Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	1,067
2	Christopher	1,033
3	Michael	993
4	William	969
5	Matthew	891
6	Jacob	868
7	Austin	858
8	Brandon	836
9	Tyler	820
10	James	746
11	Zachary	703
12	John	685
13	Nicholas	655
14	Joseph	652
15	Andrew	631
16	David	602
16	Justin	602
18	Jonathan	555
19	Daniel	538
19	Robert	538
21	Cody	454
22	Jordan	448
23	Ryan	432
24	Christian	424
25	Samuel	418

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	415
27	Alexander	408
28	Dylan	402
29	Thomas	394
30	Caleb	365
31	Benjamin	345
32	Anthony	337
33	Hunter	325
34	Cameron	301
35	Charles	291
36	Timothy	286
37	Kevin	263
38	Logan	246
39	Adam	242
40	Patrick	236
41	Eric	235
42	Nathan	232
43	Kyle	230
44	Stephen	227
45	Steven	226
46	Dakota	224
47	Malik	222
48	Richard	217
49	Brian	213
50	Noah	210
51	Dustin	202
51	Jason	202
53	Ethan	199
54	Jesse	184
55	Jeremy	182
56	Devin	179
56	Kenneth	179
58	Bradley	177
59	Travis	167
60	Bryan	160
61	Elijah	159
62	Isaiah	158
62	Jeffrey	158
64	Antonio	156
65	Corey	155
65	Dillon	155
67	Tristan	151
68	Chase	150
68	Evan	150
70	Luke	148
71	Alex	147
72	Sean	146
73	Mark	144
74	Trevor	143
75	Dalton	141
75	Jared	141
75	Marcus	141
78	Wesley	140
79	Garrett	137
79	Taylor	137
81	Nathaniel	128
82	Connor	123
82	Jose	123
84	Seth	122
85	Ian	121
86	Gregory	117
87	Tanner	116
88	Jackson	110
89	Mason	107
90	Jalen	104
91	Darius	102
92	Blake	101
93	Phillip	99
94	Johnathan	98
95	Casey	96
95	Paul	96
95	Spencer	96
98	Gabriel	94
99	Isaac	93
99	Shawn	93