	Benjamin	563
35	Adam	556
36	Chad	552
37	Edward	510
38	Kenneth	503
39	Aaron	480
40	Patrick	473
41	Sean	466
42	Nathan	457
43	Donald	454
44	Keith	413
45	Todd	399
46	Ronald	382
47	George	361
48	Douglas	353
49	Bryan	351
50	Nicholas	326
51	Dennis	323
52	Peter	321
53	Bradley	305
54	Craig	279
54	Gary	279
56	Samuel	273
57	Raymond	269
58	Brandon	256
59	Jesse	247
60	Frank	235
61	Shane	221
62	Corey	219
63	Philip	209
64	Travis	199
65	Brad	179
65	Vincent	179
67	Jamie	175
68	Jared	171
69	Joel	168
70	Cory	167
70	Marc	167
72	Jeremiah	166
73	Jacob	163
74	Ian	162
74	Randy	162
76	Brett	161
77	Larry	160
78	Shaun	159
79	Wayne	153
80	Christian	149
81	Kyle	148
82	Derek	147
83	Francis	142
84	Carl	138
84	Gerald	138
86	Wesley	132
87	Alexander	131
87	Erik	131
87	Troy	131
90	Lawrence	127
90	Terry	127
92	Brent	123
93	Damon	122
94	Jose	121
95	Russell	120
96	Louis	113
97	Bruce	109
97	Nathaniel	109
99	Eugene	107
99	Walter	107