Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,616
2	Christopher	2,109
3	Matthew	1,974
4	Joshua	1,657
5	David	1,543
6	Andrew	1,521
7	Ryan	1,488
8	Daniel	1,401
9	Brandon	1,335
10	Robert	1,251
11	James	1,191
12	Joseph	1,163
13	Jason	1,154
14	Nicholas	1,138
15	Justin	1,006
16	Eric	988
17	John	983
18	Adam	973
19	Brian	969
20	Steven	894
21	Kyle	892
22	Anthony	876
23	William	804
24	Kevin	796
25	Timothy	734

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	725
27	Thomas	721
28	Jonathan	677
29	Aaron	664
30	Scott	614
31	Mark	586
32	Benjamin	554
33	Jacob	544
34	Nathan	526
35	Jeremy	525
36	Richard	517
37	Charles	451
38	Paul	443
39	Patrick	424
40	Stephen	413
41	Sean	401
42	Bryan	400
43	Bradley	398
44	Gregory	393
45	Kenneth	392
46	Zachary	380
47	Chad	378
48	Derek	345
49	Dustin	326
50	Tyler	298
51	Travis	288
52	Alexander	274
52	Shawn	274
54	Jesse	265
55	Jordan	264
56	Joel	235
57	Donald	231
58	Corey	230
59	Keith	227
60	Edward	224
61	Brett	218
62	Douglas	207
63	Brent	203
64	Cody	200
65	Peter	195
66	Samuel	194
67	Ronald	193
68	Craig	185
68	Marcus	185
70	Shane	181
71	Phillip	171
72	Gary	168
73	Jonathon	167
73	Nathaniel	167
75	Lance	163
76	Raymond	162
77	Trevor	160
78	Jeffery	159
79	Ian	157
80	Derrick	155
81	Jared	153
82	Philip	150
83	Todd	148
84	Dennis	137
85	Antonio	136
86	Cory	134
87	Erik	131
88	Evan	130
89	Alex	129
89	Larry	129
91	Alan	127
92	Randy	123
92	Troy	123
94	Curtis	122
95	George	121
96	Mitchell	112
97	Carl	111
98	Drew	103
98	Vincent	103
100	Andre	100
100	Frank	100