Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,046
2	Jason	888
3	Christopher	811
4	David	697
5	Ryan	687
6	Joshua	666
7	James	584
8	Matthew	574
9	Brian	542
10	John	520
11	Daniel	499
12	Robert	496
13	Jeremy	466
14	Joseph	412
15	Aaron	385
16	Nicholas	379
17	Jeffrey	357
18	Andrew	344
19	Justin	338
20	Timothy	328
21	William	326
22	Eric	320
23	Adam	317
24	Benjamin	316
25	Kevin	309

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	303
27	Steven	279
28	Richard	275
29	Jacob	262
30	Anthony	250
31	Nathan	249
32	Mark	246
33	Paul	230
34	Thomas	227
35	Brandon	225
36	Charles	207
37	Travis	202
38	Jesse	197
39	Sean	195
40	Kyle	191
41	Jonathan	190
42	Chad	185
43	Shawn	181
44	Bryan	147
45	Patrick	144
46	Shane	142
47	Shaun	136
48	Kenneth	135
49	Jared	126
49	Peter	126
51	Gregory	124
52	Erik	115
53	Stephen	114
54	Dustin	113
55	Donald	108
56	Casey	107
56	Todd	107
58	Jeremiah	104
59	Joel	102
60	Samuel	98
61	Tyler	97
62	Douglas	96
63	Seth	92
64	Cory	91
65	Jeffery	87
66	Zachary	85
67	Ian	83
68	Derek	82
69	Jose	81
70	Craig	80
71	Keith	79
72	Corey	75
72	Kristopher	75
74	Gabriel	74
75	Edward	72
76	Gary	71
77	Russell	70
78	Trevor	68
79	Bradley	67
80	Nathaniel	64
80	Randy	64
82	Curtis	63
82	Troy	63
84	Ronald	62
85	Lucas	61
86	George	60
86	Raymond	60
88	Dennis	59
89	Brett	57
90	Cameron	55
90	Philip	55
92	Brent	54
92	Marcus	54
92	Phillip	54
95	Isaac	51
95	Tyson	51
97	Alexander	50
97	Cody	50
97	Larry	50
100	Colin	49
100	Terry	49