Most popular boys’ names in District of Columbia, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	339
2	Christopher	255
3	David	230
4	James	220
5	John	212
6	Jason	184
7	Robert	174
8	William	162
9	Brian	148
10	Kevin	141
10	Matthew	141
12	Anthony	131
13	Daniel	126
14	Joseph	123
15	Charles	113
16	Andrew	110
17	Eric	104
18	Thomas	93
19	Timothy	87
20	Jonathan	81
20	Mark	81
20	Steven	81
23	Paul	73
24	Kenneth	71
24	Nicholas	71

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	69
27	Ryan	68
28	Edward	67
29	Justin	66
30	Antonio	65
30	Gregory	65
32	Joshua	63
32	Patrick	63
34	Stephen	62
35	Ronald	60
35	Sean	60
37	Richard	58
38	Benjamin	56
38	Jeffrey	56
40	Derrick	52
41	Alexander	50
42	Marcus	49
43	Adam	48
43	Keith	48
43	Maurice	48
46	George	44
47	Donald	40
48	Andre	38
48	Scott	38
50	Brandon	37
51	Lawrence	36
52	Jerome	35
52	Reginald	35
54	Bryan	34
55	Antoine	32
55	Jacob	32
55	Jesse	32
55	Nathaniel	32
55	Peter	32
60	Larry	31
60	Nathan	31
60	Shawn	31
63	Frank	30
63	Phillip	30
63	Travis	30
66	Jeremy	29
66	Jermaine	29
68	Samuel	28
69	Gary	27
69	Melvin	27
71	Raymond	26
71	Tyrone	26
73	Douglas	24
73	Philip	24
75	Carlos	23
75	Corey	23
75	Damien	23
78	Eugene	22
78	Ricardo	22
80	Christian	21
80	Curtis	21
80	Erik	21
80	Shaun	21
84	Arthur	20
84	Bradley	20
84	Micheal	20
84	Todd	20
88	Carl	18
88	Darnell	18
88	Dominic	18
88	Donnell	18
88	Jose	18
88	Terrence	18
88	Wayne	18
95	Calvin	17
95	Darrell	17
95	Demetrius	17
95	Derek	17
95	Dwayne	17
95	Ian	17
95	Julius	17
95	Leon	17
95	Vincent	17
95	Walter	17
95	Zachary	17