Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Massachusetts was Michael. In total there were 33,156 boys born sharing 420 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 16 (6.4%)	2,134
2	Matthew	1 in 25 (4%)	1,319
3	Christopher	1 in 27 (3.8%)	1,247
4	Jason	1 in 29 (3.5%)	1,153
5	David	1 in 30 (3.3%)	1,103
6	John	1 in 37 (2.7%)	902
7	James	1 in 39 (2.6%)	859
8	Daniel	1 in 39 (2.6%)	857
9	Brian	1 in 41 (2.5%)	815
10	Robert	1 in 42 (2.4%)	794
11	Joseph	1 in 45 (2.2%)	730
12	Jeffrey	1 in 55 (1.8%)	605
13	Kevin	1 in 56 (1.8%)	593
14	Timothy	1 in 58 (1.7%)	575
15	William	1 in 65 (1.6%)	514
16	Andrew	1 in 68 (1.5%)	491
17	Eric	1 in 68 (1.5%)	485
18	Joshua	1 in 70 (1.4%)	476
19	Richard	1 in 71 (1.4%)	466
20	Thomas	1 in 73 (1.4%)	456
21	Mark	1 in 74 (1.4%)	448
22	Ryan	1 in 75 (1.3%)	442
23	Scott	1 in 77 (1.3%)	431
24	Adam	1 in 78 (1.3%)	427
25	Paul	1 in 79 (1.3%)	421
26	Stephen	1 in 81 (1.2%)	410
27	Jonathan	1 in 90 (1.1%)	370
28	Nicholas	1 in 90 (1.1%)	370
29	Peter	1 in 95 (1.1%)	350
30	Steven	1 in 96 (1%)	345
31	Anthony	1 in 97 (1%)	341
32	Patrick	1 in 107 (0.9%)	309
33	Justin	1 in 110 (0.9%)	302
34	Sean	1 in 111 (0.9%)	300
35	Gregory	1 in 112 (0.9%)	296
36	Benjamin	1 in 123 (0.8%)	270
37	Shawn	1 in 133 (0.8%)	250
38	Keith	1 in 138 (0.7%)	241
39	Charles	1 in 138 (0.7%)	241
40	Jeremy	1 in 144 (0.7%)	230
41	Edward	1 in 175 (0.6%)	190
42	Kenneth	1 in 189 (0.5%)	175
43	Todd	1 in 194 (0.5%)	171
44	Nathan	1 in 195 (0.5%)	170
45	Shaun	1 in 201 (0.5%)	165
46	Aaron	1 in 207 (0.5%)	160
47	Derek	1 in 229 (0.4%)	145
48	Bryan	1 in 246 (0.4%)	135
49	Jesse	1 in 246 (0.4%)	135
50	Craig	1 in 249 (0.4%)	133
51	Marc	1 in 261 (0.4%)	127
52	George	1 in 261 (0.4%)	127
53	Chad	1 in 270 (0.4%)	123
54	Jose	1 in 270 (0.4%)	123
55	Donald	1 in 286 (0.3%)	116
56	Philip	1 in 293 (0.3%)	113
57	Alexander	1 in 307 (0.3%)	108
58	Dennis	1 in 313 (0.3%)	106
59	Jared	1 in 322 (0.3%)	103
60	Douglas	1 in 332 (0.3%)	100
61	Erik	1 in 335 (0.3%)	99
62	Ronald	1 in 342 (0.3%)	97
63	Seth	1 in 345 (0.3%)	96
64	Corey	1 in 349 (0.3%)	95
65	Joel	1 in 357 (0.3%)	93
66	Frank	1 in 381 (0.3%)	87
67	Brendan	1 in 390 (0.3%)	85
68	Raymond	1 in 395 (0.3%)	84
69	Samuel	1 in 414 (0.2%)	80
70	Shane	1 in 420 (0.2%)	79
71	Jacob	1 in 425 (0.2%)	78
72	Kyle	1 in 442 (0.2%)	75
73	Ian	1 in 442 (0.2%)	75
74	Gary	1 in 448 (0.2%)	74
75	Luis	1 in 448 (0.2%)	74
76	Nathaniel	1 in 454 (0.2%)	73
77	Jamie	1 in 481 (0.2%)	69
78	Brad	1 in 518 (0.2%)	64
79	Vincent	1 in 535 (0.2%)	62
80	Christian	1 in 562 (0.2%)	59
81	Russell	1 in 572 (0.2%)	58
82	Wayne	1 in 572 (0.2%)	58
83	Jay	1 in 582 (0.2%)	57
84	Arthur	1 in 592 (0.2%)	56
85	Carlos	1 in 603 (0.2%)	55
86	Luke	1 in 626 (0.2%)	53
87	Alan	1 in 650 (0.2%)	51
88	Antonio	1 in 663 (0.2%)	50
89	Brandon	1 in 663 (0.2%)	50
90	Evan	1 in 663 (0.2%)	50
91	Zachary	1 in 677 (0.1%)	49
92	Geoffrey	1 in 705 (0.1%)	47
93	Mathew	1 in 705 (0.1%)	47
94	Neil	1 in 705 (0.1%)	47
95	Cory	1 in 737 (0.1%)	45
96	Lawrence	1 in 737 (0.1%)	45
97	Randy	1 in 737 (0.1%)	45
98	Victor	1 in 754 (0.1%)	44
99	Gabriel	1 in 754 (0.1%)	44
100	Angel	1 in 754 (0.1%)	44