Most popular boys’ names in Arizona, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	855
2	Christopher	654
3	Jason	635
4	David	567
5	Robert	473
6	James	443
7	Joshua	417
8	Matthew	411
9	Daniel	406
10	John	368
11	Joseph	352
12	Ryan	343
13	Brian	323
14	Justin	265
15	Jeremy	255
16	Richard	245
17	Aaron	243
18	William	241
19	Steven	240
20	Andrew	228
21	Eric	227
21	Nicholas	227
23	Anthony	220
24	Jose	199
25	Adam	198

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Thomas	198
27	Timothy	191
28	Brandon	183
29	Jeffrey	182
30	Scott	175
31	Jonathan	168
32	Mark	166
33	Benjamin	165
34	Paul	161
35	Kevin	160
36	Charles	154
37	Travis	144
38	Nathan	140
39	Gabriel	138
40	Jacob	128
41	Jesse	109
42	Stephen	108
43	Gregory	100
43	Jesus	100
43	Juan	100
46	Patrick	99
47	Manuel	96
48	Bryan	94
48	Sean	94
50	Francisco	92
50	Shawn	92
52	Chad	91
53	Carlos	89
54	Edward	86
55	Kenneth	85
55	Samuel	85
57	Dustin	83
57	Mario	83
59	Jared	80
60	Erik	77
61	Zachary	73
62	Raymond	72
63	Ronald	71
64	Peter	70
65	Donald	68
65	Frank	68
67	George	66
67	Ruben	66
69	Gary	60
70	Shane	58
71	Keith	57
71	Phillip	57
73	Bradley	56
73	Kyle	56
73	Shaun	56
76	Brent	55
76	Luis	55
76	Todd	55
79	Adrian	54
79	Jerry	54
81	Cory	53
81	Jeremiah	53
83	Douglas	52
84	Ricardo	51
85	Antonio	50
85	Fernando	50
85	Nathaniel	50
85	Victor	50
89	Joel	49
90	Ian	48
91	Gilbert	45
91	Randy	45
93	Angel	44
93	Casey	44
95	Alexander	43
95	Armando	43
95	Miguel	43
98	Isaac	42
98	Seth	42
100	Jeffery	41
100	Jorge	41
100	Martin	41