Most popular boys’ names in Wisconsin, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,265
2	Matthew	1,193
3	Andrew	955
4	Joshua	933
5	Ryan	921
6	Christopher	892
7	Daniel	873
8	Adam	763
9	Nicholas	726
10	Joseph	690
11	David	659
12	Eric	600
13	Justin	593
14	Brandon	578
15	James	575
16	Kyle	570
17	Jason	555
18	Jacob	524
19	Robert	511
20	Brian	489
21	Benjamin	476
22	John	462
23	Anthony	461
24	Steven	435
25	Tyler	413

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	400
27	Nathan	393
28	Thomas	383
29	Aaron	373
30	Kevin	371
31	Jonathan	346
32	Dustin	329
33	Zachary	317
34	Jeffrey	308
34	Scott	308
34	William	308
37	Jeremy	300
38	Paul	279
39	Mark	252
40	Patrick	249
41	Travis	242
42	Chad	233
43	Bradley	220
44	Jesse	206
45	Peter	200
46	Derek	197
47	Richard	196
48	Alexander	190
49	Gregory	184
50	Jordan	172
51	Bryan	171
52	Sean	169
53	Cody	167
54	Charles	159
55	Shawn	150
56	Luke	144
57	Cory	137
58	Lucas	135
59	Craig	132
59	Jared	132
61	Stephen	131
62	Samuel	130
63	Kenneth	129
64	Casey	125
64	Shane	125
66	Erik	119
67	Joel	115
68	Brett	113
68	Corey	113
70	Keith	107
71	Nathaniel	105
72	Mitchell	104
73	Ross	101
74	Alex	99
75	Brent	88
76	Troy	81
77	Trevor	79
78	Ian	78
79	Douglas	77
80	Marcus	74
81	Phillip	71
81	Seth	71
83	Philip	67
84	Edward	66
85	Todd	64
86	Derrick	62
86	Jamie	62
86	Jonathon	62
89	Jeremiah	61
89	Mathew	61
91	Curtis	60
92	Alan	56
92	Kurt	56
94	Austin	55
94	Drew	55
94	Lee	55
97	Evan	54
97	Gary	54
97	Grant	54
100	Donald	53