Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,678
2	Christopher	2,484
3	James	1,834
4	Jason	1,638
5	David	1,625
6	Robert	1,546
7	Matthew	1,459
8	John	1,439
9	Joshua	1,369
10	William	1,207
11	Daniel	1,190
12	Justin	1,116
13	Joseph	1,074
14	Brian	980
15	Ryan	893
16	Jonathan	870
17	Anthony	815
18	Richard	737
19	Eric	714
20	Charles	708
21	Timothy	690
22	Thomas	640
23	Andrew	625
24	Kevin	621
25	Adam	617

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	602
27	Nicholas	568
28	Jeremy	557
29	Jeffrey	523
30	Brandon	475
31	Stephen	460
32	Kenneth	441
33	Travis	433
34	Mark	427
35	Sean	423
36	Aaron	411
37	Paul	379
38	Benjamin	377
39	Patrick	373
40	Gregory	341
41	Scott	332
42	Bryan	328
43	Jesse	305
44	Jose	296
45	Shawn	288
46	Alexander	286
47	Donald	277
48	Chad	258
49	Antonio	243
50	Dustin	238
51	Ronald	235
52	Carlos	228
52	Edward	228
52	Samuel	228
55	George	226
56	Juan	220
57	Marcus	218
58	Kyle	216
58	Nathan	216
60	Derek	215
61	Bradley	212
62	Jacob	208
63	Keith	204
64	Jared	198
64	Willie	198
66	Gary	193
67	Phillip	177
68	Douglas	174
69	Larry	173
70	Peter	170
71	Raymond	167
72	Joel	157
73	Zachary	156
74	Brett	154
75	Frank	152
76	Johnny	151
77	Corey	150
78	Jorge	148
79	Terry	147
80	Ian	141
80	Jeffery	141
82	Dennis	140
82	Shaun	140
84	Craig	139
85	Derrick	138
85	Shane	138
87	Luis	136
88	Nathaniel	133
89	Jerry	132
90	Jermaine	128
91	Jeremiah	127
92	Cory	123
93	Christian	121
94	Curtis	119
94	Henry	119
96	Carl	118
97	Maurice	117
98	Wesley	116
99	Mario	114
99	Randy	114
99	Victor	114