Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	984
2	Michael	949
3	Christopher	708
4	David	683
5	Ryan	573
6	Matthew	550
7	James	526
8	Joshua	516
9	Robert	515
10	Brian	482
11	Jeremy	472
12	John	446
13	Daniel	411
14	Aaron	364
15	Joseph	350
16	Jeffrey	332
17	Eric	331
18	Justin	321
19	Scott	320
20	William	290
21	Kevin	284
22	Andrew	282
23	Richard	271
24	Benjamin	257
24	Steven	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	244
27	Mark	227
28	Paul	221
29	Travis	217
30	Thomas	216
31	Adam	214
32	Anthony	210
33	Chad	206
34	Nathan	203
35	Jesse	191
35	Shawn	191
37	Sean	183
38	Jonathan	180
39	Brandon	171
40	Charles	167
41	Gregory	165
42	Jacob	161
43	Shane	143
44	Kenneth	142
45	Bryan	133
46	Donald	128
46	Patrick	128
48	Todd	118
49	Kyle	116
50	Peter	113
51	Bradley	110
52	Douglas	109
53	Joel	108
54	Gabriel	103
55	Erik	101
56	Stephen	100
57	Craig	95
57	Samuel	95
59	Jeremiah	93
60	Ronald	88
61	Casey	84
61	Zachary	84
63	Brent	83
63	Dustin	83
63	Ian	83
63	Jeffery	83
67	Edward	79
68	Gary	76
68	Keith	76
70	Jamie	74
70	Troy	74
72	Tyler	71
73	Jose	68
74	Cory	67
75	Seth	66
76	Corey	64
77	Raymond	63
78	Brett	61
78	Jared	61
78	Phillip	61
78	Randy	61
82	Derek	60
83	George	58
83	Nathaniel	58
85	Nicholas	57
86	Jon	56
86	Kelly	56
88	Dennis	55
88	Terry	55
90	Alexander	54
90	Tony	54
92	Frank	53
92	Trevor	53
94	Philip	50
95	Curtis	47
95	Marcus	47
97	Jerry	45
98	Cameron	44
98	Christian	44
98	Jay	44
98	Roger	44