Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,380
2	Michael	1,336
3	James	1,275
4	Jason	1,244
5	David	1,066
6	William	1,001
7	Joshua	878
8	Robert	828
9	John	826
10	Jonathan	711
10	Matthew	711
12	Brian	681
13	Joseph	626
14	Timothy	556
15	Justin	535
16	Daniel	534
17	Jeremy	530
18	Charles	520
19	Kevin	467
20	Brandon	444
21	Travis	432
22	Eric	418
23	Thomas	403
24	Richard	391
25	Adam	370

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	364
27	Nicholas	349
28	Steven	345
29	Benjamin	343
30	Jeffrey	315
31	Andrew	302
31	Stephen	302
33	Kenneth	291
34	Mark	245
35	Chad	226
36	Bradley	215
37	Derek	211
37	Patrick	211
39	Ryan	207
40	Gregory	203
40	Paul	203
42	Bryan	194
43	Donald	191
44	Aaron	190
45	Nathan	187
46	Samuel	183
47	Marcus	179
48	Larry	177
49	Bobby	172
49	Phillip	172
51	Derrick	161
52	Ronald	160
53	Antonio	159
54	Scott	154
55	Jamie	152
56	Jerry	148
57	Edward	144
58	Dustin	143
59	Billy	140
59	Gary	140
61	Terry	139
62	George	129
62	Shawn	129
64	Tony	124
65	Wesley	121
66	Curtis	117
66	Jacob	117
68	Jesse	114
69	Keith	112
70	Ricky	111
71	Johnny	110
72	Rodney	107
73	Douglas	105
74	Shaun	101
75	Dennis	100
75	Randy	100
77	Corey	98
77	Jeffery	98
79	Jeremiah	89
79	Willie	89
81	Jimmy	86
82	Jermaine	84
83	Walter	83
84	Danny	82
85	Raymond	78
85	Reginald	78
85	Zachary	78
88	Johnathan	77
89	Lee	76
89	Roger	76
91	Nathaniel	75
92	Ronnie	74
92	Sean	74
94	Craig	73
94	Maurice	73
96	Carl	72
97	Philip	70
98	Allen	69
99	Alan	67
99	Shane	67