Most popular boys’ names in Rhode Island, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	391
2	Jason	223
3	David	218
4	Christopher	211
5	Matthew	166
6	John	159
7	Joseph	152
8	Robert	147
9	Brian	129
10	James	123
11	Daniel	122
12	Steven	100
13	Nicholas	96
14	Richard	94
15	William	89
16	Kevin	86
17	Jeffrey	81
18	Thomas	80
19	Joshua	79
19	Timothy	79
21	Ryan	76
22	Jonathan	75
22	Scott	75
24	Eric	73
25	Stephen	72

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	68
27	Justin	67
28	Andrew	65
28	Peter	65
30	Mark	64
31	Paul	61
32	Patrick	59
33	Anthony	58
34	Gregory	48
34	Jeremy	48
36	Shawn	44
37	Kenneth	43
38	Charles	41
39	Benjamin	40
39	Keith	40
41	Edward	35
42	Sean	32
43	Kyle	29
44	Derek	28
44	George	28
44	Raymond	28
47	Jesse	27
47	Nathan	27
49	Aaron	22
50	Gary	21
50	Seth	21
52	Ronald	20
53	Chad	19
54	Dennis	18
54	Donald	18
54	Erik	18
54	Frank	18
54	Marc	18
54	Shaun	18
60	Bryan	17
60	Craig	17
60	Todd	17
63	Douglas	16
63	Philip	16
65	Christian	15
65	Corey	15
65	Neil	15
65	Vincent	15
69	Antonio	14
69	Jared	14
71	Alan	13
71	Alexander	13
71	Brad	13
71	Brandon	13
71	Ian	13
71	Joel	13
71	Jose	13
71	Randy	13
79	Albert	12
79	Jacob	12
79	Louis	12
82	Arthur	11
82	Geoffrey	11
82	Henry	11
82	Jamie	11
86	Luke	10
86	Nathaniel	10
86	Norman	10
86	Shane	10
90	Jay	9
90	Mathew	9
90	Russell	9
90	Samuel	9
90	Victor	9
90	Zachary	9
96	Bradley	8
96	Brendan	8
96	Brett	8
96	Curtis	8
96	Derrick	8
96	Gabriel	8
96	Lucas	8
96	Nelson	8
96	Phillip	8
96	Roberto	8
96	Troy	8