Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1985

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

RankNameBabies
1Michael2,983
2Christopher2,888
3Joshua1,803
4James1,761
5Daniel1,702
6Matthew1,700
7David1,694
8Robert1,570
9John1,460
10Ryan1,232
11Joseph1,186
12William1,180
13Jason1,130
14Justin1,106
15Brandon1,088
16Jonathan1,072
17Anthony1,001
18Brian989
19Andrew958
20Eric790
21Richard771
22Steven765
23Nicholas741
24Kevin718
25Thomas705
RankNameBabies
26Charles702
27Timothy686
28Kyle672
29Adam617
30Jeffrey563
31Stephen548
32Sean537
33Kenneth500
34Jeremy478
35Mark476
36Alexander455
37Travis451
38Patrick435
39Gregory433
40Bryan409
41Aaron406
42Paul401
43Benjamin389
44Dustin341
44Shawn341
46Jesse337
47Scott335
48Jose319
49Zachary304
50Jacob294
51Samuel277
52Nathan272
53Marcus267
54Tyler265
55Chad262
56Antonio257
57Edward255
58Corey254
58Donald254
58George254
61Ronald251
62Bradley237
63Carlos233
64Keith223
65Derek222
66Gary199
67Jared196
68Phillip194
69Raymond193
70Jordan192
71Brett189
72Willie188
73Shane186
74Juan185
75Peter179
76Alex177
77Cody174
78Jorge173
79Ian170
80Douglas169
80Luis169
82Christian165
83Philip161
84Derrick159
85Joel158
86Victor151
87Adrian150
88Curtis149
88Frank149
88Vincent149
91Craig148
92Cory145
93Alan143
94Jeffery138
95Wesley137
96Larry136
97Randy131
98Austin129
98Gabriel129
98Jerry129