Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	674
2	Joshua	614
3	Christopher	561
4	Jason	557
5	David	492
6	Ryan	489
7	Matthew	475
8	Robert	369
9	James	367
10	Daniel	352
11	Brian	348
12	Joseph	344
13	Jeremy	340
14	John	339
15	Nicholas	338
16	Andrew	314
17	Justin	306
18	Adam	283
19	Aaron	279
20	Benjamin	278
21	Jeffrey	258
22	Timothy	246
23	Travis	242
24	William	229
25	Jacob	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nathan	225
27	Scott	224
28	Kevin	222
29	Eric	214
30	Jonathan	191
31	Steven	189
32	Jesse	188
33	Brandon	183
34	Anthony	168
35	Dustin	145
35	Mark	145
37	Richard	136
38	Thomas	132
39	Charles	120
40	Chad	117
41	Kyle	114
42	Paul	112
43	Bryan	110
43	Patrick	110
45	Sean	106
46	Shawn	98
47	Tyler	96
48	Zachary	93
49	Jared	92
50	Gregory	90
50	Kenneth	90
52	Bradley	89
53	Samuel	87
54	Casey	86
54	Peter	86
56	Stephen	85
57	Joel	82
58	Jeremiah	81
59	Donald	76
60	Shane	75
61	Cory	72
61	Luke	72
63	Ian	69
64	Erik	67
64	Gabriel	67
66	Derek	66
67	Seth	65
67	Todd	65
69	Douglas	64
70	Nathaniel	57
71	Lucas	56
72	Ronald	55
73	Cody	54
74	Brent	52
75	Craig	49
75	Randy	49
77	Gary	48
77	Levi	48
77	Phillip	48
77	Troy	48
81	Shaun	46
82	Jeffery	45
82	Jordan	45
84	Cameron	44
84	Trevor	44
86	Edward	43
87	Corey	42
88	Alexander	40
89	Dennis	39
89	Keith	39
91	Tyson	38
92	Geoffrey	37
92	Jamie	37
94	Brett	36
94	Curtis	36
94	Tony	36
97	Marcus	35
98	Kelly	34
99	George	33
100	Alan	32
100	Juan	32
100	Raymond	32