Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	320
2	Christopher	308
3	James	217
4	David	180
5	Matthew	157
6	Daniel	152
7	John	147
8	Robert	138
8	William	138
10	Anthony	130
11	Jonathan	128
12	Kevin	127
13	Joseph	124
14	Brian	120
15	Andrew	110
16	Brandon	98
16	Jason	98
18	Marcus	93
19	Eric	90
19	Joshua	90
21	Charles	89
22	Justin	82
22	Patrick	82
24	Thomas	77
25	Adam	76

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Steven	76
27	Mark	74
28	Ryan	73
29	Sean	70
30	Stephen	67
31	Alexander	66
31	Nicholas	66
33	Gregory	65
34	Timothy	64
35	Benjamin	63
35	Richard	63
37	Ronald	59
38	Andre	56
39	Kenneth	54
40	Jeffrey	53
41	Aaron	52
41	Antonio	52
43	Paul	51
44	Edward	48
45	Samuel	42
46	Peter	40
47	Keith	39
48	Carlos	38
48	Donald	38
50	Maurice	37
51	Antoine	36
52	George	35
52	Zachary	35
54	Ian	34
54	Larry	34
54	Reginald	34
57	Derrick	33
58	Tyrone	32
59	Bryan	31
60	Brendan	30
60	Jerome	30
62	Nathaniel	28
63	Corey	26
63	Evan	26
63	Lawrence	26
63	Nathan	26
63	Scott	26
63	Vincent	26
69	Travis	25
70	Raymond	24
71	Darrell	23
71	Darryl	23
71	Jeremy	23
71	Jermaine	23
71	Terrence	23
76	Adrian	21
76	Jose	21
76	Kyle	21
76	Phillip	21
76	Ricardo	21
81	Calvin	20
81	Dennis	20
81	Henry	20
81	Leon	20
81	Philip	20
81	Shawn	20
87	Douglas	19
88	Christian	18
88	Devin	18
88	Jesse	18
88	Omar	18
88	Tony	18
93	Derek	17
93	Dominic	17
93	Erik	17
93	Frank	17
93	Gary	17
93	Jamal	17
93	Marvin	17
93	Walter	17