Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,043
2	Michael	1,016
3	Joshua	854
4	Matthew	850
5	Ryan	736
6	David	728
7	Andrew	639
8	Daniel	598
9	Nicholas	573
10	James	537
11	Brandon	532
12	Kyle	522
13	Joseph	508
14	Robert	483
15	Jason	469
16	Justin	450
17	Tyler	429
18	John	413
19	Brian	401
20	Jacob	392
21	Jonathan	372
22	Aaron	371
23	Adam	368
24	Eric	364
25	Anthony	356

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	351
27	Kevin	342
28	Benjamin	337
29	Jeffrey	333
30	William	310
31	Timothy	306
32	Zachary	297
33	Sean	295
34	Thomas	289
35	Nathan	288
36	Jeremy	282
37	Travis	255
38	Jesse	241
39	Richard	230
40	Scott	220
41	Mark	207
42	Dustin	201
43	Alexander	198
44	Patrick	197
45	Derek	188
46	Paul	185
47	Charles	184
48	Cody	183
49	Stephen	181
50	Kenneth	170
51	Samuel	160
52	Bryan	149
52	Jordan	149
54	Jared	148
55	Chad	147
56	Joel	141
57	Shane	133
58	Bradley	132
59	Peter	131
60	Shawn	128
61	Gregory	124
62	Casey	114
63	Trevor	112
64	Ian	111
65	Brett	110
66	Erik	105
67	Cory	99
68	Marcus	98
69	Cameron	97
70	Alex	94
71	Nathaniel	91
72	Craig	87
72	Keith	87
74	Evan	85
75	Corey	84
75	Mathew	84
77	Austin	83
77	Seth	83
79	Blake	82
79	Jose	82
81	Jeffery	81
82	Luke	78
83	Curtis	77
83	Douglas	77
85	Caleb	74
85	Colin	74
87	Drew	72
87	Taylor	72
89	Phillip	69
90	Brent	67
90	Edward	67
92	Gabriel	64
92	Lucas	64
92	Philip	64
95	Donald	63
96	Raymond	62
97	Bryce	61
98	Russell	60
99	Garrett	59
99	Kristopher	59
99	Mitchell	59