Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,577
2	Joshua	1,510
3	Michael	1,449
4	Justin	1,179
5	Matthew	1,148
6	James	1,123
7	William	1,006
8	Brandon	934
9	David	835
10	Robert	806
11	Jonathan	781
12	John	774
13	Andrew	696
14	Daniel	687
15	Joseph	654
16	Thomas	502
17	Timothy	499
18	Charles	454
19	Anthony	451
20	Jeremy	440
21	Ryan	438
22	Steven	426
23	Nicholas	425
24	Travis	419
25	Adam	393

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	390
27	Eric	382
28	Brian	372
29	Jason	368
30	Zachary	363
31	Benjamin	360
32	Dustin	353
33	Richard	348
34	Stephen	339
35	Aaron	321
36	Tyler	317
37	Jacob	309
38	Jeffrey	283
39	Patrick	280
40	Kenneth	272
41	Kyle	266
42	Bradley	264
43	Samuel	247
44	Corey	227
45	Marcus	218
46	Jordan	212
47	Gregory	211
48	Alexander	208
49	Cody	206
49	Phillip	206
51	Bryan	204
52	Nathan	203
53	Cameron	201
54	Mark	198
55	Jesse	189
56	Antonio	183
57	Derek	179
58	Paul	170
58	Sean	170
60	Wesley	162
61	George	140
62	Scott	139
63	Edward	138
64	Derrick	137
65	Cory	136
66	Ronald	134
67	Jared	132
68	Donald	130
69	Austin	128
70	Chad	120
71	Alex	115
72	Johnathan	114
73	Keith	111
74	Terry	107
75	Shawn	105
76	Casey	104
77	Gary	103
77	Larry	103
79	Jerry	101
80	Bobby	100
80	Nathaniel	100
82	Ricky	98
83	Micheal	96
83	Randy	96
85	Taylor	91
85	Tony	91
87	Caleb	90
88	Devin	88
89	Curtis	84
89	Douglas	84
91	Jeffery	83
91	Logan	83
91	Rodney	83
91	Seth	83
95	Willie	82
96	Evan	80
96	Philip	80
98	Jamie	79
98	Mitchell	79
100	Jimmy	77
100	Randall	77