Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,807
2	Christopher	2,160
3	Matthew	2,066
4	Jason	1,935
5	David	1,547
6	James	1,448
7	Joshua	1,447
8	Ryan	1,430
9	Robert	1,385
10	Joseph	1,303
11	Daniel	1,220
12	Justin	1,154
13	John	1,139
14	Brian	1,137
15	Andrew	1,123
16	Nicholas	1,088
17	Eric	1,026
18	Adam	996
19	Brandon	892
20	Kevin	838
21	Steven	830
22	Jeffrey	816
23	William	809
24	Anthony	776
25	Aaron	765

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	762
27	Thomas	741
28	Scott	721
29	Jeremy	677
30	Mark	674
31	Jonathan	649
32	Benjamin	615
33	Nathan	564
34	Richard	534
35	Charles	513
35	Paul	513
37	Patrick	447
38	Gregory	432
39	Bradley	410
40	Chad	409
41	Kenneth	407
42	Jacob	394
43	Kyle	387
44	Stephen	381
45	Bryan	338
46	Derek	329
46	Sean	329
48	Donald	313
49	Travis	304
50	Jesse	292
51	Dustin	267
52	Shawn	256
53	Douglas	243
54	Edward	240
55	Keith	239
56	Ronald	231
57	Joel	205
58	Peter	203
59	Zachary	199
60	Corey	197
61	Brent	196
62	Jeffery	193
63	Todd	192
64	Gary	191
65	Craig	185
66	Dennis	183
67	Jared	177
68	Jordan	171
69	Phillip	167
70	Marcus	166
71	Brett	165
72	Erik	163
73	Samuel	161
74	Nathaniel	154
74	Philip	154
74	Raymond	154
77	Jonathon	152
78	Larry	143
78	Randy	143
80	Derrick	140
81	Terry	136
82	George	135
83	Alexander	131
84	Curtis	130
85	Ian	129
86	Alan	127
87	Shane	124
88	Kristopher	123
88	Trevor	123
90	Antonio	122
91	Carl	120
92	Casey	117
92	Cory	117
94	Jeremiah	114
94	Luke	114
96	Troy	112
96	Tyler	112
98	Shaun	109
99	Frank	107
100	Russell	105