Most popular boys’ names in Arizona, 1985

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	979
2	Christopher	921
3	Daniel	697
4	Matthew	669
5	David	660
6	Joshua	644
7	Robert	508
8	Ryan	474
9	Joseph	438
10	Andrew	429
11	James	411
12	John	398
13	Brandon	391
14	Anthony	384
15	Nicholas	346
16	Justin	338
17	Jason	309
18	Steven	307
19	Kyle	302
20	Eric	296
20	Jonathan	296
22	Brian	292
23	William	284
24	Adam	277
25	Aaron	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	253
27	Kevin	229
28	Jacob	221
29	Jose	213
30	Sean	212
31	Mark	207
31	Thomas	207
33	Benjamin	203
33	Tyler	203
35	Timothy	201
36	Jeremy	197
37	Nathan	188
38	Jeffrey	184
39	Stephen	182
40	Paul	168
41	Jesse	165
42	Dustin	163
43	Charles	158
44	Zachary	153
45	Cody	143
46	Bryan	141
47	Patrick	134
47	Travis	134
49	Jesus	133
50	Gabriel	125
51	Shawn	123
52	Francisco	121
53	Scott	120
54	Carlos	119
55	Gregory	114
56	Kenneth	112
57	Alexander	109
58	Juan	107
58	Samuel	107
60	Chad	106
61	Luis	105
62	Edward	95
63	Bradley	94
64	Jared	93
65	Derek	92
66	Adrian	89
67	Manuel	85
68	Nathaniel	82
69	Victor	79
70	Jordan	75
70	Mario	75
72	Joel	74
72	Miguel	74
72	Raymond	74
75	Alex	72
75	Antonio	72
75	Ian	72
78	Brett	68
78	Marcus	68
80	Shane	67
81	Austin	66
82	Phillip	64
83	Alejandro	61
84	Derrick	59
84	Frank	59
86	Corey	58
86	Martin	58
86	Randy	58
86	Ronald	58
90	Brent	57
90	Casey	57
90	Donald	57
93	Ruben	56
94	Ricardo	55
95	Devin	54
96	Craig	53
96	Fernando	53
96	Trevor	53
99	Cory	52
99	George	52