Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,101
2	Christopher	1,086
3	Matthew	857
4	Joshua	806
5	Ryan	705
6	David	685
7	Andrew	664
8	Daniel	624
9	Brandon	563
10	Jason	554
11	James	543
12	Justin	512
13	Joseph	495
14	John	493
14	Robert	493
16	Nicholas	484
17	Brian	473
18	Adam	419
19	Kyle	418
20	Aaron	405
21	Tyler	385
22	Jonathan	368
23	Jeffrey	363
24	Eric	355
25	Anthony	349

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	339
27	Kevin	338
28	Benjamin	327
29	Steven	326
30	Nathan	325
31	William	322
32	Travis	299
33	Thomas	292
34	Timothy	281
35	Sean	273
36	Jesse	255
37	Zachary	248
38	Richard	244
39	Jeremy	241
40	Patrick	230
41	Scott	215
42	Dustin	202
43	Stephen	189
44	Paul	187
45	Mark	186
46	Alexander	179
46	Jared	179
48	Derek	175
49	Charles	170
50	Bryan	166
51	Ian	157
51	Jordan	157
53	Joel	153
54	Gregory	152
54	Kenneth	152
56	Cody	148
57	Samuel	147
58	Peter	137
59	Casey	136
60	Brett	124
61	Chad	123
62	Shawn	118
63	Shane	111
64	Bradley	108
65	Erik	100
65	Seth	100
67	Cory	93
67	Nathaniel	93
69	Trevor	91
70	Marcus	89
71	Evan	87
72	Edward	82
73	Brent	80
73	Jose	80
75	Craig	79
76	Donald	77
77	Keith	73
77	Luke	73
79	Cameron	72
79	Garrett	72
79	Kristopher	72
82	Blake	70
82	Douglas	70
84	Phillip	69
84	Todd	69
86	Corey	68
87	Devin	67
88	Troy	66
89	Gabriel	65
89	Mathew	65
89	Ronald	65
92	Alex	64
93	Taylor	62
94	Jeffery	61
95	Juan	60
96	Bryce	59
96	Drew	59
96	Raymond	59
96	Tyson	59
100	Colin	58
100	Shaun	58