Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,647
2	Michael	1,457
3	James	1,174
4	Jason	990
5	Matthew	987
6	Joshua	986
7	William	984
8	David	915
9	John	882
10	Jonathan	861
11	Robert	833
12	Brandon	732
13	Justin	671
14	Joseph	606
15	Daniel	590
16	Brian	540
17	Charles	523
18	Jeremy	470
19	Timothy	464
20	Thomas	401
21	Steven	389
22	Adam	386
23	Kevin	384
24	Andrew	382
25	Eric	380

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	377
27	Travis	372
28	Richard	365
29	Jeffrey	341
30	Benjamin	318
30	Ryan	318
32	Stephen	297
33	Kenneth	294
34	Nicholas	270
35	Aaron	249
36	Mark	243
37	Patrick	229
38	Gregory	219
39	Marcus	213
40	Donald	199
41	Samuel	193
42	Phillip	191
43	Bradley	190
44	Bryan	188
45	Chad	184
46	Antonio	176
47	Dustin	172
48	Derrick	170
49	Nathan	168
50	Paul	165
51	Ronald	153
52	Derek	142
53	Jesse	141
54	Gary	139
55	Bobby	137
56	George	134
57	Larry	132
58	Wesley	130
58	Zachary	130
60	Jerry	129
61	Shawn	127
62	Jacob	126
62	Scott	126
64	Terry	122
65	Tony	113
66	Keith	110
67	Billy	109
68	Corey	108
68	Edward	108
70	Douglas	105
71	Ricky	103
72	Sean	100
73	Johnny	97
74	Curtis	96
74	Jamie	96
76	Joel	92
76	Kyle	92
78	Dennis	91
78	Rodney	91
80	Mitchell	90
81	Jeffery	88
82	Jordan	87
83	Jared	86
83	Randy	86
85	Philip	85
86	Nathaniel	83
87	Johnathan	82
88	Willie	81
89	Jermaine	78
89	Roger	78
89	Walter	78
92	Jeremiah	75
93	Ronnie	74
94	Allen	73
95	Carlos	72
95	Maurice	72
95	Raymond	72
95	Russell	72
99	Jimmy	70
100	Micheal	69
100	Reginald	69