Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	362
2	Jason	243
3	Christopher	227
4	David	202
5	John	157
6	Robert	152
7	Brian	131
8	Matthew	125
9	James	124
10	Daniel	112
11	Joseph	111
12	William	104
13	Eric	94
14	Thomas	90
15	Kevin	85
15	Scott	85
17	Jeffrey	78
18	Stephen	76
19	Steven	74
20	Richard	70
21	Anthony	69
22	Mark	67
23	Paul	66
23	Timothy	66
25	Joshua	65

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	55
27	Peter	52
28	Gregory	50
28	Keith	50
28	Ryan	50
31	Jeremy	48
32	Andrew	45
33	Sean	41
34	Justin	39
35	Shawn	37
36	Derek	33
36	Kenneth	33
36	Nathan	33
36	Patrick	33
40	Edward	32
41	Charles	31
41	Raymond	31
43	Adam	30
44	Aaron	28
44	Benjamin	28
44	Dennis	28
44	Donald	28
48	Todd	27
49	Craig	26
49	Jamie	26
51	Bryan	25
51	George	25
53	Marc	24
54	Kyle	23
55	Gary	21
55	Ronald	21
55	Vincent	21
58	Philip	19
59	Erik	18
60	Brad	17
60	Frank	17
60	Jacob	17
60	Jesse	17
60	Nicholas	17
65	Seth	16
65	Shane	16
67	Douglas	15
67	Jared	15
69	Chad	14
69	Roger	14
71	Christian	13
72	Alexander	12
72	Joel	12
72	Troy	12
75	Bruce	11
75	Ernest	11
75	Luis	11
75	Neil	11
75	Nelson	11
80	Carlos	10
80	Jay	10
80	Jose	10
80	Russell	10
80	Walter	10
85	Alan	9
85	Danny	9
85	Geoffrey	9
85	Gerald	9
85	Ian	9
85	Manuel	9
85	Marcus	9
85	Mario	9
85	Wayne	9
94	Albert	8
94	Arthur	8
94	Carl	8
94	Cory	8
94	Eugene	8
94	Gabriel	8
94	Leonard	8
94	Louis	8
94	Steve	8
94	Victor	8