Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,121
2	Christopher	1,044
3	Matthew	965
4	Ryan	812
5	Joshua	797
6	David	734
7	Jason	668
8	Daniel	630
9	Andrew	590
10	Justin	570
11	Nicholas	558
12	James	555
12	Joseph	555
14	Brandon	533
15	Brian	515
16	Robert	511
17	John	498
18	Adam	469
19	Kyle	448
20	Aaron	392
21	Jonathan	387
22	Jeffrey	372
23	William	367
24	Kevin	357
25	Jacob	344

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	334
27	Eric	333
28	Steven	326
29	Anthony	310
30	Nathan	299
31	Jeremy	298
32	Timothy	290
33	Tyler	288
34	Thomas	282
35	Travis	271
36	Scott	270
37	Jesse	269
38	Sean	255
39	Richard	254
40	Mark	235
41	Paul	215
42	Dustin	198
43	Bryan	188
44	Patrick	186
44	Zachary	186
46	Charles	180
47	Derek	175
48	Kenneth	170
49	Stephen	169
50	Jared	154
51	Chad	149
52	Shawn	145
53	Gregory	142
54	Jordan	140
55	Peter	139
56	Joel	129
57	Ian	128
58	Samuel	127
59	Casey	125
59	Shane	125
61	Bradley	114
62	Alexander	110
63	Erik	108
64	Brett	103
65	Evan	98
66	Marcus	93
67	Trevor	92
68	Keith	89
68	Nathaniel	89
70	Cody	86
71	Cory	82
72	Devin	81
73	Craig	78
73	Douglas	78
75	Jeffery	76
76	Donald	75
76	Phillip	75
78	Colin	74
79	Mathew	73
80	Cameron	72
81	Luke	71
82	Jose	70
83	Corey	69
83	Jeremiah	69
83	Lucas	69
86	Brent	68
86	Seth	68
88	Curtis	66
89	Caleb	65
89	Todd	65
91	Gary	64
91	Isaac	64
93	Austin	62
93	Gabriel	62
93	Philip	62
96	Tyson	61
97	Ronald	59
98	Edward	58
99	Carl	56
100	Kristopher	55