Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	129
2	Christopher	95
3	John	93
3	William	93
5	Matthew	88
6	David	80
7	Daniel	79
7	Joshua	79
9	James	78
10	Anthony	77
11	Kevin	75
12	Alexander	72
12	Nicholas	72
14	Andrew	69
15	Brandon	67
16	Joseph	64
17	Samuel	63
18	Jonathan	60
19	Justin	58
19	Robert	58
21	Jacob	57
22	Christian	56
23	Jordan	55
24	Benjamin	54
24	Malik	54

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charles	52
27	Brian	51
28	Ryan	47
29	Thomas	45
30	Aaron	43
30	Marcus	43
32	Eric	39
32	Kyle	39
34	Jason	38
34	Sean	38
36	Zachary	36
37	Antonio	32
38	Adam	31
38	Isaiah	31
40	Cameron	29
40	Kenneth	29
40	Timothy	29
43	Darius	28
43	Edward	28
43	Noah	28
43	Patrick	28
47	Nathaniel	27
48	Tyler	26
49	Andre	25
49	Derrick	25
49	Nathan	25
52	Gabriel	24
52	Gregory	24
52	Henry	24
52	Richard	24
56	Emmanuel	23
57	Davon	22
57	Mark	22
59	Devin	21
59	Jack	21
61	Ethan	20
61	Jeremiah	20
61	Jose	20
64	Alex	19
64	Deandre	19
64	Dylan	19
64	Elijah	19
64	Evan	19
64	Khalil	19
64	Marquis	19
64	Trevon	19
72	Ian	18
72	Jeffrey	18
72	Lawrence	18
72	Maurice	18
72	Paul	18
77	Nicolas	17
78	Adrian	16
78	George	16
78	Jamal	16
78	Jeremy	16
82	Aidan	15
82	Brendan	15
82	Bryan	15
82	Carlos	15
82	Jared	15
82	Juan	15
82	Julian	15
82	Ronald	15
82	Stephen	15
91	Peter	14
91	Steven	14
91	Xavier	14
94	Austin	13
94	Caleb	13
94	Cole	13
94	Colin	13
94	Donald	13
94	Shawn	13
94	Spencer	13
94	Vincent	13