Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,834
2	Christopher	2,727
3	James	1,684
4	Matthew	1,652
5	David	1,625
6	Robert	1,528
7	Jason	1,441
8	Joshua	1,395
9	John	1,384
10	Daniel	1,345
11	William	1,186
12	Joseph	1,120
13	Justin	1,119
14	Ryan	996
15	Jonathan	960
16	Brian	952
17	Anthony	823
18	Richard	765
19	Steven	720
20	Andrew	719
20	Eric	719
22	Brandon	710
23	Thomas	698
24	Adam	695
25	Charles	659

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	626
27	Nicholas	611
28	Timothy	601
29	Stephen	527
30	Jeremy	492
31	Sean	470
32	Jeffrey	467
32	Travis	467
34	Mark	458
35	Kenneth	450
36	Aaron	425
37	Patrick	407
38	Gregory	405
39	Kyle	400
40	Paul	398
41	Benjamin	373
42	Scott	334
43	Bryan	329
44	Alexander	306
45	Jesse	301
46	Jose	289
47	Shawn	272
48	Chad	271
49	Donald	269
50	Marcus	267
51	Edward	257
52	Ronald	256
53	Jacob	255
54	Samuel	253
55	Dustin	248
56	Keith	240
57	Nathan	230
58	George	227
59	Derek	221
60	Antonio	220
61	Bradley	219
62	Zachary	201
63	Carlos	200
64	Gary	199
65	Corey	198
66	Willie	190
67	Jared	188
68	Larry	175
69	Derrick	174
69	Juan	174
71	Raymond	169
72	Joel	167
72	Phillip	167
74	Douglas	156
75	Frank	154
76	Brett	151
76	Peter	151
78	Ian	147
79	Jorge	145
79	Luis	145
81	Christian	143
81	Philip	143
83	Craig	132
83	Randy	132
85	Nathaniel	131
86	Jeffery	130
87	Cory	129
87	Gabriel	129
89	Alan	128
89	Shane	128
89	Shaun	128
89	Victor	128
93	Jeremiah	126
94	Terry	125
95	Erik	123
96	Adrian	121
96	Curtis	121
98	Dennis	120
99	Jordan	118
100	Jerry	117