Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,780 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,467 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,148 |
| 4 | David | 3,110 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,684 |
| 6 | John | 2,593 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,400 |
| 8 | Daniel | 2,394 |
| 9 | James | 2,322 |
| 10 | Matthew | 2,183 |
| 11 | Brian | 2,072 |
| 12 | Anthony | 1,818 |
| 13 | William | 1,606 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,488 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,388 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,361 |
| 17 | Richard | 1,355 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,348 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 1,256 |
| 20 | Steven | 1,196 |
| 21 | Joshua | 1,175 |
| 22 | Adam | 1,124 |
| 23 | Timothy | 1,120 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 1,106 |
| 25 | Scott | 1,058 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Paul | 1,044 |
| 27 | Mark | 1,020 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 950 |
| 29 | Peter | 947 |
| 30 | Ryan | 867 |
| 31 | Gregory | 820 |
| 32 | Charles | 806 |
| 33 | Jose | 770 |
| 34 | Justin | 767 |
| 35 | Stephen | 762 |
| 36 | Jeremy | 754 |
| 37 | Patrick | 729 |
| 38 | Edward | 718 |
| 39 | Sean | 669 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 634 |
| 41 | Benjamin | 613 |
| 42 | Keith | 579 |
| 43 | Frank | 525 |
| 44 | Aaron | 506 |
| 45 | Shawn | 496 |
| 46 | George | 484 |
| 47 | Luis | 458 |
| 48 | Carlos | 445 |
| 49 | Vincent | 425 |
| 50 | Bryan | 410 |
| 50 | Raymond | 410 |
| 52 | Ronald | 407 |
| 53 | Joel | 401 |
| 54 | Donald | 381 |
| 55 | Alexander | 373 |
| 56 | Philip | 370 |
| 57 | Juan | 366 |
| 58 | Todd | 363 |
| 59 | Chad | 359 |
| 59 | Erik | 359 |
| 61 | Craig | 354 |
| 62 | Dennis | 344 |
| 63 | Douglas | 338 |
| 64 | Samuel | 337 |
| 65 | Christian | 329 |
| 66 | Jesse | 320 |
| 67 | Gary | 314 |
| 68 | Victor | 304 |
| 69 | Edwin | 300 |
| 70 | Jacob | 297 |
| 71 | Shaun | 291 |
| 72 | Corey | 286 |
| 73 | Marc | 285 |
| 74 | Nathan | 282 |
| 75 | Angel | 275 |
| 76 | Travis | 263 |
| 77 | Kyle | 251 |
| 78 | Brandon | 248 |
| 79 | Louis | 246 |
| 80 | Miguel | 238 |
| 81 | Andre | 232 |
| 82 | Jared | 226 |
| 83 | Ian | 221 |
| 84 | Lawrence | 216 |
| 85 | Jamie | 206 |
| 86 | Hector | 205 |
| 87 | Randy | 203 |
| 88 | Bradley | 195 |
| 88 | Omar | 195 |
| 90 | Seth | 194 |
| 91 | Derek | 192 |
| 92 | Phillip | 181 |
| 93 | Brett | 180 |
| 93 | Rafael | 180 |
| 95 | Cory | 179 |
| 96 | Alan | 178 |
| 97 | Antonio | 177 |
| 98 | Alex | 175 |
| 99 | Brendan | 173 |
| 100 | Gabriel | 169 |
| 100 | Jorge | 169 |