Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,706
2	Joshua	1,424
3	Michael	1,388
4	James	1,193
5	Matthew	1,132
6	Brandon	1,109
7	William	964
8	David	892
9	John	819
10	Robert	801
11	Jonathan	791
12	Daniel	773
13	Justin	751
14	Joseph	667
15	Jason	632
16	Andrew	539
17	Timothy	491
18	Charles	476
19	Adam	472
20	Brian	465
20	Thomas	465
22	Jeremy	421
23	Ryan	413
24	Anthony	406
25	Kevin	401

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	389
27	Travis	371
28	Richard	362
29	Eric	351
30	Stephen	338
31	Nicholas	328
32	Benjamin	319
33	Dustin	313
34	Jeffrey	307
35	Kenneth	285
36	Patrick	264
37	Zachary	263
38	Aaron	254
39	Mark	252
40	Bryan	221
41	Kyle	216
42	Gregory	210
43	Marcus	205
44	Jacob	204
45	Samuel	198
46	Nathan	197
47	Bradley	196
48	Phillip	188
49	Paul	181
50	Tyler	176
51	Derrick	173
52	Antonio	168
53	Larry	151
54	Jesse	145
55	Donald	141
55	Sean	141
57	Chad	138
58	Wesley	133
59	Shawn	129
60	Derek	127
61	Corey	123
61	Jordan	123
63	Bobby	122
64	Scott	121
65	Edward	120
65	Johnathan	120
67	Ronald	118
68	George	117
69	Curtis	112
70	Alexander	111
71	Terry	109
72	Nathaniel	104
73	Keith	103
73	Ricky	103
73	Tony	103
76	Randy	102
77	Gary	101
78	Jerry	100
79	Adrian	99
80	Billy	88
80	Jeffery	88
82	Douglas	83
83	Jamie	82
83	Johnny	82
83	Philip	82
86	Mitchell	81
86	Walter	81
88	Cody	80
89	Allen	77
89	Cameron	77
91	Seth	76
92	Shane	75
93	Casey	73
94	Jared	70
95	Cory	69
95	Reginald	69
97	Alan	68
98	Danny	66
98	Maurice	66
100	Andre	65
100	Brent	65
100	Lee	65
100	Randall	65
100	Ronnie	65