Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,072 |
| 2 | Jason | 2,617 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,356 |
| 4 | Matthew | 2,298 |
| 5 | David | 2,261 |
| 6 | John | 2,042 |
| 7 | Robert | 1,920 |
| 8 | James | 1,901 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,732 |
| 10 | Brian | 1,706 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,537 |
| 12 | William | 1,380 |
| 13 | Joshua | 1,264 |
| 14 | Ryan | 1,203 |
| 15 | Timothy | 1,086 |
| 16 | Thomas | 1,078 |
| 17 | Andrew | 1,076 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,024 |
| 19 | Kevin | 990 |
| 20 | Richard | 976 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 972 |
| 22 | Justin | 938 |
| 23 | Nicholas | 910 |
| 24 | Mark | 898 |
| 25 | Anthony | 893 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Scott | 872 |
| 27 | Adam | 846 |
| 28 | Jeremy | 829 |
| 29 | Steven | 807 |
| 30 | Stephen | 743 |
| 31 | Charles | 722 |
| 32 | Jonathan | 630 |
| 33 | Shawn | 607 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 591 |
| 35 | Gregory | 589 |
| 36 | Paul | 584 |
| 37 | Patrick | 568 |
| 38 | Chad | 545 |
| 39 | Aaron | 515 |
| 40 | Nathan | 507 |
| 41 | Edward | 489 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 433 |
| 43 | Sean | 430 |
| 44 | Ronald | 420 |
| 45 | Keith | 393 |
| 46 | Bryan | 390 |
| 47 | Todd | 374 |
| 48 | Donald | 370 |
| 49 | Brandon | 363 |
| 50 | Douglas | 357 |
| 51 | Bradley | 335 |
| 52 | Peter | 330 |
| 53 | Travis | 327 |
| 54 | George | 314 |
| 55 | Dennis | 283 |
| 56 | Raymond | 274 |
| 57 | Shaun | 265 |
| 58 | Jesse | 263 |
| 59 | Gary | 254 |
| 60 | Samuel | 253 |
| 61 | Craig | 241 |
| 62 | Frank | 239 |
| 63 | Jacob | 233 |
| 64 | Kyle | 225 |
| 65 | Philip | 215 |
| 66 | Corey | 214 |
| 67 | Jared | 210 |
| 68 | Joel | 203 |
| 69 | Erik | 200 |
| 70 | Shane | 188 |
| 71 | Carl | 181 |
| 72 | Brad | 180 |
| 73 | Derek | 178 |
| 74 | Randy | 172 |
| 75 | Christian | 169 |
| 76 | Seth | 161 |
| 77 | Brett | 160 |
| 78 | Jamie | 153 |
| 79 | Dustin | 149 |
| 80 | Zachary | 146 |
| 81 | Vincent | 145 |
| 82 | Francis | 141 |
| 83 | Russell | 140 |
| 84 | Marc | 137 |
| 85 | Luke | 136 |
| 86 | Jeremiah | 135 |
| 87 | Cory | 134 |
| 88 | Ian | 132 |
| 88 | Phillip | 132 |
| 90 | Curtis | 129 |
| 91 | Larry | 128 |
| 91 | Lawrence | 128 |
| 93 | Alan | 124 |
| 93 | Brent | 124 |
| 95 | Troy | 123 |
| 96 | Nathaniel | 121 |
| 97 | Louis | 120 |
| 98 | Wesley | 119 |
| 99 | Alexander | 115 |
| 100 | Derrick | 114 |