Most popular boys’ names in Vermont, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	140
2	Michael	132
3	Christopher	106
4	Matthew	102
5	David	80
5	James	80
7	Jeremy	73
8	Brian	68
9	Joshua	62
10	Eric	60
10	Robert	60
12	Daniel	56
13	John	49
14	Joseph	47
14	Kevin	47
16	Jeffrey	45
16	Nathan	45
18	William	44
19	Benjamin	42
20	Chad	41
20	Travis	41
22	Adam	40
23	Andrew	38
23	Timothy	38
25	Shawn	37

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	35
26	Justin	35
26	Scott	35
29	Mark	34
30	Thomas	32
31	Richard	30
32	Aaron	29
32	Seth	29
34	Charles	28
35	Todd	27
36	Anthony	26
36	Ryan	26
36	Stephen	26
36	Steven	26
40	Peter	24
41	Paul	23
42	Patrick	21
42	Sean	21
44	Jeremiah	20
45	Corey	19
46	Craig	18
47	Gregory	17
47	Jacob	17
49	Keith	16
50	Brent	15
50	Donald	15
50	Gary	15
50	Jamie	15
50	Shane	15
55	Cory	14
55	Douglas	14
55	Kyle	14
58	Bradley	13
58	Edward	13
58	Jesse	13
58	Kenneth	13
62	Bryan	12
63	George	11
63	Ian	11
63	Jared	11
63	Nicholas	11
63	Randy	11
63	Ronald	11
63	Trevor	11
63	Tyler	11
71	Ethan	10
71	Raymond	10
71	Zachary	10
74	Brendan	9
74	Casey	9
74	Dana	9
74	Dustin	9
74	Joel	9
74	Luke	9
74	Nathaniel	9
74	Samuel	9
82	Dennis	8
82	Derek	8
82	Frederick	8
82	Jay	8
82	Lance	8
82	Russell	8
82	Toby	8
82	Wayne	8
90	Bruce	7
90	Marc	7
90	Philip	7
90	Shannon	7
90	Wesley	7
95	Albert	6
95	Erik	6
95	Francis	6
95	Gabriel	6
95	Joey	6
95	Kristopher	6
95	Ricky	6
95	Shaun	6
95	Walter	6