Popular Washington Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular Washington 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 Washington was Michael. In total there were 26,780 boys born sharing 497 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 26 (3.9%)	1,049
2	Jason	1 in 30 (3.3%)	888
3	Christopher	1 in 33 (3%)	812
4	David	1 in 38 (2.6%)	697
5	Ryan	1 in 39 (2.6%)	688
6	Joshua	1 in 40 (2.5%)	667
7	James	1 in 46 (2.2%)	583
8	Matthew	1 in 47 (2.1%)	575
9	Brian	1 in 49 (2%)	542
10	John	1 in 52 (1.9%)	520
11	Daniel	1 in 54 (1.9%)	499
12	Robert	1 in 54 (1.9%)	496
13	Jeremy	1 in 58 (1.7%)	465
14	Joseph	1 in 65 (1.5%)	413
15	Aaron	1 in 69 (1.4%)	386
16	Nicholas	1 in 71 (1.4%)	379
17	Jeffrey	1 in 75 (1.3%)	358
18	Andrew	1 in 78 (1.3%)	344
19	Justin	1 in 79 (1.3%)	338
20	Timothy	1 in 82 (1.2%)	328
21	William	1 in 82 (1.2%)	326
22	Eric	1 in 84 (1.2%)	319
23	Adam	1 in 84 (1.2%)	317
24	Benjamin	1 in 85 (1.2%)	316
25	Kevin	1 in 87 (1.2%)	309
26	Scott	1 in 89 (1.1%)	302
27	Steven	1 in 96 (1%)	280
28	Richard	1 in 97 (1%)	275
29	Jacob	1 in 102 (1%)	262
30	Anthony	1 in 107 (0.9%)	250
31	Nathan	1 in 108 (0.9%)	249
32	Mark	1 in 109 (0.9%)	246
33	Paul	1 in 116 (0.9%)	230
34	Thomas	1 in 118 (0.8%)	227
35	Brandon	1 in 118 (0.8%)	226
36	Charles	1 in 130 (0.8%)	206
37	Travis	1 in 133 (0.8%)	202
38	Jesse	1 in 136 (0.7%)	197
39	Sean	1 in 137 (0.7%)	195
40	Kyle	1 in 140 (0.7%)	191
41	Jonathan	1 in 141 (0.7%)	190
42	Chad	1 in 145 (0.7%)	185
43	Shawn	1 in 148 (0.7%)	181
44	Bryan	1 in 183 (0.5%)	146
45	Patrick	1 in 185 (0.5%)	145
46	Shane	1 in 189 (0.5%)	142
47	Shaun	1 in 197 (0.5%)	136
48	Kenneth	1 in 198 (0.5%)	135
49	Peter	1 in 213 (0.5%)	126
50	Jared	1 in 213 (0.5%)	126
51	Gregory	1 in 218 (0.5%)	123
52	Erik	1 in 233 (0.4%)	115
53	Stephen	1 in 235 (0.4%)	114
54	Dustin	1 in 237 (0.4%)	113
55	Donald	1 in 248 (0.4%)	108
56	Todd	1 in 250 (0.4%)	107
57	Casey	1 in 250 (0.4%)	107
58	Jeremiah	1 in 258 (0.4%)	104
59	Joel	1 in 263 (0.4%)	102
60	Samuel	1 in 273 (0.4%)	98
61	Tyler	1 in 276 (0.4%)	97
62	Douglas	1 in 279 (0.4%)	96
63	Seth	1 in 291 (0.3%)	92
64	Cory	1 in 294 (0.3%)	91
65	Jeffery	1 in 308 (0.3%)	87
66	Zachary	1 in 315 (0.3%)	85
67	Ian	1 in 323 (0.3%)	83
68	Derek	1 in 327 (0.3%)	82
69	Jose	1 in 331 (0.3%)	81
70	Craig	1 in 335 (0.3%)	80
71	Keith	1 in 339 (0.3%)	79
72	Corey	1 in 357 (0.3%)	75
73	Kristopher	1 in 357 (0.3%)	75
74	Gabriel	1 in 362 (0.3%)	74
75	Edward	1 in 372 (0.3%)	72
76	Gary	1 in 377 (0.3%)	71
77	Russell	1 in 383 (0.3%)	70
78	Trevor	1 in 394 (0.3%)	68
79	Bradley	1 in 400 (0.3%)	67
80	Nathaniel	1 in 418 (0.2%)	64
81	Troy	1 in 425 (0.2%)	63
82	Randy	1 in 425 (0.2%)	63
83	Curtis	1 in 425 (0.2%)	63
84	Ronald	1 in 432 (0.2%)	62
85	Lucas	1 in 439 (0.2%)	61
86	George	1 in 446 (0.2%)	60
87	Raymond	1 in 446 (0.2%)	60
88	Dennis	1 in 454 (0.2%)	59
89	Brett	1 in 470 (0.2%)	57
90	Philip	1 in 487 (0.2%)	55
91	Cameron	1 in 487 (0.2%)	55
92	Brent	1 in 496 (0.2%)	54
93	Marcus	1 in 496 (0.2%)	54
94	Phillip	1 in 496 (0.2%)	54
95	Isaac	1 in 525 (0.2%)	51
96	Tyson	1 in 525 (0.2%)	51
97	Larry	1 in 536 (0.2%)	50
98	Alexander	1 in 536 (0.2%)	50
99	Cody	1 in 547 (0.2%)	49
100	Colin	1 in 547 (0.2%)	49