Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,802 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,266 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,135 |
| 4 | David | 2,938 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,710 |
| 6 | John | 2,565 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,448 |
| 8 | Matthew | 2,378 |
| 9 | Daniel | 2,293 |
| 10 | James | 2,275 |
| 11 | Brian | 2,054 |
| 12 | Anthony | 1,825 |
| 13 | William | 1,643 |
| 14 | Eric | 1,496 |
| 15 | Thomas | 1,490 |
| 16 | Richard | 1,416 |
| 17 | Kevin | 1,373 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,325 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 1,294 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 1,244 |
| 21 | Adam | 1,217 |
| 22 | Joshua | 1,210 |
| 23 | Justin | 1,203 |
| 24 | Steven | 1,150 |
| 25 | Jeffrey | 1,144 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 1,079 |
| 27 | Ryan | 1,053 |
| 28 | Mark | 999 |
| 29 | Paul | 988 |
| 30 | Scott | 913 |
| 31 | Charles | 827 |
| 32 | Peter | 823 |
| 33 | Gregory | 794 |
| 34 | Patrick | 757 |
| 35 | Sean | 751 |
| 36 | Jeremy | 745 |
| 37 | Stephen | 735 |
| 38 | Jose | 703 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 631 |
| 40 | Edward | 628 |
| 41 | Joel | 614 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 580 |
| 43 | Shawn | 547 |
| 44 | Aaron | 534 |
| 45 | Keith | 526 |
| 46 | George | 514 |
| 47 | Luis | 511 |
| 48 | Frank | 491 |
| 49 | Raymond | 447 |
| 50 | Bryan | 431 |
| 51 | Vincent | 419 |
| 52 | Ronald | 416 |
| 53 | Carlos | 395 |
| 54 | Jesse | 385 |
| 55 | Erik | 383 |
| 56 | Philip | 380 |
| 57 | Chad | 377 |
| 58 | Juan | 362 |
| 59 | Donald | 360 |
| 60 | Samuel | 356 |
| 61 | Alexander | 351 |
| 62 | Craig | 349 |
| 63 | Brandon | 334 |
| 64 | Douglas | 332 |
| 65 | Derek | 331 |
| 66 | Nathan | 322 |
| 67 | Gary | 321 |
| 68 | Angel | 316 |
| 69 | Christian | 309 |
| 70 | Victor | 296 |
| 71 | Marc | 293 |
| 72 | Jacob | 285 |
| 73 | Edwin | 284 |
| 74 | Dennis | 282 |
| 75 | Shaun | 275 |
| 76 | Jared | 274 |
| 77 | Louis | 247 |
| 78 | Todd | 246 |
| 79 | Corey | 245 |
| 79 | Travis | 245 |
| 81 | Bradley | 240 |
| 82 | Ian | 236 |
| 83 | Kyle | 223 |
| 84 | Phillip | 220 |
| 85 | Andre | 219 |
| 86 | Miguel | 216 |
| 87 | Gabriel | 207 |
| 88 | Antonio | 206 |
| 89 | Rafael | 197 |
| 90 | Lawrence | 195 |
| 91 | Alan | 192 |
| 91 | Roberto | 192 |
| 93 | Henry | 185 |
| 93 | Shane | 185 |
| 95 | Randy | 182 |
| 96 | Russell | 180 |
| 97 | Brendan | 178 |
| 98 | Hector | 176 |
| 99 | Carl | 175 |
| 99 | Jermaine | 175 |