Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,643
2	Christopher	2,104
3	James	1,746
4	David	1,629
5	Jason	1,566
6	Robert	1,461
7	John	1,391
8	Joshua	1,256
9	Matthew	1,183
10	Daniel	1,136
11	Joseph	1,086
12	William	1,065
13	Justin	995
14	Brian	900
15	Ryan	855
16	Jonathan	833
17	Richard	804
18	Charles	736
19	Anthony	718
20	Eric	689
21	Timothy	685
22	Thomas	609
23	Nicholas	590
24	Kevin	578
25	Adam	569

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeremy	550
27	Steven	542
28	Andrew	535
29	Jeffrey	479
30	Aaron	456
30	Brandon	456
32	Travis	450
33	Mark	433
34	Kenneth	425
34	Stephen	425
36	Paul	403
37	Scott	371
38	Benjamin	369
39	Sean	352
40	Patrick	351
41	Gregory	327
42	Jesse	317
43	Ronald	293
44	Donald	292
45	Edward	279
46	Bryan	277
47	Jose	270
47	Shawn	270
49	Dustin	258
50	George	257
51	Alexander	251
51	Chad	251
53	Carlos	239
54	Samuel	227
55	Antonio	221
55	Nathan	221
57	Juan	211
58	Gary	209
59	Jacob	208
60	Derek	201
61	Bradley	200
62	Douglas	195
63	Keith	192
64	Larry	189
64	Marcus	189
66	Jared	181
67	Derrick	179
67	Kyle	179
69	Raymond	177
70	Willie	174
71	Phillip	167
72	Corey	161
73	Frank	159
74	Peter	155
75	Dennis	154
76	Joel	152
77	Jerry	151
78	Luis	142
79	Philip	139
79	Terry	139
81	Johnny	135
82	Curtis	133
83	Shaun	129
83	Walter	129
85	Nathaniel	127
86	Henry	125
87	Erik	123
88	Jermaine	122
89	Bobby	120
89	Brett	120
91	Craig	119
91	Randy	119
93	Jorge	118
93	Tony	118
95	Jeremiah	117
96	Mario	115
97	Jeffery	113
98	Todd	112
99	Carl	109
100	Ian	108
100	Shane	108