Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,821
2	Joshua	1,627
3	Michael	1,531
4	Justin	1,202
5	James	1,177
6	Matthew	1,131
7	William	1,118
8	Brandon	947
9	David	909
10	Robert	835
11	John	785
12	Jonathan	747
13	Daniel	726
14	Andrew	722
15	Joseph	667
16	Timothy	519
17	Nicholas	513
18	Thomas	499
19	Charles	475
20	Ryan	472
21	Kevin	464
22	Zachary	457
23	Travis	448
24	Jeremy	430
25	Anthony	426

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	401
27	Adam	396
28	Benjamin	382
29	Aaron	380
30	Brian	375
31	Eric	367
32	Jacob	362
33	Dustin	358
34	Stephen	347
35	Tyler	339
36	Richard	333
37	Jason	293
38	Patrick	281
39	Kenneth	279
40	Jeffrey	274
41	Kyle	272
42	Cameron	250
43	Corey	246
43	Samuel	246
45	Jordan	245
46	Mark	237
47	Alexander	235
47	Bradley	235
49	Nathan	226
50	Gregory	223
51	Antonio	212
52	Cody	208
53	Marcus	201
54	Phillip	198
55	Bryan	195
56	Derek	193
57	Jesse	191
58	Austin	177
58	Cory	177
60	Sean	174
61	Wesley	159
62	Paul	152
63	Caleb	144
63	Ethan	144
63	Jared	144
66	Derrick	143
67	Donald	133
68	Seth	132
69	Johnathan	130
70	George	128
71	Ronald	122
71	Scott	122
73	Edward	121
74	Taylor	117
75	Chad	116
76	Keith	115
77	Shawn	113
78	Casey	111
79	Nathaniel	109
80	Alex	107
81	Logan	104
82	Ricky	101
83	Bobby	100
83	Douglas	100
85	Curtis	98
86	Larry	96
86	Preston	96
88	Gary	95
89	Ian	94
89	Tony	94
91	Darius	91
92	Randy	90
93	Jeffery	89
94	Jerry	88
95	Terry	86
96	Evan	85
97	Devin	83
98	Blake	81
98	Christian	81
98	Spencer	81