Top Boys Names of 1978 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	Michael	67K
2	Jason	52K
3	Christopher	47K
4	David	41K
5	James	40K
6	Matthew	34K
7	John	34K
8	Robert	33K
9	Brian	29K
10	Joseph	27K
11	Daniel	26K
12	Joshua	25K
13	William	24K
14	Ryan	21K
15	Kevin	20K
16	Eric	20K
17	Timothy	20K
18	Jeremy	20K
19	Jeffrey	17K
20	Anthony	17K
21	Richard	17K
22	Andrew	17K
23	Thomas	16K
24	Steven	16K
25	Nicholas	16K
26	Mark	15K
27	Charles	15K
28	Justin	14K
29	Adam	14K
30	Scott	14K
31	Jonathan	13K
32	Aaron	12K
33	Paul	12K
34	Benjamin	11K
35	Chad	10K
36	Nathan	10K
37	Stephen	10K
38	Gregory	9K
39	Shawn	9K
40	Brandon	9K
41	Kenneth	9K
42	Patrick	9K
43	Bryan	7K
44	Jose	7K
45	Sean	7K
46	Travis	7K
47	Edward	6K
48	Donald	6K
49	Keith	6K
50	Jacob	6K
51	Jesse	6K
52	Shaun	6K
53	Bradley	6K
54	Peter	6K
55	Ronald	6K
56	Todd	5K
57	Samuel	5K
58	George	5K
59	Douglas	5K
60	Gary	5K
61	Corey	5K
62	Juan	5K
63	Kyle	5K
64	Larry	5K
65	Shane	4K
66	Craig	4K
67	Phillip	4K
68	Dustin	4K
69	Raymond	4K
70	Marcus	4K
71	Dennis	4K
72	Jared	4K
73	Cory	4K
74	Joel	4K
75	Derek	4K
76	Derrick	4K
77	Frank	4K
78	Carlos	4K
79	Antonio	4K
80	Jeffery	4K
81	Jeremiah	3K
82	Jerry	3K
83	Wesley	3K
84	Philip	3K
85	Erik	3K
86	Randy	3K
87	Brent	3K
88	Troy	3K
89	Zachary	3K
90	Gabriel	3K
91	Terry	3K
92	Casey	3K
93	Russell	3K
94	Nathaniel	3K
95	Jamie	3K
96	Curtis	3K
97	Tony	3K
98	Alexander	3K
99	Billy	3K
100	Carl	3K