The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1977
6,861 different boys’ names were recorded in 1977, covering 1,643,220 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,587 |
| 2 | Jason | 55,631 |
| 3 | Christopher | 46,721 |
| 4 | David | 40,515 |
| 5 | James | 40,040 |
| 6 | Robert | 34,214 |
| 7 | John | 34,195 |
| 8 | Brian | 32,492 |
| 9 | Matthew | 31,965 |
| 10 | Joseph | 26,483 |
| 11 | Daniel | 26,073 |
| 12 | William | 24,758 |
| 13 | Kevin | 22,463 |
| 14 | Joshua | 22,068 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 21,610 |
| 16 | Ryan | 21,246 |
| 17 | Eric | 20,745 |
| 18 | Timothy | 17,977 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 17,481 |
| 20 | Richard | 17,442 |
| 21 | Anthony | 16,804 |
| 22 | Thomas | 16,586 |
| 23 | Steven | 16,484 |
| 24 | Andrew | 16,017 |
| 25 | Mark | 15,418 |
| 26 | Charles | 14,743 |
| 27 | Scott | 14,203 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 12,319 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 12,106 |
| 30 | Justin | 12,008 |
| 31 | Paul | 11,798 |
| 32 | Aaron | 11,631 |
| 33 | Adam | 11,030 |
| 34 | Chad | 10,831 |
| 35 | Gregory | 10,052 |
| 36 | Nathan | 9,886 |
| 37 | Shawn | 9,865 |
| 38 | Stephen | 9,635 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 9,452 |
| 40 | Patrick | 8,305 |
| 41 | Brandon | 8,272 |
| 42 | Bryan | 7,886 |
| 43 | Sean | 7,625 |
| 44 | Travis | 7,277 |
| 45 | Jose | 6,919 |
| 46 | Donald | 6,866 |
| 47 | Edward | 6,840 |
| 48 | Keith | 6,597 |
| 49 | Bradley | 6,431 |
| 50 | Todd | 6,276 |
| 51 | Nicholas | 6,071 |
| 52 | Corey | 6,041 |
| 53 | Ronald | 6,026 |
| 54 | Jesse | 5,823 |
| 55 | Peter | 5,821 |
| 56 | Jacob | 5,788 |
| 57 | George | 5,606 |
| 58 | Gary | 5,447 |
| 59 | Douglas | 5,297 |
| 60 | Samuel | 5,257 |
| 61 | Shane | 4,868 |
| 62 | Larry | 4,837 |
| 63 | Juan | 4,562 |
| 64 | Craig | 4,560 |
| 65 | Raymond | 4,372 |
| 66 | Wesley | 4,302 |
| 67 | Cory | 4,259 |
| 68 | Dennis | 4,152 |
| 69 | Jeremiah | 4,151 |
| 70 | Phillip | 3,967 |
| 71 | Frank | 3,894 |
| 72 | Marcus | 3,846 |
| 73 | Joel | 3,824 |
| 74 | Carlos | 3,795 |
| 75 | Jerry | 3,745 |
| 76 | Jared | 3,738 |
| 77 | Antonio | 3,662 |
| 78 | Jeffery | 3,564 |
| 79 | Kyle | 3,505 |
| 80 | Derrick | 3,481 |
| 81 | Dustin | 3,477 |
| 82 | Jamie | 3,447 |
| 83 | Terry | 3,443 |
| 84 | Derek | 3,441 |
| 85 | Brent | 3,423 |
| 86 | Randy | 3,397 |
| 87 | Gabriel | 3,346 |
| 88 | Troy | 3,307 |
| 89 | Russell | 3,124 |
| 90 | Philip | 3,093 |
| 91 | Billy | 2,950 |
| 92 | Tony | 2,938 |
| 93 | Johnny | 2,801 |
| 94 | Erik | 2,786 |
| 95 | Zachary | 2,777 |
| 96 | Alexander | 2,704 |
| 97 | Rodney | 2,703 |
| 98 | Jimmy | 2,637 |
| 99 | Carl | 2,615 |
| 100 | Curtis | 2,605 |
| 101 | Marc | 2,601 |
| 102 | Casey | 2,597 |
| 103 | Shaun | 2,578 |
| 104 | Victor | 2,548 |
| 105 | Bobby | 2,539 |
| 106 | Brad | 2,524 |
| 107 | Nathaniel | 2,500 |
| 108 | Luis | 2,493 |
| 109 | Brett | 2,489 |
| 110 | Vincent | 2,458 |
| 111 | Danny | 2,437 |
| 112 | Damon | 2,357 |
| 113 | Kristopher | 2,346 |
| 114 | Roger | 2,313 |
| 115 | Lawrence | 2,311 |
| 116 | Christian | 2,294 |
| 117 | Seth | 2,288 |
| 117 | Jon | 2,288 |
| 119 | Ian | 2,287 |
| 120 | Shannon | 2,286 |
| 121 | Adrian | 2,262 |
| 122 | Micheal | 2,215 |
| 123 | Walter | 2,185 |
| 124 | Willie | 2,163 |
| 125 | Martin | 2,155 |
| 126 | Henry | 2,134 |
| 126 | Alan | 2,134 |
| 128 | Joe | 2,124 |
| 129 | Mario | 2,121 |
| 130 | Jay | 2,097 |
| 131 | Gerald | 2,046 |
| 132 | Jesus | 2,044 |
| 133 | Lee | 2,014 |
| 134 | Andre | 1,971 |
| 135 | Arthur | 1,969 |
| 136 | Ricky | 1,959 |
| 137 | Albert | 1,950 |
| 137 | Wayne | 1,950 |
| 139 | Lance | 1,925 |
| 140 | Randall | 1,920 |
| 141 | Roy | 1,913 |
| 142 | Clinton | 1,869 |
| 143 | Louis | 1,865 |
| 144 | Allen | 1,818 |
| 145 | Miguel | 1,756 |
| 146 | Manuel | 1,739 |
| 147 | Ricardo | 1,724 |
| 148 | Bruce | 1,700 |
| 149 | Jack | 1,672 |
| 150 | Darrell | 1,656 |
| 151 | Roberto | 1,630 |
| 152 | Frederick | 1,627 |
| 153 | Alex | 1,610 |
| 154 | Jorge | 1,580 |
| 155 | Tyrone | 1,572 |
| 156 | Ronnie | 1,546 |
| 157 | Reginald | 1,520 |
| 158 | Darren | 1,503 |
| 159 | Francisco | 1,496 |
| 160 | Chris | 1,494 |
| 161 | Ernest | 1,485 |
| 162 | Kelly | 1,484 |
| 163 | Dwayne | 1,460 |
| 164 | Barry | 1,458 |
| 165 | Tyler | 1,452 |
| 166 | Maurice | 1,440 |
| 167 | Harold | 1,434 |
| 168 | Trevor | 1,431 |
| 169 | Neil | 1,429 |
| 170 | Eugene | 1,395 |
| 171 | Eddie | 1,380 |
| 172 | Jermaine | 1,374 |
| 173 | Ruben | 1,365 |
| 174 | Jerome | 1,363 |
| 174 | Jaime | 1,363 |
| 176 | Dale | 1,360 |
| 177 | Tommy | 1,332 |
| 178 | Leonard | 1,301 |
| 179 | Calvin | 1,285 |
| 180 | Edwin | 1,283 |
| 181 | Oscar | 1,273 |
| 182 | Steve | 1,270 |
| 183 | Cody | 1,266 |
| 184 | Isaac | 1,264 |
| 185 | Mitchell | 1,263 |
| 185 | Geoffrey | 1,263 |
| 187 | Ralph | 1,253 |
| 188 | Glenn | 1,245 |
| 189 | Angel | 1,244 |
| 190 | Luke | 1,242 |
| 191 | Mathew | 1,240 |
| 192 | Terrance | 1,237 |
| 193 | Omar | 1,226 |
| 194 | Theodore | 1,223 |
| 195 | Joey | 1,213 |
| 196 | Marvin | 1,172 |
| 197 | Clayton | 1,165 |
| 198 | Terrence | 1,152 |
| 199 | Melvin | 1,144 |
| 199 | Hector | 1,144 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1977 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.