Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,741
2	Michael	1,433
3	Joshua	1,334
4	Matthew	1,215
5	James	1,203
6	William	1,041
7	Brandon	1,001
8	David	925
9	Jonathan	807
10	John	790
11	Robert	756
12	Jason	736
13	Daniel	715
14	Justin	713
15	Joseph	619
16	Adam	527
17	Brian	516
18	Charles	489
19	Timothy	469
20	Andrew	438
21	Thomas	437
22	Steven	436
23	Kevin	386
24	Jeremy	384
25	Anthony	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	368
27	Richard	361
28	Travis	353
29	Ryan	346
30	Stephen	335
31	Benjamin	323
32	Jeffrey	317
33	Dustin	295
34	Nicholas	280
35	Kenneth	279
36	Aaron	276
37	Mark	244
38	Patrick	226
39	Marcus	222
40	Gregory	200
41	Bryan	196
42	Paul	192
43	Bradley	191
44	Samuel	189
45	Jacob	187
46	Nathan	184
47	Zachary	181
48	Chad	169
49	Phillip	168
50	Antonio	167
51	Donald	164
52	Tyler	155
53	Derrick	140
54	Scott	139
55	Edward	137
56	Bobby	136
57	Kyle	134
58	Larry	132
59	Derek	131
60	Ronald	127
61	Jesse	121
61	Keith	121
61	Ricky	121
64	Gary	120
65	Jerry	116
66	Corey	114
67	George	113
68	Wesley	109
69	Jordan	107
70	Terry	105
71	Jamie	95
71	Johnathan	95
73	Sean	93
74	Billy	92
75	Alexander	91
76	Shawn	89
77	Curtis	88
78	Douglas	87
79	Tony	83
80	Jared	81
81	Johnny	80
81	Philip	80
83	Jimmy	79
84	Jeffery	75
85	Joel	74
85	Rodney	74
87	Nathaniel	73
87	Raymond	73
89	Adrian	70
89	Mitchell	70
91	Carl	69
91	Danny	69
91	Randy	69
94	Casey	68
94	Reginald	68
96	Cameron	67
96	Maurice	67
98	Walter	66
98	Willie	66
100	Alex	63
100	Allen	63
100	Russell	63