Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,828
2	Joshua	2,295
3	Matthew	2,277
4	Christopher	2,189
5	Andrew	1,837
6	Justin	1,630
7	David	1,599
8	James	1,553
9	Ryan	1,491
10	Joseph	1,465
11	Robert	1,410
12	Daniel	1,367
13	Nicholas	1,366
14	John	1,271
15	Brandon	1,191
16	Kyle	1,156
17	Anthony	1,103
18	Adam	1,037
19	William	1,024
20	Brian	1,010
21	Zachary	1,007
22	Eric	984
23	Kevin	944
24	Aaron	885
25	Thomas	868

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	857
27	Jonathan	808
28	Steven	785
29	Benjamin	777
30	Jacob	763
31	Tyler	747
32	Mark	651
33	Jeffrey	643
34	Jason	629
35	Dustin	608
36	Richard	602
37	Jeremy	591
38	Nathan	582
39	Charles	543
40	Alexander	535
41	Scott	515
42	Stephen	510
43	Cory	508
44	Cody	488
45	Bradley	474
46	Travis	472
47	Gregory	468
48	Sean	463
49	Paul	453
50	Patrick	451
51	Jordan	419
52	Derek	418
53	Corey	398
54	Bryan	397
55	Samuel	396
56	Kenneth	382
57	Chad	318
58	Shawn	298
59	Alex	291
60	Shane	287
61	Jared	281
62	Jesse	279
63	Keith	251
64	Donald	245
65	Nathaniel	242
66	Ronald	238
67	Marcus	223
68	Austin	221
69	Seth	216
70	Brett	213
71	Evan	206
72	Edward	205
73	Craig	200
74	Douglas	196
75	Ian	192
76	Raymond	183
77	Phillip	181
78	Casey	180
79	Peter	168
79	Todd	168
81	Brent	160
82	Vincent	152
83	Mitchell	151
84	Antonio	150
85	Cameron	148
86	Alan	147
87	Jonathon	144
87	Lucas	144
89	Curtis	142
90	Derrick	140
90	Jeffery	140
92	Luke	137
93	Gary	136
93	Philip	136
95	Wesley	134
96	Devin	133
97	George	132
98	Joel	131
98	Logan	131
100	Caleb	128
100	Terry	128