Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	1,005
2	Michael	991
3	Christopher	767
4	David	684
5	Ryan	665
6	Matthew	641
7	Joshua	611
8	James	542
9	Jeremy	533
10	Brian	503
11	John	483
12	Robert	471
13	Daniel	420
13	Joseph	420
15	Kevin	406
16	Jeffrey	354
17	Aaron	353
18	Andrew	344
19	Eric	342
20	Scott	303
21	William	300
22	Justin	289
23	Benjamin	282
24	Timothy	281
25	Richard	275

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	266
27	Nathan	256
28	Mark	252
29	Anthony	251
30	Adam	230
31	Travis	228
32	Thomas	220
33	Jacob	215
34	Jonathan	213
35	Jesse	211
36	Paul	201
37	Chad	196
37	Sean	196
39	Brandon	181
40	Shawn	177
41	Charles	159
42	Bryan	154
43	Patrick	153
44	Kenneth	146
44	Nicholas	146
46	Gregory	138
47	Shane	137
48	Kyle	133
49	Todd	131
50	Peter	122
51	Stephen	121
52	Joel	120
53	Dustin	119
54	Ian	106
55	Donald	102
56	Corey	97
57	Douglas	95
57	Erik	95
59	Cory	93
60	Jeremiah	92
60	Ronald	92
62	Bradley	89
62	Gary	89
64	Tyler	88
65	Craig	87
66	Gabriel	86
66	Keith	86
68	Brent	85
69	Casey	83
69	Seth	83
71	Samuel	82
71	Zachary	82
73	Jared	77
74	Jeffery	73
74	Kristopher	73
76	Edward	70
77	Trevor	69
78	Wesley	68
79	Troy	67
80	Derek	63
80	Shaun	63
82	Marcus	59
82	Russell	59
84	Jon	58
85	Juan	56
85	Randy	56
87	George	55
87	Raymond	55
89	Cameron	52
89	Jose	52
89	Phillip	52
92	Christian	51
92	Mathew	51
94	Alexander	50
94	Brett	50
96	Carl	49
96	Jack	49
98	Dennis	47
98	Geoffrey	47
98	Marc	47