Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1978

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Michael	786
2	2Christopher	584
3	3David	536
4	4Ryan	502
5	5Jason	478
6	6Robert	379
7	7James	347
8	8Daniel	282
9	9Kevin	281
10	10Matthew	267
11	11Steven	258
12	12Andrew	220
13	13Jeffrey	220
14	14Mark	218
15	15Brian	195
16	16John	194
17	17Richard	192
18	18Scott	186
19	19Aaron	182
20	20Sean	161
21	21Paul	155
22	22Jeremy	154
23	23Trevor	154
24	24Adam	148
25	25William	146
26	26Joseph	145
27	27Timothy	142
28	28Bradley	136
29	29Shawn	135
30	30Stephen	132
31	31Joshua	128
32	32Shaun	125
33	33Peter	122
34	34Tyler	121
35	35Nathan	120
36	36Benjamin	119
37	37Jonathan	118
38	38Justin	118
39	39Gregory	115
40	40Nicholas	109
41	41Jesse	107
42	42Eric	106
43	43Thomas	104
44	44Shane	101
45	45Patrick	99
46	46Chad	98
47	47Colin	96
48	48Kyle	95
49	49Darren	94
50	50Derek	93
51	51Travis	91
52	52Ian	90
53	53Anthony	88
54	54Craig	85
55	55Kenneth	84
56	56Dustin	81
57	57Jamie	79
58	58Cory	76
59	59Brent	74
60	60Cameron	74
61	61Curtis	71
62	62Jordan	71
63	63Geoffrey	70
64	64Keith	68
65	65Kristopher	68
66	66Bryan	67
67	67Alexander	65
68	68Todd	62
69	69Douglas	61
70	70Neil	61
71	71Clayton	60
72	72Philip	56
73	73Wesley	56
74	74Charles	54
75	75Donald	54
76	76Joel	53
77	77Gordon	52
78	78Raymond	52
79	79Corey	51
80	80Troy	48
81	81Brandon	47
82	82Edward	47
83	83Dennis	45
84	84Gary	44
85	85Martin	43
86	86Graham	42
87	87Dean	40
88	88Simon	40
89	89Samuel	39
90	90George	38
91	91Grant	37
92	92Jared	37
93	93Kelly	37
94	94Ronald	36
95	95Russell	36
96	96Allan	35
97	97Dale	35
98	98Darryl	35
99	99Jacob	35
100	100Lee	35

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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