Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,138
2	Christopher	1,042
3	Matthew	903
4	Ryan	786
5	Joshua	782
6	David	751
7	Jason	720
8	Justin	609
9	Daniel	591
10	James	564
11	Joseph	549
12	Robert	545
13	John	505
14	Brian	495
15	Andrew	476
16	Brandon	467
17	Nicholas	446
18	Adam	411
19	Aaron	402
20	Jeffrey	399
21	Jonathan	375
22	Jacob	370
23	Jeremy	366
24	Benjamin	365
25	William	355

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kevin	352
27	Eric	321
27	Jesse	321
29	Steven	318
30	Kyle	315
31	Nathan	310
32	Timothy	306
33	Anthony	299
34	Scott	297
35	Travis	275
36	Tyler	269
37	Richard	263
38	Thomas	238
39	Paul	236
39	Sean	236
41	Mark	228
42	Dustin	227
43	Patrick	223
44	Charles	208
45	Zachary	175
46	Jared	166
47	Bryan	164
47	Derek	164
49	Peter	156
50	Stephen	155
51	Shawn	151
52	Chad	148
53	Gregory	147
54	Ian	145
54	Samuel	145
56	Erik	138
57	Kenneth	137
58	Bradley	130
59	Casey	129
60	Shane	127
61	Jordan	126
62	Joel	118
63	Nathaniel	110
64	Alexander	106
65	Brett	97
65	Donald	97
67	Evan	92
68	Cameron	87
69	Jeffery	84
70	Craig	83
70	Todd	83
72	Lucas	82
73	Douglas	81
74	Kristopher	80
74	Phillip	80
76	Trevor	79
77	Keith	78
78	Brent	76
79	Jeremiah	75
79	Shaun	75
81	Seth	74
82	Cory	73
82	Jose	73
82	Mathew	73
82	Ronald	73
86	Gabriel	72
87	Troy	70
87	Tyson	70
89	Cody	69
89	Marcus	69
91	Russell	66
92	Colin	65
93	Edward	64
93	Gary	64
95	Corey	62
95	Luke	62
97	Philip	61
98	Noah	59
99	Randy	58
100	Isaac	56