Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,016
2	Joshua	1,002
3	Michael	986
4	Jacob	976
4	William	976
6	Matthew	920
7	Austin	848
8	Brandon	808
9	James	739
10	Zachary	719
11	Tyler	684
12	John	681
13	Nicholas	667
14	Andrew	642
15	Justin	620
16	David	593
17	Joseph	565
18	Daniel	550
19	Robert	548
20	Jonathan	533
21	Jordan	489
22	Christian	475
23	Ryan	448
24	Dylan	437
25	Alexander	409

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Samuel	398
27	Thomas	381
28	Benjamin	378
29	Anthony	369
30	Hunter	367
31	Caleb	361
32	Cody	357
33	Aaron	346
34	Cameron	330
35	Timothy	312
36	Noah	293
37	Kevin	279
38	Charles	264
39	Logan	261
40	Eric	254
41	Nathan	240
42	Ethan	236
43	Kyle	234
44	Adam	229
45	Richard	222
46	Patrick	209
47	Steven	208
48	Jason	199
49	Brian	193
50	Dustin	188
50	Elijah	188
52	Isaiah	185
53	Devin	184
54	Malik	181
55	Jeremy	179
56	Dakota	178
57	Stephen	177
58	Jose	176
59	Trevor	169
60	Kenneth	163
60	Nathaniel	163
62	Luke	159
63	Jesse	155
64	Chase	154
64	Travis	154
66	Corey	153
67	Garrett	150
68	Alex	148
69	Ian	147
70	Dalton	144
70	Taylor	144
72	Jared	143
72	Tanner	143
74	Connor	142
74	Sean	142
76	Bradley	140
76	Jackson	140
76	Marcus	140
79	Evan	138
79	Mark	138
81	Seth	136
82	Antonio	132
83	Gabriel	126
84	Wesley	125
85	Blake	123
85	Tristan	123
87	Mason	122
88	Bryan	121
89	Jack	119
89	Spencer	119
91	Gregory	118
92	Dillon	117
93	Paul	115
94	Jeffrey	113
95	Juan	111
96	Jeremiah	107
96	Johnathan	107
98	Darius	105
99	Lucas	103
100	Landon	101