Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1990

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,699
2	Joshua	1,600
3	Michael	1,439
4	Matthew	1,205
5	William	1,122
6	James	1,097
7	Justin	1,096
8	Brandon	883
9	John	848
10	David	837
11	Robert	836
12	Jonathan	728
13	Daniel	697
14	Joseph	672
15	Andrew	647
16	Zachary	528
17	Ryan	507
18	Timothy	500
19	Tyler	490
20	Thomas	479
21	Anthony	474
22	Nicholas	472
23	Charles	459
24	Jacob	458
25	Jordan	445

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	418
27	Travis	412
28	Jeremy	409
29	Aaron	402
30	Eric	393
31	Adam	381
31	Kevin	381
33	Stephen	373
34	Benjamin	360
35	Brian	344
36	Richard	341
37	Dustin	328
38	Cody	317
39	Kyle	311
40	Patrick	301
40	Samuel	301
42	Alexander	286
42	Cameron	286
44	Kenneth	280
45	Corey	277
46	Ethan	276
47	Jeffrey	257
48	Bradley	244
49	Mark	233
50	Austin	215
50	Gregory	215
50	Nathan	215
53	Marcus	210
54	Jason	207
55	Jesse	202
56	Phillip	187
57	Antonio	180
58	Bryan	174
59	Sean	170
60	Taylor	160
61	Derek	159
62	Caleb	154
63	Christian	150
63	Paul	150
65	Darius	146
66	Cory	144
67	George	134
68	Wesley	132
69	Johnathan	130
70	Nathaniel	129
71	Seth	127
72	Jared	126
73	Scott	124
74	Derrick	123
75	Donald	122
76	Edward	118
77	Adrian	110
78	Casey	109
78	Evan	109
78	Ronald	109
78	Trevor	109
82	Shawn	107
82	Tony	107
84	Dylan	106
85	Bobby	102
85	Larry	102
87	Dominique	97
87	Logan	97
89	Chad	95
89	Terry	95
91	Jerry	94
92	Ian	93
93	Alex	92
94	Allen	91
94	Blake	91
94	Mitchell	91
97	Curtis	89
97	Garrett	89
97	Gary	89
97	Shane	89