Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	360
2	Christopher	250
3	James	206
4	David	202
5	Matthew	180
6	John	178
7	William	157
8	Jason	147
9	Kevin	143
10	Robert	142
11	Brian	137
12	Daniel	131
13	Joseph	130
14	Jonathan	127
15	Andrew	121
16	Anthony	117
17	Charles	108
18	Justin	99
19	Thomas	97
20	Eric	91
21	Richard	82
22	Sean	81
23	Aaron	79
23	Joshua	79
25	Brandon	77

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Timothy	77
27	Gregory	76
27	Mark	76
27	Paul	76
30	Adam	72
31	Kenneth	70
32	Alexander	66
33	Benjamin	65
34	Marcus	64
34	Nicholas	64
36	Ryan	61
36	Stephen	61
38	Edward	60
39	Patrick	57
40	Jeffrey	56
41	Steven	53
42	Andre	51
43	Keith	50
43	Peter	50
45	Derrick	48
45	Ronald	48
47	Antonio	46
48	George	44
48	Jeremy	44
50	Samuel	43
51	Nathan	40
52	Reginald	39
53	Jesse	37
54	Maurice	36
55	Larry	33
55	Raymond	33
57	Nathaniel	32
58	Bryan	31
58	Tyrone	31
60	Jermaine	30
61	Travis	29
62	Carlos	28
62	Jose	28
62	Scott	28
65	Phillip	27
66	Antoine	26
67	Vincent	25
68	Darryl	24
68	Ricardo	24
70	Calvin	23
70	Erik	23
70	Gary	23
70	Omar	23
74	Brendan	22
74	Derek	22
74	Gerald	22
74	Ian	22
74	Jacob	22
74	Victor	22
80	Carl	21
80	Lawrence	21
80	Melvin	21
83	Adrian	20
83	Christian	20
83	Donald	20
83	Terrence	20
87	Alan	19
87	Corey	19
87	Curtis	19
87	Tony	19
91	Damien	18
91	Leon	18
91	Philip	18
94	Bernard	17
94	Harold	17
94	Jerome	17
94	Troy	17
98	Evan	16
98	Jerry	16
98	Lamont	16