Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,010 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,652 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,905 |
| 4 | Matthew | 1,837 |
| 5 | David | 1,744 |
| 6 | James | 1,610 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,471 |
| 8 | Ryan | 1,364 |
| 9 | Joshua | 1,318 |
| 10 | Brian | 1,315 |
| 11 | John | 1,304 |
| 12 | Nicholas | 1,260 |
| 13 | Joseph | 1,200 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,160 |
| 15 | Andrew | 1,038 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,011 |
| 17 | Timothy | 951 |
| 18 | Jeffrey | 908 |
| 18 | Scott | 908 |
| 20 | Jeremy | 906 |
| 21 | Kevin | 905 |
| 22 | Steven | 886 |
| 23 | Adam | 879 |
| 24 | William | 878 |
| 25 | Anthony | 737 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Mark | 729 |
| 27 | Thomas | 726 |
| 28 | Aaron | 725 |
| 29 | Justin | 649 |
| 30 | Richard | 648 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 588 |
| 32 | Chad | 580 |
| 33 | Nathan | 561 |
| 34 | Charles | 543 |
| 34 | Paul | 543 |
| 36 | Jonathan | 514 |
| 37 | Brandon | 466 |
| 38 | Kenneth | 460 |
| 39 | Patrick | 445 |
| 40 | Gregory | 430 |
| 41 | Stephen | 424 |
| 42 | Bradley | 392 |
| 43 | Donald | 331 |
| 44 | Bryan | 314 |
| 44 | Todd | 314 |
| 46 | Shawn | 312 |
| 47 | Jacob | 305 |
| 48 | Ronald | 295 |
| 49 | Keith | 294 |
| 50 | Corey | 288 |
| 51 | Travis | 286 |
| 52 | Douglas | 277 |
| 53 | Edward | 259 |
| 54 | Craig | 248 |
| 55 | Kyle | 244 |
| 56 | Peter | 241 |
| 57 | Dennis | 236 |
| 58 | Jesse | 225 |
| 59 | Brent | 223 |
| 59 | Shaun | 223 |
| 61 | Gary | 212 |
| 62 | Joel | 208 |
| 63 | Jeffery | 207 |
| 64 | Erik | 193 |
| 65 | Sean | 191 |
| 66 | Larry | 186 |
| 67 | Derek | 183 |
| 68 | Samuel | 182 |
| 69 | Randy | 180 |
| 70 | George | 167 |
| 71 | Phillip | 163 |
| 72 | Shane | 161 |
| 73 | Jeremiah | 160 |
| 74 | Raymond | 156 |
| 75 | Troy | 151 |
| 76 | Jared | 148 |
| 77 | Carl | 147 |
| 77 | Jamie | 147 |
| 79 | Philip | 145 |
| 80 | Russell | 144 |
| 81 | Dustin | 143 |
| 81 | Terry | 143 |
| 83 | Marcus | 139 |
| 84 | Curtis | 137 |
| 85 | Derrick | 136 |
| 85 | Ian | 136 |
| 85 | Nathaniel | 136 |
| 88 | Zachary | 130 |
| 89 | Brett | 129 |
| 89 | Jerry | 129 |
| 91 | Cory | 127 |
| 92 | Marc | 125 |
| 93 | Frank | 124 |
| 93 | Gerald | 124 |
| 95 | Lawrence | 122 |
| 96 | Kristopher | 121 |
| 97 | Brad | 118 |
| 98 | Casey | 113 |
| 99 | Trevor | 111 |
| 100 | Lucas | 110 |