Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,391
2	Jason	1,388
3	Matthew	1,090
4	Christopher	923
5	Ryan	838
6	Brian	794
7	David	769
8	Andrew	713
9	Daniel	689
9	Nicholas	689
11	Joshua	685
12	Joseph	603
13	James	583
14	Timothy	573
15	Eric	555
16	Jeremy	546
17	John	514
17	Robert	514
19	Scott	501
20	Kevin	499
21	Adam	474
22	Chad	460
23	Jeffrey	438
24	Benjamin	434
25	Aaron	409

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	399
27	Mark	392
28	Nathan	379
29	Paul	366
30	Justin	331
31	Thomas	327
32	Anthony	326
33	William	318
34	Richard	249
35	Travis	247
36	Shawn	230
37	Peter	229
38	Bradley	222
39	Craig	210
40	Jesse	208
41	Jacob	205
41	Jonathan	205
43	Patrick	186
44	Todd	180
45	Charles	177
46	Cory	173
47	Gregory	170
48	Kyle	161
49	Bryan	159
50	Joel	149
51	Shaun	141
52	Brandon	139
53	Keith	137
54	Shane	136
55	Corey	127
56	Kenneth	121
56	Stephen	121
58	Troy	120
59	Derek	114
60	Douglas	112
61	Erik	108
62	Jamie	107
63	Samuel	104
64	Jeremiah	103
65	Sean	102
66	Lucas	100
67	Jared	98
68	Brent	94
69	Donald	93
70	Luke	85
71	Brad	81
72	Zachary	80
73	Kurt	77
74	Casey	74
74	Jon	74
76	Dennis	73
76	Dustin	73
78	Nathaniel	71
78	Ronald	71
80	Brett	69
80	Lee	69
80	Tyler	69
83	Russell	67
84	Phillip	66
85	Seth	65
85	Terry	65
87	Curtis	64
88	Neil	62
89	Edward	60
89	Jay	60
89	Jeffery	60
89	Randy	60
93	Lance	59
94	Gary	58
94	Kristopher	58
96	Philip	53
97	Alan	52
98	Mathew	51
99	Larry	49
100	Tony	48