Most popular boys’ names in Florida, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,244
2	Christopher	1,854
3	Jason	1,721
4	James	1,560
5	David	1,474
6	Robert	1,295
7	John	1,277
8	William	1,024
9	Matthew	980
10	Joseph	955
11	Daniel	936
12	Joshua	884
13	Brian	858
14	Richard	658
15	Ryan	640
16	Charles	627
17	Anthony	611
18	Eric	606
19	Kevin	594
19	Timothy	594
21	Thomas	569
22	Justin	560
23	Jeremy	545
24	Nicholas	522
25	Steven	511

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	485
27	Jeffrey	464
28	Adam	457
29	Andrew	436
29	Travis	436
31	Mark	406
32	Scott	387
33	Stephen	385
34	Kenneth	384
35	Paul	378
36	Benjamin	359
37	Donald	313
38	Patrick	307
39	Aaron	305
40	Gregory	294
41	Shawn	286
42	Sean	268
43	Bryan	265
44	Chad	254
45	Ronald	253
46	Edward	249
47	George	241
48	Jose	222
49	Samuel	211
50	Antonio	210
50	Keith	210
52	Gary	207
52	Willie	207
54	Brandon	198
55	Carlos	193
56	Corey	187
57	Larry	186
58	Jesse	172
59	Alexander	164
60	Raymond	162
61	Nathan	161
62	Douglas	160
63	Bradley	158
64	Shaun	157
65	Derrick	156
65	Phillip	156
67	Frank	155
68	Juan	154
69	Erik	151
70	Jacob	150
71	Derek	148
72	Kyle	144
73	Marcus	143
73	Peter	143
75	Shane	141
76	Jeffery	138
77	Dennis	133
78	Terry	121
79	Jeremiah	120
80	Carl	117
80	Johnny	117
82	Wesley	116
83	Tony	114
84	Joel	113
85	Todd	112
86	Curtis	111
86	Jerry	111
88	Luis	110
88	Troy	110
90	Adrian	105
91	Cory	104
91	Zachary	104
93	Billy	103
94	Craig	99
94	Maurice	99
94	Randall	99
97	Jared	98
97	Randy	98
99	Philip	97
100	Reginald	96