Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,123
2	Jason	916
3	Christopher	879
4	Joshua	840
5	Matthew	803
6	David	776
7	Ryan	748
8	Justin	661
9	James	611
10	Daniel	580
11	Robert	548
12	John	542
13	Joseph	518
14	Nicholas	503
15	Brian	493
16	Andrew	483
17	Jeremy	431
18	Adam	402
19	Eric	387
20	Benjamin	384
21	Aaron	377
21	Brandon	377
23	Jeffrey	364
24	William	353
25	Jacob	349

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	336
27	Jesse	330
28	Kevin	318
29	Jonathan	315
30	Anthony	296
31	Nathan	293
32	Steven	276
32	Travis	276
34	Richard	273
35	Thomas	272
36	Scott	258
37	Mark	249
38	Chad	233
39	Kyle	228
40	Sean	223
41	Charles	219
42	Derek	204
43	Dustin	202
43	Paul	202
45	Patrick	198
46	Erik	171
47	Shawn	165
48	Shane	163
49	Peter	156
50	Kenneth	155
51	Tyler	149
52	Jared	141
53	Bryan	140
54	Gregory	139
55	Joel	138
55	Stephen	138
57	Zachary	131
58	Ian	130
59	Bradley	126
60	Casey	121
61	Donald	111
61	Samuel	111
63	Jeremiah	108
64	Douglas	106
65	Todd	102
66	Luke	99
66	Seth	99
68	Brett	94
69	Brent	92
70	Nathaniel	90
71	Gabriel	87
72	Cory	83
72	Edward	83
74	Keith	82
74	Lucas	82
76	Corey	81
76	Shaun	81
78	Gary	79
78	Troy	79
80	Alexander	75
80	Randy	75
82	Phillip	74
83	Jose	73
84	Curtis	72
85	Ronald	71
85	Russell	71
87	Craig	70
88	Philip	66
88	Raymond	66
90	Carl	64
90	Jeffery	64
92	Cameron	62
93	Kristopher	61
93	Trevor	61
95	Marcus	60
96	Dennis	59
97	Jay	58
98	Wesley	57
99	Isaac	55
100	George	53
100	Jordan	53
100	Tyson	53