Most popular boys’ names in North Carolina, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,463
2	Michael	1,450
3	Jason	1,257
4	James	1,229
5	David	1,060
6	William	1,019
7	John	902
8	Robert	836
9	Joshua	675
10	Matthew	662
11	Brian	633
12	Jonathan	632
13	Joseph	594
14	Jeremy	554
15	Timothy	530
16	Charles	525
17	Daniel	481
18	Travis	476
19	Kevin	434
20	Thomas	394
21	Richard	386
22	Jeffrey	385
23	Anthony	377
24	Eric	363
25	Nicholas	357

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	350
27	Steven	349
28	Kenneth	325
29	Adam	316
30	Andrew	298
31	Justin	285
32	Stephen	260
33	Mark	259
34	Benjamin	258
35	Ryan	230
36	Bradley	211
36	Patrick	211
38	Nathan	210
39	Phillip	204
40	Gregory	203
41	Chad	201
42	Aaron	200
43	Donald	195
44	Bryan	188
45	Derrick	187
46	Jamie	186
47	Samuel	185
48	Larry	179
49	Marcus	177
50	Edward	174
51	Paul	173
52	Bobby	170
53	Jerry	168
54	Scott	161
55	Ronald	149
56	Corey	148
56	Wesley	148
58	Billy	147
59	Antonio	140
60	George	139
61	Gary	138
62	Shawn	129
63	Douglas	128
64	Rodney	125
65	Terry	123
66	Ricky	122
67	Dennis	119
68	Johnny	118
69	Tony	117
70	Keith	112
71	Shaun	109
72	Randy	108
73	Derek	107
74	Curtis	106
75	Jacob	102
76	Jesse	98
76	Ronnie	98
78	Jimmy	96
79	Jeffery	88
79	Raymond	88
81	Reginald	85
82	Shane	84
83	Carl	83
84	Jeremiah	82
84	Russell	82
86	Adrian	80
86	Roger	80
88	Walter	79
88	Willie	79
90	Kyle	77
91	Micheal	74
92	Allen	73
93	Barry	72
94	Dustin	71
94	Philip	71
96	Shannon	69
97	Danny	68
98	Carlos	66
98	Joel	66
100	Henry	65
100	Johnathan	65
100	Nathaniel	65