Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	367
2	David	250
3	James	237
4	Christopher	199
5	Robert	190
6	John	184
7	Jason	180
8	William	172
9	Matthew	161
10	Kevin	154
11	Daniel	142
12	Brian	131
13	Andrew	124
14	Charles	117
15	Anthony	107
16	Eric	103
17	Jonathan	101
17	Joseph	101
19	Justin	83
20	Gregory	82
21	Timothy	80
22	Ryan	79
22	Thomas	79
24	Paul	78
25	Steven	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patrick	75
27	Joshua	74
28	Sean	73
29	Mark	72
29	Nicholas	72
31	Richard	70
32	Benjamin	67
33	Stephen	64
34	Jeffrey	63
35	Alexander	61
35	Kenneth	61
37	Aaron	58
38	Adam	57
38	Andre	57
40	Ronald	50
41	Edward	49
42	Jermaine	48
42	Marcus	48
42	Scott	48
45	Peter	46
46	Derrick	44
47	Antonio	41
48	Derek	40
48	Lawrence	40
50	Brandon	39
51	Donald	38
52	Reginald	37
52	Samuel	37
54	Keith	36
54	Maurice	36
56	Larry	33
56	Raymond	33
58	Erik	31
58	Jerome	31
60	Gary	30
60	George	30
62	Shaun	29
63	Tyrone	28
64	Antoine	26
64	Damien	26
64	Jeremy	26
64	Terrance	26
68	Phillip	25
69	Darryl	24
69	Philip	24
69	Walter	24
69	Zachary	24
73	Dennis	23
73	Douglas	23
75	Jacob	22
75	Melvin	22
75	Nathaniel	22
75	Ricardo	22
79	Calvin	21
79	Carl	21
79	Carlos	21
79	Corey	21
79	Shawn	21
84	Brendan	20
84	Nathan	20
84	Troy	20
84	Willie	20
88	Ian	19
88	Jose	19
90	Bryan	18
90	Donnell	18
90	Leonard	18
90	Marc	18
90	Victor	18
95	Curtis	17
95	Frank	17
95	Leon	17
95	Travis	17
99	Adrian	16
99	Darrell	16
99	Eugene	16
99	Jamal	16
99	Joel	16
99	Terrence	16
99	Tony	16
99	Vincent	16