Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,178
2	Christopher	1,012
3	Joshua	938
4	Ryan	799
5	Matthew	789
6	David	756
7	Jason	754
8	Daniel	593
9	James	585
10	Justin	584
11	Robert	569
12	Joseph	535
13	Andrew	517
14	John	515
15	Brian	502
16	Nicholas	491
17	Aaron	462
18	Brandon	458
19	Adam	435
20	Jeffrey	400
21	Benjamin	395
22	Jeremy	386
23	Jacob	368
24	Jesse	363
25	Jonathan	351

Rank	Name	Babies
26	William	349
27	Timothy	332
28	Eric	329
29	Kevin	315
30	Scott	305
31	Anthony	295
32	Nathan	289
33	Travis	283
34	Steven	282
35	Thomas	279
36	Sean	258
37	Kyle	257
38	Richard	255
39	Mark	250
40	Paul	226
41	Dustin	220
42	Tyler	196
43	Patrick	192
44	Charles	188
45	Bryan	167
46	Derek	162
47	Kenneth	156
48	Casey	152
49	Jared	149
49	Shawn	149
49	Stephen	149
52	Chad	143
53	Zachary	139
54	Peter	138
55	Shane	137
56	Samuel	128
57	Gregory	127
58	Joel	124
59	Erik	119
60	Seth	112
61	Ian	111
62	Lucas	109
63	Jordan	108
64	Bradley	104
64	Jeremiah	104
66	Gabriel	101
67	Nathaniel	96
68	Brett	93
69	Alexander	91
69	Corey	91
71	Luke	90
71	Trevor	90
73	Brent	88
74	Donald	87
74	Shaun	87
74	Todd	87
77	Jose	86
78	Jeffery	83
78	Phillip	83
80	Philip	82
81	Craig	78
82	Kristopher	77
83	Cory	76
83	Keith	76
85	Douglas	74
86	Edward	71
87	Ronald	70
88	Curtis	69
89	Randy	67
90	Cody	66
91	Raymond	64
92	Evan	63
92	Marcus	63
94	Caleb	62
94	Jon	62
96	Gary	61
96	Juan	61
98	Troy	60
99	Isaac	59
100	Alan	58