Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	412
2	Jason	226
3	David	204
4	Matthew	201
5	Christopher	188
6	John	167
7	Robert	163
8	Joseph	143
9	Brian	133
10	James	126
11	Daniel	124
12	Steven	101
13	William	98
14	Kevin	97
15	Eric	89
16	Jeffrey	88
17	Paul	82
18	Joshua	80
18	Thomas	80
20	Nicholas	73
21	Timothy	72
22	Richard	70
23	Andrew	69
23	Ryan	69
25	Adam	66

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	65
27	Jonathan	63
27	Mark	63
29	Peter	60
30	Gregory	56
31	Stephen	55
32	Scott	53
33	Justin	52
34	Kenneth	50
35	Edward	42
35	Shawn	42
37	Keith	40
37	Sean	40
39	Benjamin	36
40	Raymond	33
41	Nathan	32
42	Jeremy	31
43	Charles	29
44	Derek	26
45	Patrick	25
45	Seth	25
47	Dennis	24
47	Donald	24
49	Frank	23
49	Todd	23
51	Jesse	22
51	Marc	22
51	Shaun	22
54	Aaron	20
55	Bryan	19
55	George	19
55	Jared	19
55	Kyle	19
59	Shane	18
60	Neil	17
60	Ronald	17
62	Brandon	15
62	Manuel	15
62	Philip	15
65	Douglas	14
65	Gary	14
65	Jose	14
68	Brendan	13
68	Ian	13
68	Joel	13
71	Christian	12
71	Cory	12
71	Craig	12
74	Carl	11
74	Kristopher	11
74	Randy	11
74	Walter	11
78	Alan	10
78	Bradford	10
78	Chad	10
78	Corey	10
78	Jacob	10
78	Jon	10
78	Mathew	10
78	Victor	10
78	Vincent	10
87	Alexander	9
87	Bruce	9
87	Nelson	9
87	Russell	9
87	Samuel	9
87	Theodore	9
87	Wayne	9
94	Albert	8
94	Alfred	8
94	Antonio	8
94	Arthur	8
94	Carlos	8
94	Erik	8
94	Gerald	8
94	Jamie	8
94	Lee	8