Top 200 Boy Names of 1979

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1979 with 67,718 births. The list ends at 1,208 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1979
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	67,718
2	Christopher	50,667
3	Jason	50,371
4	David	42,062
5	James	39,351
6	Matthew	35,625
7	John	35,412
8	Robert	34,018
9	Joshua	31,125
10	Brian	28,664
11	Joseph	28,653
12	Daniel	28,521
13	William	24,680
14	Ryan	23,211
15	Nicholas	21,343
16	Jeremy	21,007
17	Eric	20,269
18	Timothy	19,078
19	Kevin	18,734
20	Andrew	18,617
21	Anthony	17,517
22	Justin	17,392
23	Adam	17,050
24	Jeffrey	16,867
25	Richard	16,713
26	Thomas	16,456
27	Steven	16,335
28	Charles	14,807
29	Scott	14,441
30	Mark	14,393
31	Jonathan	14,333
32	Aaron	13,075
33	Benjamin	12,514
34	Paul	11,632
35	Brandon	11,302
36	Travis	11,037
37	Nathan	10,721
38	Chad	10,162
39	Patrick	9,980
40	Stephen	9,905
41	Kenneth	9,237
42	Gregory	9,108
43	Shawn	7,909
44	Jose	7,848
45	Jacob	7,546
46	Bryan	7,441
47	Bradley	6,926
48	Edward	6,875
49	Sean	6,853
50	Jesse	6,680
51	Donald	6,509
52	Keith	6,188
53	Peter	6,080
54	Ronald	5,693
55	Samuel	5,688
56	Kyle	5,450
57	George	5,262
58	Douglas	5,169
59	Gary	5,040
60	Todd	4,984
61	Juan	4,943
62	Dustin	4,899
63	Corey	4,737
63	Shaun	4,737
65	Jared	4,670
66	Erik	4,638
67	Shane	4,483
68	Phillip	4,422
69	Larry	4,393
70	Raymond	4,336
71	Joel	4,216
72	Derek	4,201
73	Carlos	4,165
74	Zachary	4,156
75	Dennis	4,081
76	Marcus	4,049
77	Craig	4,028
78	Frank	3,930
79	Antonio	3,802
80	Derrick	3,728
81	Jeremiah	3,720
82	Cory	3,587
83	Philip	3,460
84	Brent	3,457
85	Jerry	3,446
86	Randy	3,416
87	Jeffery	3,357
88	Jamie	3,240
89	Wesley	3,237
90	Gabriel	3,236
91	Curtis	3,201
92	Russell	3,132
93	Casey	3,082
94	Alexander	3,059
95	Nathaniel	3,040
95	Terry	3,040
97	Billy	2,998
98	Brett	2,997
99	Troy	2,962
100	Carl	2,898
101	Seth	2,840
102	Luis	2,752
103	Mario	2,702
104	Tony	2,644
105	Victor	2,634
106	Bobby	2,584
107	Ian	2,553
108	Lucas	2,542
109	Vincent	2,519
110	Luke	2,471
111	Johnny	2,448
112	Adrian	2,365
113	Jesus	2,364
114	Kristopher	2,349
115	Brad	2,334
116	Alan	2,323
117	Rodney	2,299
118	Jon	2,298
119	Marc	2,266
120	Christian	2,264
121	Danny	2,260
122	Lawrence	2,255
123	Jimmy	2,233
124	Ricky	2,225
125	Willie	2,153
126	Jay	2,146
127	Micheal	2,136
128	Walter	2,122
129	Lee	2,079
130	Ricardo	2,076
131	Tyler	2,045
132	Roger	2,024
133	Martin	2,020
134	Jorge	2,017
135	Randall	2,013
136	Joe	1,965
137	Miguel	1,960
138	Henry	1,948
139	Allen	1,938
140	Manuel	1,909
141	Andre	1,880
142	Lance	1,867
143	Arthur	1,863
143	Gerald	1,863
145	Albert	1,860
146	Clinton	1,855
147	Cody	1,852
148	Louis	1,839
149	Wayne	1,831
150	Roy	1,753
151	Isaac	1,734
152	Bruce	1,712
153	Trevor	1,700
154	Francisco	1,688
155	Roberto	1,660
156	Alex	1,656
157	Reginald	1,655
158	Shannon	1,639
159	Frederick	1,638
160	Maurice	1,594
161	Jack	1,582
162	Darrell	1,528
163	Ronnie	1,520
164	Darren	1,503
165	Neil	1,486
166	Damon	1,446
167	Hector	1,420
168	Jordan	1,411
169	Evan	1,402
170	Barry	1,401
171	Ernest	1,399
172	Ruben	1,397
173	Omar	1,381
174	Mitchell	1,368
175	Tyrone	1,365
176	Eddie	1,364
177	Jerome	1,360
178	Jaime	1,357
179	Terrance	1,346
180	Jermaine	1,339
181	Calvin	1,336
182	Eugene	1,331
183	Damien	1,322
184	Oscar	1,311
185	Angel	1,304
186	Edwin	1,285
187	Tommy	1,279
188	Dale	1,274
189	Chris	1,264
189	Leonard	1,264
191	Geoffrey	1,263
192	Mathew	1,256
193	Steve	1,254
194	Kurt	1,250
195	Harold	1,247
196	Marvin	1,245
197	Alejandro	1,241
198	Theodore	1,238
199	Clayton	1,209
200	Kelly	1,208