Most popular boys’ names in Maine, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	295
2	Joshua	289
3	Michael	280
4	Matthew	252
5	Ryan	221
6	Nicholas	173
7	Andrew	158
8	Daniel	152
9	Jason	151
10	James	144
11	Benjamin	139
12	David	137
13	Adam	136
14	Joseph	135
15	Justin	124
15	Robert	124
17	Eric	118
18	Jonathan	106
19	Brandon	104
19	John	104
21	Brian	103
21	Kyle	103
23	Thomas	95
24	Scott	84
24	Timothy	84

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tyler	82
26	William	82
28	Nathan	81
29	Jacob	80
30	Anthony	77
30	Jeffrey	77
32	Jeremy	76
33	Derek	75
34	Richard	73
35	Kevin	70
36	Steven	68
37	Travis	67
38	Patrick	66
39	Aaron	65
40	Mark	63
40	Zachary	63
42	Shawn	61
43	Dustin	57
43	Stephen	57
45	Sean	52
46	Charles	50
46	Samuel	50
48	Alexander	48
49	Chad	47
50	Jesse	46
50	Peter	46
52	Corey	42
53	Gregory	41
54	Ian	39
54	Paul	39
56	Craig	37
57	Jared	35
57	Shane	35
59	Seth	34
60	Bradley	30
60	Keith	30
62	Kenneth	29
63	Nathaniel	27
64	Lucas	24
65	Alex	23
65	Bryan	23
67	Evan	22
67	Philip	22
69	Joel	21
69	Jordan	21
69	Raymond	21
72	Erik	20
73	Donald	19
73	Luke	19
73	Tristan	19
76	Cody	18
77	Alan	17
77	Dylan	17
77	Edward	17
77	Gary	17
77	Lance	17
77	Todd	17
83	Cory	16
83	Douglas	16
83	Ethan	16
83	Isaac	16
87	Casey	15
87	Christian	15
87	Derrick	15
87	Trevor	15
91	Brett	14
91	Caleb	14
91	Garrett	14
91	Jamie	14
91	Mathew	14
91	Randy	14
97	Albert	13
97	Gabriel	13
97	Marc	13
97	Russell	13