Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,294
2	Matthew	1,190
3	Christopher	1,114
4	Joshua	1,111
5	Andrew	886
6	Ryan	831
7	Brandon	824
8	James	786
9	David	754
10	Justin	748
11	Kyle	726
12	Daniel	638
13	Nicholas	613
14	John	600
15	Adam	584
16	Joseph	561
17	Robert	558
18	William	481
19	Jonathan	474
20	Eric	472
21	Brian	464
22	Jason	449
23	Dustin	443
24	Zachary	437
25	Anthony	432

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	429
27	Steven	404
28	Aaron	401
28	Kevin	401
30	Jeremy	400
31	Timothy	377
32	Benjamin	367
33	Tyler	353
34	Nathan	344
35	Thomas	313
36	Jeffrey	296
37	Mark	281
38	Charles	279
39	Scott	276
40	Richard	274
41	Jordan	271
42	Bradley	253
43	Stephen	238
44	Derek	235
45	Travis	225
46	Patrick	218
47	Sean	213
48	Chad	207
49	Gregory	205
50	Cody	192
51	Alexander	181
51	Paul	181
53	Shawn	172
54	Bryan	169
54	Jared	169
56	Cory	162
57	Jesse	160
57	Kenneth	160
59	Samuel	150
60	Nathaniel	147
61	Corey	146
62	Alex	145
63	Craig	139
64	Joel	122
65	Evan	121
66	Donald	117
66	Shane	117
68	Keith	113
69	Austin	109
69	Seth	109
71	Brett	107
72	Phillip	102
73	Casey	101
73	Wesley	101
75	Brent	98
76	Douglas	97
77	Jonathon	94
78	Jeremiah	92
79	Caleb	90
80	Ronald	89
81	Blake	87
82	Marcus	86
83	Mitchell	85
84	Derrick	84
85	Gary	80
86	Terry	78
87	Luke	76
88	Curtis	75
89	George	72
90	Ian	71
90	Lucas	71
92	Jeffery	70
93	Edward	69
93	Philip	69
95	Peter	68
95	Troy	68
97	Todd	67
98	Larry	65
98	Raymond	65
100	Kristopher	63