Most popular boys’ names in Washington, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,059
2	Christopher	937
3	Jason	873
4	Joshua	834
5	Ryan	792
6	David	723
7	Matthew	698
8	James	595
9	Daniel	560
10	Robert	552
11	Brian	528
12	Joseph	510
13	John	489
14	Jeremy	480
15	Nicholas	474
16	Justin	462
17	Aaron	428
18	Andrew	420
19	Adam	394
20	Jeffrey	361
21	Scott	344
22	Kevin	339
23	Benjamin	334
24	Eric	332
25	Timothy	326

Rank	Name	Babies
26	William	310
27	Steven	297
28	Nathan	290
29	Jacob	286
30	Richard	279
31	Travis	271
32	Brandon	262
33	Mark	251
34	Jesse	247
35	Thomas	242
36	Jonathan	239
37	Anthony	227
38	Kyle	219
39	Patrick	211
40	Sean	197
41	Charles	195
42	Paul	193
43	Chad	174
44	Shawn	157
45	Kenneth	156
46	Joel	149
47	Bryan	148
48	Shane	147
49	Dustin	144
50	Gregory	142
51	Peter	140
51	Stephen	140
53	Tyler	134
54	Erik	132
55	Jared	131
56	Zachary	126
57	Ian	124
58	Jeremiah	119
59	Casey	118
60	Donald	110
61	Bradley	103
62	Douglas	96
62	Todd	96
64	Keith	94
64	Samuel	94
64	Seth	94
67	Derek	92
68	Luke	90
69	Shaun	89
70	Brent	87
71	Brett	86
72	Craig	84
72	Gabriel	84
72	Kristopher	84
75	Cory	82
76	Corey	80
77	Jeffery	78
77	Phillip	78
79	Alexander	76
79	Lucas	76
81	Gary	75
82	Edward	74
82	Trevor	74
84	Russell	73
85	Raymond	70
86	Curtis	69
87	Dennis	67
88	Randy	66
88	Ronald	66
90	Troy	63
91	Nathaniel	61
92	Carl	56
92	George	56
92	Isaac	56
95	Jay	55
95	Jose	55
95	Juan	55
98	Evan	54
98	Kelly	54
98	Philip	54