Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1993

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,243
2	Joshua	1,237
3	Michael	1,183
4	William	1,040
5	Matthew	995
6	Brandon	988
7	James	924
8	John	727
9	Justin	725
10	Tyler	707
11	David	693
12	Zachary	660
13	Jacob	637
14	Robert	633
15	Joseph	610
16	Andrew	601
17	Jonathan	576
18	Daniel	573
19	Ryan	508
20	Cody	502
21	Nicholas	480
22	Austin	468
23	Aaron	443
24	Thomas	427
25	Jordan	419

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	418
27	Alexander	381
28	Charles	375
29	Dylan	354
30	Anthony	343
31	Benjamin	325
32	Adam	321
33	Samuel	316
34	Kevin	311
35	Steven	310
36	Christian	308
37	Cameron	304
38	Kyle	298
39	Eric	286
40	Patrick	283
41	Jeremy	274
42	Dustin	270
43	Travis	267
44	Stephen	260
45	Caleb	250
46	Nathan	227
47	Brian	223
47	Richard	223
49	Jesse	206
50	Taylor	204
51	Kenneth	202
52	Hunter	194
53	Corey	193
53	Jeffrey	193
55	Jason	181
56	Dillon	175
57	Gregory	169
58	Devin	167
59	Marcus	162
60	Bradley	160
60	Mark	160
62	Wesley	153
63	Evan	149
64	Trevor	146
65	Dakota	145
66	Ethan	144
67	Bryan	142
67	Phillip	142
69	Sean	141
70	Paul	133
71	Seth	129
72	Logan	127
73	Darius	122
74	Antonio	121
75	Casey	119
75	Spencer	119
77	Alex	118
78	Edward	113
78	Ian	113
80	Garrett	111
81	Jared	109
82	Cory	106
83	Nathaniel	105
84	Johnathan	103
85	Donald	102
85	Scott	102
87	Connor	101
88	Luke	97
89	Derrick	96
89	Xavier	96
91	Shawn	91
92	Derek	89
93	Larry	85
93	Mitchell	85
95	Dalton	84
95	George	84
97	Chad	83
97	Shaquille	83
99	Blake	82
99	Shane	82