The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1979
7,071 different boys’ names were recorded in 1979, covering 1,721,536 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,713 |
| 2 | Christopher | 50,659 |
| 3 | Jason | 50,369 |
| 4 | David | 42,053 |
| 5 | James | 39,351 |
| 6 | Matthew | 35,621 |
| 7 | John | 35,410 |
| 8 | Robert | 34,015 |
| 9 | Joshua | 31,120 |
| 10 | Brian | 28,659 |
| 11 | Joseph | 28,654 |
| 12 | Daniel | 28,521 |
| 13 | William | 24,676 |
| 14 | Ryan | 23,212 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 21,344 |
| 16 | Jeremy | 21,005 |
| 17 | Eric | 20,268 |
| 18 | Timothy | 19,077 |
| 19 | Kevin | 18,733 |
| 20 | Andrew | 18,618 |
| 21 | Anthony | 17,513 |
| 22 | Justin | 17,390 |
| 23 | Adam | 17,046 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 16,865 |
| 25 | Richard | 16,713 |
| 26 | Thomas | 16,454 |
| 27 | Steven | 16,331 |
| 28 | Charles | 14,806 |
| 29 | Scott | 14,440 |
| 30 | Mark | 14,386 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 14,331 |
| 32 | Aaron | 13,076 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 12,512 |
| 34 | Paul | 11,630 |
| 35 | Brandon | 11,302 |
| 36 | Travis | 11,037 |
| 37 | Nathan | 10,719 |
| 38 | Chad | 10,161 |
| 39 | Patrick | 9,979 |
| 40 | Stephen | 9,903 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 9,236 |
| 42 | Gregory | 9,109 |
| 43 | Shawn | 7,910 |
| 44 | Jose | 7,848 |
| 45 | Jacob | 7,545 |
| 46 | Bryan | 7,441 |
| 47 | Bradley | 6,923 |
| 48 | Edward | 6,877 |
| 49 | Sean | 6,850 |
| 50 | Jesse | 6,679 |
| 51 | Donald | 6,508 |
| 52 | Keith | 6,186 |
| 53 | Peter | 6,079 |
| 54 | Ronald | 5,694 |
| 55 | Samuel | 5,687 |
| 56 | Kyle | 5,449 |
| 57 | George | 5,263 |
| 58 | Douglas | 5,167 |
| 59 | Gary | 5,038 |
| 60 | Todd | 4,984 |
| 61 | Juan | 4,946 |
| 62 | Dustin | 4,899 |
| 63 | Corey | 4,738 |
| 64 | Shaun | 4,736 |
| 65 | Jared | 4,670 |
| 66 | Erik | 4,640 |
| 67 | Shane | 4,482 |
| 68 | Phillip | 4,422 |
| 69 | Larry | 4,393 |
| 70 | Raymond | 4,335 |
| 71 | Joel | 4,216 |
| 72 | Derek | 4,200 |
| 73 | Carlos | 4,165 |
| 74 | Zachary | 4,156 |
| 75 | Dennis | 4,080 |
| 76 | Marcus | 4,048 |
| 77 | Craig | 4,029 |
| 78 | Frank | 3,928 |
| 79 | Antonio | 3,801 |
| 80 | Derrick | 3,729 |
| 81 | Jeremiah | 3,719 |
| 82 | Cory | 3,587 |
| 83 | Philip | 3,460 |
| 84 | Brent | 3,455 |
| 85 | Jerry | 3,446 |
| 86 | Randy | 3,416 |
| 87 | Jeffery | 3,357 |
| 88 | Jamie | 3,240 |
| 89 | Wesley | 3,237 |
| 90 | Gabriel | 3,235 |
| 91 | Curtis | 3,200 |
| 92 | Russell | 3,132 |
| 93 | Casey | 3,082 |
| 94 | Alexander | 3,058 |
| 95 | Nathaniel | 3,040 |
| 95 | Terry | 3,040 |
| 97 | Billy | 2,998 |
| 98 | Brett | 2,997 |
| 99 | Troy | 2,964 |
| 100 | Carl | 2,898 |
| 101 | Seth | 2,840 |
| 102 | Luis | 2,752 |
| 103 | Mario | 2,702 |
| 104 | Tony | 2,645 |
| 105 | Victor | 2,634 |
| 106 | Bobby | 2,584 |
| 107 | Ian | 2,554 |
| 108 | Lucas | 2,540 |
| 109 | Vincent | 2,519 |
| 110 | Luke | 2,470 |
| 111 | Johnny | 2,448 |
| 112 | Jesus | 2,364 |
| 113 | Adrian | 2,363 |
| 114 | Kristopher | 2,349 |
| 115 | Brad | 2,334 |
| 116 | Alan | 2,322 |
| 117 | Rodney | 2,300 |
| 118 | Jon | 2,297 |
| 119 | Marc | 2,267 |
| 120 | Christian | 2,262 |
| 121 | Danny | 2,258 |
| 122 | Lawrence | 2,255 |
| 123 | Jimmy | 2,232 |
| 124 | Ricky | 2,225 |
| 125 | Willie | 2,153 |
| 126 | Jay | 2,145 |
| 127 | Micheal | 2,137 |
| 128 | Walter | 2,123 |
| 129 | Lee | 2,078 |
| 130 | Ricardo | 2,076 |
| 131 | Tyler | 2,044 |
| 132 | Roger | 2,024 |
| 133 | Martin | 2,019 |
| 134 | Jorge | 2,017 |
| 135 | Randall | 2,013 |
| 136 | Joe | 1,965 |
| 137 | Miguel | 1,960 |
| 138 | Henry | 1,947 |
| 139 | Allen | 1,937 |
| 140 | Manuel | 1,910 |
| 141 | Andre | 1,881 |
| 142 | Lance | 1,867 |
| 143 | Gerald | 1,863 |
| 144 | Arthur | 1,862 |
| 145 | Albert | 1,860 |
| 146 | Clinton | 1,855 |
| 147 | Cody | 1,851 |
| 148 | Louis | 1,839 |
| 149 | Wayne | 1,831 |
| 150 | Roy | 1,753 |
| 151 | Isaac | 1,734 |
| 152 | Bruce | 1,712 |
| 153 | Trevor | 1,699 |
| 154 | Francisco | 1,687 |
| 155 | Roberto | 1,660 |
| 156 | Alex | 1,656 |
| 157 | Reginald | 1,655 |
| 158 | Frederick | 1,639 |
| 158 | Shannon | 1,639 |
| 160 | Maurice | 1,594 |
| 161 | Jack | 1,582 |
| 162 | Darrell | 1,527 |
| 163 | Ronnie | 1,520 |
| 164 | Darren | 1,503 |
| 165 | Neil | 1,486 |
| 166 | Damon | 1,445 |
| 167 | Hector | 1,421 |
| 168 | Jordan | 1,411 |
| 169 | Evan | 1,402 |
| 170 | Barry | 1,401 |
| 171 | Ernest | 1,399 |
| 172 | Ruben | 1,396 |
| 173 | Omar | 1,381 |
| 174 | Mitchell | 1,368 |
| 175 | Eddie | 1,364 |
| 176 | Tyrone | 1,362 |
| 177 | Jerome | 1,360 |
| 178 | Jaime | 1,357 |
| 179 | Terrance | 1,346 |
| 180 | Jermaine | 1,339 |
| 181 | Calvin | 1,334 |
| 182 | Eugene | 1,331 |
| 183 | Damien | 1,321 |
| 184 | Oscar | 1,312 |
| 185 | Angel | 1,303 |
| 186 | Edwin | 1,284 |
| 187 | Tommy | 1,278 |
| 188 | Dale | 1,274 |
| 189 | Leonard | 1,264 |
| 189 | Chris | 1,264 |
| 191 | Geoffrey | 1,263 |
| 192 | Mathew | 1,256 |
| 193 | Steve | 1,254 |
| 194 | Kurt | 1,250 |
| 195 | Harold | 1,246 |
| 196 | Marvin | 1,245 |
| 197 | Alejandro | 1,241 |
| 198 | Theodore | 1,238 |
| 199 | Clayton | 1,208 |
| 199 | Kelly | 1,208 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1979 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.