Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	333
2	Christopher	295
3	James	175
4	Matthew	168
5	David	167
6	Daniel	166
7	Robert	162
8	John	160
9	William	151
10	Jonathan	143
11	Andrew	137
12	Anthony	134
13	Kevin	133
14	Joseph	119
15	Brandon	115
16	Brian	105
17	Jason	94
18	Charles	89
18	Joshua	89
18	Thomas	89
21	Eric	85
22	Nicholas	84
23	Marcus	83
24	Sean	81
25	Ryan	78

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	77
27	Alexander	75
28	Gregory	71
29	Justin	70
30	Kenneth	68
30	Patrick	68
32	Richard	67
33	Stephen	66
34	Antonio	65
34	Benjamin	65
34	Mark	65
37	Paul	64
38	Adam	63
39	Aaron	62
40	Timothy	61
41	Jeffrey	58
42	Andre	57
43	Keith	44
44	Peter	43
45	Derrick	42
46	Edward	40
46	Ronald	40
48	Carlos	39
48	Samuel	39
50	Jeremy	36
50	Maurice	36
50	Zachary	36
53	Phillip	35
53	Reginald	35
55	Tyrone	33
56	George	32
56	Scott	32
58	Nathaniel	29
58	Victor	29
60	Antoine	27
60	Larry	27
62	Christian	25
62	Gary	25
62	Juan	25
62	Raymond	25
66	Jacob	24
66	Kyle	24
66	Lawrence	24
69	Donald	23
69	Edwin	23
69	Jose	23
72	Bryan	22
72	Calvin	22
72	Carl	22
72	Henry	22
72	Jamal	22
72	Nathan	22
72	Ricardo	22
79	Derek	21
79	Jesse	21
79	Travis	21
82	Darryl	20
82	Ian	20
82	Theodore	20
85	Colin	19
85	Douglas	19
87	Darnell	18
87	Jerome	18
87	Marc	18
87	Vincent	18
91	Adrian	17
91	Darrell	17
91	Demetrius	17
91	Devin	17
91	Donte	17
91	Dwayne	17
91	Evan	17
98	Curtis	16
98	Eugene	16
98	Frederick	16
98	Kelvin	16
98	Philip	16
98	Russell	16
98	Terrance	16
98	Tyler	16
98	Wayne	16