Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,719
2	Michael	1,341
3	Joshua	1,159
4	Matthew	1,136
5	Brandon	1,106
6	James	1,079
7	William	1,014
8	Justin	897
9	David	872
10	John	825
11	Jonathan	817
12	Robert	781
13	Daniel	752
14	Andrew	636
15	Joseph	621
16	Jeremy	516
17	Kevin	499
18	Jason	496
19	Brian	471
20	Timothy	470
21	Charles	462
22	Ryan	451
23	Thomas	439
24	Anthony	415
25	Adam	404

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	401
27	Eric	363
28	Dustin	355
29	Richard	344
30	Stephen	327
31	Travis	326
32	Nicholas	320
33	Benjamin	319
34	Kenneth	293
35	Zachary	289
36	Jeffrey	279
37	Aaron	258
38	Jacob	256
39	Mark	255
40	Kyle	251
41	Bryan	240
42	Bradley	239
43	Samuel	213
44	Patrick	210
45	Marcus	207
46	Gregory	197
47	Jordan	196
48	Antonio	187
49	Tyler	184
50	Nathan	174
51	Paul	168
52	Phillip	161
53	Derek	159
54	Donald	150
55	Alexander	149
55	Jesse	149
55	Wesley	149
58	Corey	146
59	Sean	141
60	Bobby	125
60	Shawn	125
62	Edward	123
63	Scott	117
64	Jared	115
65	Ronald	114
66	Jerry	112
67	Larry	111
68	Derrick	109
68	Gary	109
68	George	109
71	Chad	107
72	Johnathan	102
73	Jeffery	99
73	Terry	99
75	Cody	96
75	Cory	96
75	Curtis	96
75	Nathaniel	96
79	Tony	94
80	Douglas	92
81	Ricky	90
82	Johnny	88
83	Keith	86
84	Alex	85
84	Cameron	85
84	Rodney	85
87	Adrian	84
87	Philip	84
89	Casey	83
90	Carl	81
91	Seth	80
92	Dennis	77
93	Brett	76
94	Austin	75
95	Evan	74
96	Mitchell	71
97	Randall	70
98	Brent	69
98	Jamie	69
98	Maurice	69