Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,610
2	Michael	1,485
3	James	1,191
4	Matthew	1,151
5	Joshua	1,027
6	William	949
7	David	943
8	Jason	882
9	Brandon	852
10	Jonathan	796
11	John	794
12	Robert	784
13	Justin	725
14	Daniel	654
15	Joseph	627
16	Brian	563
17	Adam	471
18	Charles	464
19	Thomas	431
20	Andrew	425
21	Jeremy	412
22	Kevin	399
23	Timothy	388
24	Travis	382
25	Steven	377

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	372
27	Eric	354
28	Ryan	324
29	Jeffrey	323
30	Richard	322
31	Stephen	318
32	Benjamin	307
33	Kenneth	279
34	Nicholas	278
35	Aaron	259
36	Patrick	245
37	Mark	243
38	Dustin	241
39	Marcus	227
40	Bryan	203
41	Bradley	196
42	Gregory	194
43	Paul	182
44	Phillip	170
45	Zachary	168
46	Nathan	163
47	Samuel	161
48	Chad	152
49	Jacob	150
50	Derrick	149
51	Jesse	147
52	Antonio	140
53	Donald	136
53	Larry	136
55	Ronald	134
56	Derek	131
56	Edward	131
58	Kyle	126
59	Scott	122
60	Bobby	119
61	Jerry	118
61	Terry	118
63	Tony	116
64	Wesley	115
65	Sean	114
66	Gary	111
67	Ricky	102
68	George	101
69	Shawn	99
70	Keith	98
71	Randy	95
72	Corey	94
73	Dennis	93
74	Johnathan	91
75	Jamie	86
75	Nathaniel	86
77	Rodney	84
78	Jordan	83
79	Johnny	82
80	Tyler	81
81	Jimmy	80
81	Roger	80
81	Walter	80
84	Douglas	79
84	Jared	79
84	Ronnie	79
87	Billy	78
88	Adrian	75
88	Allen	75
90	Jeffery	74
91	Curtis	73
91	Raymond	73
93	Alan	71
94	Alexander	70
95	Jermaine	69
95	Maurice	69
97	Reginald	68
98	Philip	67
99	Carl	66
100	Joel	65