Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	338
2	Christopher	248
3	David	232
4	Matthew	191
5	James	188
6	John	177
7	Robert	166
8	William	157
9	Jason	138
10	Daniel	135
11	Brian	128
11	Joseph	128
13	Anthony	121
14	Kevin	119
15	Andrew	116
16	Jonathan	112
17	Charles	103
18	Justin	90
19	Aaron	86
19	Brandon	86
19	Marcus	86
22	Eric	84
22	Thomas	84
24	Nicholas	78
25	Joshua	75

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	74
27	Steven	73
28	Mark	72
29	Richard	70
30	Kenneth	65
30	Patrick	65
32	Jeffrey	63
32	Stephen	63
34	Adam	62
34	Benjamin	62
36	Antonio	60
37	Paul	58
38	Andre	53
38	Timothy	53
40	Edward	51
41	Derrick	50
41	Sean	50
43	Ronald	47
44	Ryan	46
45	Alexander	45
46	Peter	43
46	Samuel	43
48	Keith	37
48	Scott	37
50	Tyrone	36
51	Donald	34
52	Larry	33
53	Jacob	32
53	Lawrence	32
55	Antoine	31
55	Jeremy	31
57	Bryan	30
57	George	30
57	Nathan	30
57	Zachary	30
61	Eugene	28
61	Ricardo	28
61	Travis	28
61	Vincent	28
65	Maurice	27
65	Nathaniel	27
67	Darrell	26
67	Jesse	26
67	Philip	26
67	Phillip	26
67	Walter	26
72	Melvin	25
73	Gary	24
74	Douglas	23
75	Dwayne	22
75	Ian	22
75	Raymond	22
75	Reginald	22
79	Erik	21
80	Derek	20
80	Jermaine	20
80	Jerome	20
80	Jose	20
80	Russell	20
80	Wayne	20
86	Brendan	19
86	Christian	19
86	Darryl	19
86	Terrence	19
90	Calvin	18
90	Carlos	18
90	Curtis	18
90	Omar	18
90	Victor	18
95	Alan	17
95	Donte	17
95	Gerald	17
95	Kyle	17
95	Marvin	17
100	Arthur	16
100	Demetrius	16
100	Dennis	16
100	Donnell	16
100	Frederick	16
100	Jamal	16
100	Marc	16
100	Shawn	16