The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1978
6,762 different boys’ names were recorded in 1978, covering 1,641,837 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,127 |
| 2 | Jason | 51,600 |
| 3 | Christopher | 47,236 |
| 4 | David | 40,684 |
| 5 | James | 39,894 |
| 6 | Matthew | 34,282 |
| 7 | John | 34,014 |
| 8 | Robert | 33,374 |
| 9 | Brian | 29,432 |
| 10 | Joseph | 26,663 |
| 11 | Daniel | 26,441 |
| 12 | Joshua | 25,204 |
| 13 | William | 24,170 |
| 14 | Ryan | 21,322 |
| 15 | Kevin | 20,094 |
| 16 | Eric | 19,761 |
| 17 | Timothy | 19,597 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 19,509 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 16,989 |
| 20 | Anthony | 16,808 |
| 21 | Richard | 16,734 |
| 22 | Andrew | 16,720 |
| 23 | Thomas | 16,481 |
| 24 | Steven | 16,390 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 16,342 |
| 26 | Mark | 14,851 |
| 27 | Charles | 14,844 |
| 28 | Justin | 14,183 |
| 29 | Adam | 13,918 |
| 30 | Scott | 13,539 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 12,514 |
| 32 | Aaron | 12,299 |
| 33 | Paul | 11,733 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 11,414 |
| 35 | Chad | 10,107 |
| 36 | Nathan | 9,890 |
| 37 | Stephen | 9,854 |
| 38 | Gregory | 9,340 |
| 39 | Shawn | 9,289 |
| 40 | Brandon | 9,241 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 9,021 |
| 42 | Patrick | 8,830 |
| 43 | Bryan | 7,291 |
| 44 | Jose | 7,148 |
| 45 | Sean | 7,059 |
| 46 | Travis | 6,953 |
| 47 | Edward | 6,473 |
| 48 | Donald | 6,423 |
| 49 | Keith | 6,172 |
| 50 | Jacob | 6,161 |
| 51 | Jesse | 6,107 |
| 52 | Shaun | 6,105 |
| 53 | Bradley | 6,096 |
| 54 | Peter | 5,872 |
| 55 | Ronald | 5,758 |
| 56 | Todd | 5,497 |
| 57 | Samuel | 5,394 |
| 58 | George | 5,297 |
| 59 | Douglas | 5,151 |
| 60 | Gary | 5,111 |
| 61 | Corey | 4,942 |
| 62 | Juan | 4,837 |
| 63 | Kyle | 4,517 |
| 64 | Larry | 4,514 |
| 65 | Shane | 4,480 |
| 66 | Craig | 4,472 |
| 67 | Phillip | 4,362 |
| 68 | Dustin | 4,177 |
| 69 | Raymond | 4,134 |
| 70 | Marcus | 3,995 |
| 71 | Dennis | 3,861 |
| 72 | Jared | 3,847 |
| 73 | Cory | 3,842 |
| 74 | Joel | 3,810 |
| 75 | Derek | 3,800 |
| 76 | Derrick | 3,786 |
| 77 | Frank | 3,775 |
| 78 | Carlos | 3,729 |
| 79 | Antonio | 3,677 |
| 80 | Jeffery | 3,543 |
| 81 | Jeremiah | 3,445 |
| 82 | Jerry | 3,427 |
| 83 | Wesley | 3,306 |
| 84 | Philip | 3,298 |
| 85 | Erik | 3,261 |
| 86 | Randy | 3,220 |
| 87 | Brent | 3,181 |
| 88 | Troy | 3,152 |
| 89 | Zachary | 3,127 |
| 90 | Gabriel | 3,126 |
| 91 | Terry | 3,089 |
| 92 | Casey | 3,003 |
| 93 | Russell | 2,984 |
| 94 | Nathaniel | 2,925 |
| 95 | Jamie | 2,864 |
| 96 | Curtis | 2,825 |
| 97 | Tony | 2,770 |
| 98 | Alexander | 2,738 |
| 99 | Billy | 2,695 |
| 100 | Carl | 2,606 |
| 101 | Johnny | 2,555 |
| 102 | Rodney | 2,554 |
| 103 | Victor | 2,549 |
| 104 | Kristopher | 2,525 |
| 105 | Vincent | 2,505 |
| 106 | Seth | 2,504 |
| 107 | Marc | 2,480 |
| 108 | Jon | 2,410 |
| 109 | Luis | 2,398 |
| 109 | Bobby | 2,398 |
| 111 | Adrian | 2,306 |
| 112 | Brett | 2,305 |
| 113 | Lawrence | 2,245 |
| 114 | Mario | 2,230 |
| 115 | Danny | 2,209 |
| 116 | Christian | 2,208 |
| 117 | Ian | 2,172 |
| 118 | Jimmy | 2,168 |
| 119 | Jay | 2,151 |
| 120 | Roger | 2,143 |
| 121 | Willie | 2,135 |
| 122 | Alan | 2,122 |
| 123 | Brad | 2,106 |
| 124 | Jesus | 2,074 |
| 125 | Micheal | 2,059 |
| 126 | Martin | 2,050 |
| 127 | Henry | 2,043 |
| 128 | Joe | 2,039 |
| 129 | Andre | 2,033 |
| 130 | Ricky | 2,017 |
| 131 | Walter | 1,991 |
| 132 | Damon | 1,981 |
| 133 | Lee | 1,980 |
| 134 | Randall | 1,971 |
| 134 | Lance | 1,971 |
| 136 | Lucas | 1,953 |
| 137 | Gerald | 1,889 |
| 138 | Wayne | 1,888 |
| 139 | Luke | 1,882 |
| 140 | Ricardo | 1,880 |
| 141 | Arthur | 1,874 |
| 142 | Manuel | 1,849 |
| 142 | Shannon | 1,849 |
| 144 | Miguel | 1,829 |
| 145 | Allen | 1,828 |
| 146 | Albert | 1,803 |
| 147 | Roy | 1,795 |
| 148 | Clinton | 1,763 |
| 149 | Louis | 1,753 |
| 150 | Tyler | 1,752 |
| 151 | Bruce | 1,701 |
| 152 | Cody | 1,683 |
| 153 | Jorge | 1,634 |
| 154 | Roberto | 1,609 |
| 155 | Francisco | 1,608 |
| 156 | Jack | 1,579 |
| 157 | Maurice | 1,575 |
| 158 | Frederick | 1,533 |
| 159 | Neil | 1,527 |
| 160 | Reginald | 1,515 |
| 161 | Damien | 1,507 |
| 162 | Barry | 1,499 |
| 163 | Ronnie | 1,475 |
| 164 | Alex | 1,468 |
| 165 | Darrell | 1,466 |
| 166 | Darren | 1,453 |
| 167 | Isaac | 1,451 |
| 168 | Tyrone | 1,435 |
| 169 | Trevor | 1,406 |
| 170 | Eddie | 1,383 |
| 171 | Ernest | 1,381 |
| 172 | Ruben | 1,380 |
| 173 | Jerome | 1,371 |
| 174 | Chris | 1,339 |
| 175 | Eugene | 1,329 |
| 176 | Dale | 1,323 |
| 177 | Tommy | 1,321 |
| 178 | Leonard | 1,313 |
| 179 | Oscar | 1,311 |
| 180 | Kelly | 1,308 |
| 181 | Omar | 1,293 |
| 182 | Mathew | 1,286 |
| 183 | Terrance | 1,283 |
| 184 | Jaime | 1,279 |
| 185 | Geoffrey | 1,271 |
| 186 | Mitchell | 1,269 |
| 187 | Calvin | 1,261 |
| 188 | Jermaine | 1,255 |
| 189 | Angel | 1,249 |
| 190 | Harold | 1,243 |
| 190 | Hector | 1,243 |
| 192 | Dwayne | 1,237 |
| 193 | Steve | 1,236 |
| 194 | Edwin | 1,230 |
| 195 | Theodore | 1,212 |
| 196 | Marvin | 1,200 |
| 197 | Melvin | 1,162 |
| 198 | Javier | 1,157 |
| 199 | Evan | 1,156 |
| 200 | Glenn | 1,120 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1978 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.