Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1984
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,887 |
| 2 | Christopher | 4,055 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,226 |
| 4 | Daniel | 2,897 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,882 |
| 6 | David | 2,640 |
| 7 | John | 2,476 |
| 8 | Jason | 2,289 |
| 9 | James | 2,264 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,211 |
| 11 | Anthony | 2,064 |
| 12 | Brian | 1,911 |
| 13 | Jonathan | 1,864 |
| 14 | Andrew | 1,759 |
| 15 | Joshua | 1,629 |
| 16 | William | 1,626 |
| 17 | Thomas | 1,523 |
| 18 | Adam | 1,511 |
| 19 | Ryan | 1,494 |
| 20 | Steven | 1,423 |
| 21 | Nicholas | 1,416 |
| 22 | Eric | 1,401 |
| 23 | Justin | 1,400 |
| 24 | Kevin | 1,326 |
| 25 | Richard | 1,314 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 1,077 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 1,012 |
| 28 | Mark | 942 |
| 29 | Sean | 931 |
| 30 | Paul | 926 |
| 31 | Gregory | 888 |
| 31 | Patrick | 888 |
| 33 | Stephen | 886 |
| 34 | Brandon | 808 |
| 35 | Peter | 797 |
| 36 | Jose | 759 |
| 37 | Charles | 716 |
| 38 | Scott | 696 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 663 |
| 40 | Alexander | 601 |
| 41 | Kyle | 575 |
| 42 | Edward | 559 |
| 43 | Kenneth | 543 |
| 44 | Jeremy | 542 |
| 45 | Aaron | 528 |
| 46 | Bryan | 513 |
| 47 | Luis | 476 |
| 48 | Keith | 474 |
| 49 | Frank | 435 |
| 49 | Vincent | 435 |
| 51 | Shawn | 432 |
| 52 | Joel | 431 |
| 53 | Jesse | 423 |
| 54 | George | 417 |
| 55 | Zachary | 406 |
| 56 | Carlos | 400 |
| 57 | Philip | 378 |
| 58 | Jacob | 376 |
| 59 | Samuel | 372 |
| 60 | Raymond | 365 |
| 61 | Christian | 342 |
| 61 | Ronald | 342 |
| 63 | Craig | 321 |
| 64 | Derek | 317 |
| 64 | Nathan | 317 |
| 66 | Ian | 315 |
| 67 | Travis | 313 |
| 68 | Donald | 311 |
| 68 | Juan | 311 |
| 70 | Angel | 305 |
| 71 | Victor | 290 |
| 72 | Chad | 276 |
| 73 | Gary | 275 |
| 74 | Edwin | 274 |
| 75 | Dennis | 268 |
| 75 | Douglas | 268 |
| 77 | Jared | 266 |
| 78 | Marc | 262 |
| 79 | Miguel | 258 |
| 80 | Gabriel | 256 |
| 81 | Louis | 251 |
| 82 | Andre | 250 |
| 83 | Jordan | 248 |
| 84 | Corey | 244 |
| 85 | Alex | 235 |
| 86 | Erik | 230 |
| 87 | Evan | 229 |
| 88 | Antonio | 211 |
| 89 | Brendan | 210 |
| 90 | Dustin | 205 |
| 91 | Bradley | 202 |
| 92 | Tyler | 200 |
| 93 | Rafael | 197 |
| 94 | Todd | 196 |
| 95 | Brett | 187 |
| 95 | Phillip | 187 |
| 97 | Alan | 185 |
| 98 | Lawrence | 180 |
| 98 | Marcus | 180 |
| 100 | Cory | 179 |
| 100 | Omar | 179 |