Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	305
2	Joshua	277
3	Michael	276
4	Christopher	258
5	Jason	226
6	Ryan	205
7	Adam	160
8	David	159
9	Nicholas	153
10	John	145
11	Justin	143
12	Benjamin	136
13	James	131
14	Robert	129
15	Daniel	127
16	Andrew	121
17	Joseph	118
18	Jeremy	114
19	Jonathan	108
20	Eric	105
21	Nathan	100
22	Aaron	98
22	Timothy	98
24	Brian	97
25	Jeffrey	83

Rank	Name	Babies
25	William	83
27	Scott	82
28	Jesse	79
29	Shawn	76
30	Richard	74
31	Kevin	69
31	Travis	69
33	Mark	68
34	Chad	64
34	Patrick	64
36	Anthony	62
36	Thomas	62
38	Steven	61
39	Stephen	57
40	Charles	56
41	Jacob	53
42	Peter	48
43	Derek	47
44	Brandon	45
45	Paul	43
46	Lucas	42
47	Gregory	40
47	Seth	40
49	Corey	39
49	Samuel	39
51	Todd	37
52	Donald	35
52	Jared	35
52	Sean	35
55	Keith	33
56	Nathaniel	31
57	Dustin	29
58	Kenneth	28
59	Craig	27
59	Ian	27
59	Zachary	27
62	Joel	25
62	Kyle	25
64	Cory	23
64	Tyler	23
66	Brent	22
67	Bryan	21
67	Douglas	21
67	Edward	21
67	Frank	21
67	George	21
67	Philip	21
67	Shane	21
74	Brad	20
74	Bradley	20
74	Jeremiah	20
74	Kristopher	20
74	Luke	20
79	Alan	18
79	Alexander	18
79	Casey	18
79	Shaun	18
83	Darren	17
83	Heath	17
83	Isaac	17
83	Russell	17
87	Dean	16
87	Derrick	16
87	Gabriel	16
87	Gary	16
87	Jamie	16
87	Raymond	16
87	Ronald	16
87	Troy	16
95	Dana	15
95	Noah	15
97	Brett	14
97	Caleb	14
97	Ethan	14
97	Kurt	14
97	Marc	14
97	Mathew	14
97	Roger	14
97	Wesley	14