Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,645
2	Joshua	1,423
3	Michael	1,398
4	Matthew	1,188
5	James	1,082
6	William	1,009
7	Brandon	990
8	Justin	981
9	David	837
10	Robert	806
11	John	768
12	Jonathan	752
13	Daniel	698
14	Andrew	641
15	Joseph	570
16	Timothy	486
17	Jeremy	473
18	Thomas	469
19	Ryan	440
20	Kevin	439
21	Anthony	437
21	Charles	437
23	Brian	425
24	Dustin	416
25	Jason	404

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	398
27	Eric	397
28	Travis	376
29	Steven	371
30	Nicholas	355
31	Benjamin	345
32	Richard	336
33	Stephen	322
34	Zachary	311
35	Jacob	307
36	Aaron	290
37	Patrick	260
38	Jordan	252
39	Kenneth	250
40	Jeffrey	248
41	Samuel	241
42	Kyle	232
43	Bryan	231
44	Mark	224
45	Nathan	217
46	Bradley	215
47	Tyler	198
48	Jesse	190
49	Antonio	189
50	Gregory	186
51	Corey	179
51	Phillip	179
53	Alexander	173
53	Marcus	173
55	Derek	168
56	Donald	157
56	Paul	157
58	Sean	150
59	Cameron	146
60	Cory	137
61	Derrick	135
62	Cody	134
63	Scott	129
63	Wesley	129
65	Jared	120
66	Terry	118
67	Shawn	117
68	Edward	116
69	Johnathan	113
70	Gary	106
70	Jerry	106
72	Chad	102
73	Larry	101
73	Tony	101
75	Bobby	100
75	Ricky	100
75	Ronald	100
78	Casey	98
79	Austin	97
80	George	95
81	Curtis	89
82	Brett	88
83	Alex	87
83	Evan	87
85	Seth	86
86	Nathaniel	84
86	Philip	84
86	Randy	84
89	Dennis	82
89	Joel	82
89	Keith	82
92	Douglas	81
93	Jeffery	80
94	Allen	79
95	Jamie	77
96	Randall	76
97	Johnny	75
98	Billy	74
98	Shane	74
100	Devin	73