Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	369
2	Jason	249
3	David	188
4	Matthew	187
5	Christopher	186
6	John	174
7	Joseph	160
8	Robert	152
9	Brian	132
10	James	130
11	Eric	113
12	Daniel	109
13	Steven	92
14	Joshua	91
15	Kevin	89
16	Richard	86
17	Scott	79
18	Thomas	78
19	Peter	74
20	William	73
21	Andrew	67
22	Mark	66
22	Paul	66
24	Ryan	64
25	Jeffrey	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	59
27	Anthony	58
28	Jonathan	56
29	Adam	55
30	Justin	54
30	Stephen	54
32	Gregory	52
33	Jeremy	51
34	Kenneth	45
35	Nathan	43
36	Sean	42
37	Keith	41
37	Patrick	41
37	Shawn	41
40	Charles	39
41	Derek	38
42	Edward	37
43	Benjamin	36
44	Nicholas	35
44	Raymond	35
46	Todd	31
47	Dennis	29
47	Ronald	29
49	Aaron	27
49	Corey	27
51	Frank	26
52	Marc	25
53	Donald	24
53	Jesse	24
55	Chad	23
56	Bryan	22
56	Kyle	22
58	Jacob	20
59	Craig	17
59	Douglas	17
59	Jamie	17
62	Gary	16
62	Shaun	16
64	Arthur	14
64	Seth	14
64	Shane	14
67	Albert	13
67	Antonio	13
67	Brandon	13
67	George	13
67	Philip	13
67	Vincent	13
73	Bradford	12
73	Carlos	12
73	Jayson	12
73	Joel	12
73	Manuel	12
73	Russell	12
79	Alexander	11
79	Erik	11
79	Phillip	11
79	Roger	11
79	Walter	11
84	Bruce	10
84	Christian	10
84	Henry	10
84	Ian	10
84	Neil	10
84	Randy	10
84	Victor	10
84	Wayne	10
92	Brendan	9
92	Carl	9
92	Cory	9
92	Lawrence	9
92	Lee	9
92	Mario	9
92	Travis	9
99	Alan	8
99	Allen	8
99	Damian	8
99	Daryl	8
99	Eugene	8
99	Gerald	8
99	Jerry	8
99	Louis	8
99	Samuel	8
99	Steve	8
99	Troy	8