Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,427
2	Christopher	1,309
3	James	1,251
4	Jason	1,081
5	Joshua	1,008
6	William	956
7	David	954
8	Matthew	877
9	John	844
10	Jonathan	783
11	Robert	761
12	Brandon	714
13	Joseph	606
14	Brian	604
15	Daniel	569
16	Justin	565
17	Jeremy	514
18	Charles	510
19	Timothy	492
20	Eric	393
21	Kevin	391
21	Thomas	391
23	Travis	383
24	Richard	380
25	Adam	347

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	343
27	Anthony	334
28	Andrew	331
29	Benjamin	318
30	Jeffrey	311
31	Kenneth	304
32	Nicholas	291
33	Ryan	283
34	Stephen	282
35	Aaron	264
36	Mark	223
37	Patrick	219
38	Dustin	203
39	Marcus	198
40	Bradley	192
41	Gregory	187
42	Larry	186
43	Bobby	183
44	Chad	180
44	Paul	180
46	Bryan	179
47	Edward	178
47	Nathan	178
49	Phillip	177
50	Samuel	175
51	Ronald	162
52	Derrick	161
53	Donald	159
54	George	151
55	Antonio	147
56	Jesse	145
57	Billy	142
57	Scott	142
59	Derek	138
60	Jerry	131
61	Jacob	130
62	Gary	128
63	Ricky	127
64	Shawn	123
65	Wesley	120
66	Terry	118
67	Tony	116
68	Zachary	113
69	Johnny	110
69	Keith	110
69	Randy	110
72	Douglas	105
72	Jamie	105
74	Philip	101
75	Corey	100
76	Curtis	99
76	Jeffery	99
78	Dennis	96
78	Jeremiah	96
80	Jimmy	91
81	Rodney	89
82	Maurice	87
83	Ronnie	85
83	Sean	85
85	Johnathan	84
85	Nathaniel	84
87	Willie	80
88	Alan	78
89	Shaun	77
90	Darrell	76
90	Jermaine	76
90	Roger	76
93	Casey	73
94	Alexander	72
94	Carl	72
94	Lee	72
97	Jared	71
98	Walter	70
99	Raymond	69
100	Joel	68
100	Russell	68