Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular New York 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 New York was Michael. In total there were 110,211 boys born sharing 1,276 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 19 (5.3%)	5,846
2	Jason	1 in 34 (3%)	3,255
3	Christopher	1 in 34 (2.9%)	3,242
4	David	1 in 35 (2.8%)	3,116
5	John	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,698
6	Joseph	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,660
7	James	1 in 43 (2.3%)	2,583
8	Robert	1 in 46 (2.2%)	2,390
9	Brian	1 in 50 (2%)	2,220
10	Daniel	1 in 50 (2%)	2,201
11	Matthew	1 in 52 (1.9%)	2,107
12	Anthony	1 in 62 (1.6%)	1,770
13	William	1 in 68 (1.5%)	1,623
14	Thomas	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,562
15	Kevin	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,468
16	Richard	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,455
17	Eric	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,353
18	Steven	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,249
19	Andrew	1 in 89 (1.1%)	1,244
20	Jeffrey	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,219
21	Timothy	1 in 94 (1.1%)	1,167
22	Paul	1 in 103 (1%)	1,069
23	Mark	1 in 104 (1%)	1,061
24	Nicholas	1 in 105 (1%)	1,048
25	Adam	1 in 111 (0.9%)	994
26	Joshua	1 in 111 (0.9%)	992
27	Scott	1 in 116 (0.9%)	949
28	Peter	1 in 123 (0.8%)	897
29	Ryan	1 in 130 (0.8%)	850
30	Charles	1 in 135 (0.7%)	819
31	Jonathan	1 in 138 (0.7%)	799
32	Stephen	1 in 144 (0.7%)	766
33	Gregory	1 in 145 (0.7%)	759
34	Jose	1 in 147 (0.7%)	749
35	Sean	1 in 153 (0.7%)	721
36	Justin	1 in 156 (0.6%)	707
37	Jeremy	1 in 161 (0.6%)	686
38	Patrick	1 in 162 (0.6%)	682
39	Edward	1 in 169 (0.6%)	651
40	Shawn	1 in 177 (0.6%)	621
41	Kenneth	1 in 190 (0.5%)	581
42	Keith	1 in 195 (0.5%)	564
43	Benjamin	1 in 208 (0.5%)	529
44	Aaron	1 in 211 (0.5%)	522
45	Frank	1 in 223 (0.4%)	495
46	George	1 in 226 (0.4%)	487
47	Luis	1 in 229 (0.4%)	482
48	Carlos	1 in 250 (0.4%)	441
49	Raymond	1 in 252 (0.4%)	438
50	Shaun	1 in 264 (0.4%)	418
51	Vincent	1 in 264 (0.4%)	418
52	Craig	1 in 266 (0.4%)	414
53	Juan	1 in 291 (0.3%)	379
54	Dennis	1 in 293 (0.3%)	376
55	Donald	1 in 294 (0.3%)	375
56	Ronald	1 in 295 (0.3%)	373
57	Bryan	1 in 297 (0.3%)	371
58	Todd	1 in 304 (0.3%)	363
59	Chad	1 in 313 (0.3%)	352
60	Alexander	1 in 317 (0.3%)	348
61	Douglas	1 in 325 (0.3%)	339
62	Philip	1 in 329 (0.3%)	335
63	Samuel	1 in 333 (0.3%)	331
64	Gary	1 in 341 (0.3%)	323
65	Marc	1 in 342 (0.3%)	322
66	Edwin	1 in 349 (0.3%)	316
67	Angel	1 in 358 (0.3%)	308
68	Christian	1 in 359 (0.3%)	307
69	Jesse	1 in 360 (0.3%)	306
70	Victor	1 in 370 (0.3%)	298
71	Nathan	1 in 396 (0.3%)	278
72	Louis	1 in 401 (0.2%)	275
73	Erik	1 in 405 (0.2%)	272
74	Corey	1 in 417 (0.2%)	264
75	Jacob	1 in 436 (0.2%)	253
76	Omar	1 in 461 (0.2%)	239
77	Lawrence	1 in 471 (0.2%)	234
78	Cory	1 in 488 (0.2%)	226
79	Ian	1 in 508 (0.2%)	217
80	Andre	1 in 515 (0.2%)	214
81	Joel	1 in 515 (0.2%)	214
82	Bradley	1 in 538 (0.2%)	205
83	Miguel	1 in 540 (0.2%)	204
84	Shane	1 in 565 (0.2%)	195
85	Rafael	1 in 577 (0.2%)	191
86	Kyle	1 in 580 (0.2%)	190
87	Antonio	1 in 586 (0.2%)	188
88	Derek	1 in 586 (0.2%)	188
89	Jared	1 in 593 (0.2%)	186
90	Randy	1 in 593 (0.2%)	186
91	Roberto	1 in 606 (0.2%)	182
92	Phillip	1 in 612 (0.2%)	180
93	Carl	1 in 616 (0.2%)	179
94	Gabriel	1 in 619 (0.2%)	178
95	Brandon	1 in 623 (0.2%)	177
96	Alan	1 in 633 (0.2%)	174
97	Hector	1 in 641 (0.2%)	172
98	Seth	1 in 641 (0.2%)	172
99	Alex	1 in 645 (0.2%)	171
100	Henry	1 in 648 (0.2%)	170