Most popular boys’ names in Vermont, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	118
1	Jason	118
3	Michael	113
4	Matthew	103
5	Joshua	82
6	Daniel	75
7	David	71
8	Robert	70
9	James	63
10	Jeremy	56
10	Timothy	56
12	Benjamin	54
12	Nathan	54
14	Adam	53
14	Andrew	53
14	Eric	53
17	John	52
18	Joseph	50
19	Ryan	48
20	Brian	47
21	Nicholas	46
22	Justin	45
22	Kevin	45
24	Jonathan	44
24	William	44

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jesse	42
27	Richard	38
28	Scott	37
29	Jeffrey	35
29	Shawn	35
31	Peter	34
31	Thomas	34
33	Aaron	33
34	Travis	32
35	Paul	28
36	Chad	27
37	Sean	25
37	Seth	25
39	Todd	23
40	Mark	22
41	Kyle	21
41	Tyler	21
43	Charles	20
43	Corey	20
45	Steven	19
46	Anthony	18
47	Donald	17
47	Jared	17
47	Stephen	17
50	Craig	16
50	Edward	16
52	Gregory	15
52	Jamie	15
52	Keith	15
52	Patrick	15
52	Trevor	15
57	Bruce	14
57	Kenneth	14
57	Zachary	14
60	Douglas	13
60	Gary	13
62	Bradley	12
62	Derek	12
62	Jacob	12
62	Lucas	12
62	Raymond	12
62	Samuel	12
62	Shane	12
69	Bryan	11
69	Erik	11
69	Shaun	11
72	Ian	10
73	Ethan	9
73	George	9
73	Joel	9
73	Lance	9
73	Lee	9
73	Wayne	9
79	Caleb	8
79	Cory	8
79	Rodney	8
82	Alan	7
82	Allen	7
82	Jeffery	7
82	Lawrence	7
82	Luke	7
82	Nathaniel	7
82	Philip	7
82	Roger	7
82	Shannon	7
91	Billy	6
91	Dana	6
91	Evan	6
91	Geoffrey	6
91	Jeremiah	6
91	Marc	6
91	Martin	6
91	Mathew	6
91	Randy	6
100	Arthur	5
100	Barry	5
100	Casey	5
100	Curtis	5
100	Damian	5
100	Gabriel	5
100	Jerry	5
100	Jon	5
100	Louis	5
100	Micheal	5
100	Ronald	5
100	Troy	5
100	Walter	5