Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	987
2	Christopher	942
3	Matthew	789
4	Joshua	781
5	Andrew	756
6	Ryan	672
7	Daniel	647
8	David	638
9	Nicholas	566
10	Kyle	565
11	Brandon	537
12	James	498
13	Robert	483
14	Jacob	482
15	Joseph	475
16	Justin	466
17	John	459
18	Tyler	442
19	Brian	430
20	Jason	398
21	Anthony	388
22	Kevin	355
23	Jonathan	352
24	Adam	343
25	Aaron	330

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Benjamin	329
27	Jeffrey	323
28	Steven	314
29	Jeremy	313
30	William	309
31	Zachary	305
32	Eric	303
33	Sean	286
34	Timothy	280
35	Nathan	258
36	Alexander	252
37	Thomas	245
38	Patrick	240
39	Jesse	237
40	Richard	232
41	Scott	228
42	Travis	199
43	Dustin	193
44	Derek	184
45	Jordan	181
46	Mark	180
47	Paul	176
48	Stephen	174
49	Jared	173
50	Charles	170
51	Cody	167
52	Samuel	166
53	Bryan	165
54	Shawn	148
55	Bradley	137
55	Gregory	137
57	Chad	135
58	Kenneth	134
59	Casey	133
60	Cory	130
61	Peter	129
62	Trevor	123
63	Shane	118
64	Alex	115
64	Joel	115
66	Evan	114
67	Ian	107
68	Brett	101
69	Corey	99
70	Nathaniel	97
71	Cameron	95
71	Erik	95
73	Brent	86
73	Marcus	86
75	Blake	85
76	Jose	84
77	Keith	82
77	Taylor	82
79	Donald	81
80	Curtis	75
81	Austin	73
81	Colin	73
83	Devin	72
84	Mathew	71
85	Philip	70
86	Lucas	69
87	Garrett	68
87	Seth	68
89	Ronald	67
90	Douglas	66
90	Jeffery	66
92	Spencer	64
93	Mitchell	63
94	Edward	62
94	Jeremiah	62
96	Drew	61
97	Bryce	59
97	Craig	59
97	Gabriel	59
97	Todd	59