Popular Maryland Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Maryland Boy Baby Names in 1979

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1979.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Maryland was Michael. In total there were 22,664 boys born sharing 419 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1979 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 20 (5%)	1,139
2	Christopher	1 in 28 (3.6%)	812
3	Jason	1 in 30 (3.3%)	746
4	David	1 in 32 (3.1%)	706
5	James	1 in 33 (3%)	680
6	John	1 in 36 (2.8%)	632
7	Robert	1 in 36 (2.7%)	621
8	Matthew	1 in 45 (2.2%)	506
9	Brian	1 in 45 (2.2%)	505
10	William	1 in 46 (2.2%)	490
11	Joseph	1 in 48 (2.1%)	475
12	Daniel	1 in 55 (1.8%)	410
13	Timothy	1 in 70 (1.4%)	326
14	Kevin	1 in 71 (1.4%)	321
15	Thomas	1 in 71 (1.4%)	317
16	Charles	1 in 73 (1.4%)	310
17	Joshua	1 in 74 (1.4%)	307
18	Eric	1 in 76 (1.3%)	300
19	Andrew	1 in 81 (1.2%)	279
20	Richard	1 in 85 (1.2%)	268
21	Ryan	1 in 85 (1.2%)	266
22	Anthony	1 in 90 (1.1%)	252
23	Steven	1 in 91 (1.1%)	249
24	Nicholas	1 in 92 (1.1%)	246
25	Jeffrey	1 in 93 (1.1%)	244
26	Mark	1 in 96 (1%)	235
27	Scott	1 in 105 (1%)	216
28	Justin	1 in 114 (0.9%)	199
29	Stephen	1 in 114 (0.9%)	198
30	Jonathan	1 in 116 (0.9%)	195
31	Paul	1 in 117 (0.9%)	193
32	Jeremy	1 in 118 (0.8%)	192
33	Kenneth	1 in 121 (0.8%)	187
34	Adam	1 in 123 (0.8%)	185
35	Gregory	1 in 123 (0.8%)	184
36	Aaron	1 in 135 (0.7%)	168
37	Patrick	1 in 136 (0.7%)	167
38	Donald	1 in 152 (0.7%)	149
39	Sean	1 in 158 (0.6%)	143
40	George	1 in 163 (0.6%)	139
41	Edward	1 in 163 (0.6%)	139
42	Benjamin	1 in 167 (0.6%)	136
43	Shawn	1 in 169 (0.6%)	134
44	Keith	1 in 176 (0.6%)	129
45	Bryan	1 in 189 (0.5%)	120
46	Gary	1 in 189 (0.5%)	120
47	Travis	1 in 197 (0.5%)	115
48	Ronald	1 in 201 (0.5%)	113
49	Brandon	1 in 206 (0.5%)	110
50	Bradley	1 in 218 (0.5%)	104
51	Antonio	1 in 246 (0.4%)	92
52	Peter	1 in 255 (0.4%)	89
53	Nathan	1 in 255 (0.4%)	89
54	Douglas	1 in 258 (0.4%)	88
55	Raymond	1 in 261 (0.4%)	87
56	Todd	1 in 261 (0.4%)	87
57	Dennis	1 in 283 (0.4%)	80
58	Shane	1 in 294 (0.3%)	77
59	Samuel	1 in 298 (0.3%)	76
60	Jesse	1 in 298 (0.3%)	76
61	Chad	1 in 298 (0.3%)	76
62	Erik	1 in 315 (0.3%)	72
63	Corey	1 in 333 (0.3%)	68
64	Larry	1 in 333 (0.3%)	68
65	Shaun	1 in 333 (0.3%)	68
66	Derrick	1 in 343 (0.3%)	66
67	Craig	1 in 354 (0.3%)	64
68	Troy	1 in 354 (0.3%)	64
69	Wayne	1 in 360 (0.3%)	63
70	Phillip	1 in 366 (0.3%)	62
71	Rodney	1 in 384 (0.3%)	59
72	Jacob	1 in 398 (0.3%)	57
73	Zachary	1 in 412 (0.2%)	55
74	Carl	1 in 428 (0.2%)	53
75	Philip	1 in 428 (0.2%)	53
76	Alexander	1 in 444 (0.2%)	51
77	Derek	1 in 444 (0.2%)	51
78	Russell	1 in 453 (0.2%)	50
79	Marcus	1 in 453 (0.2%)	50
80	Lawrence	1 in 453 (0.2%)	50
81	Frank	1 in 453 (0.2%)	50
82	Curtis	1 in 463 (0.2%)	49
83	Tyrone	1 in 463 (0.2%)	49
84	Vincent	1 in 472 (0.2%)	48
85	Walter	1 in 472 (0.2%)	48
86	Nathaniel	1 in 493 (0.2%)	46
87	Maurice	1 in 493 (0.2%)	46
88	Jerry	1 in 493 (0.2%)	46
89	Damon	1 in 493 (0.2%)	46
90	Andre	1 in 493 (0.2%)	46
91	Terry	1 in 504 (0.2%)	45
92	Jermaine	1 in 527 (0.2%)	43
93	Eugene	1 in 527 (0.2%)	43
94	Cory	1 in 540 (0.2%)	42
95	Dominic	1 in 540 (0.2%)	42
96	Donte	1 in 540 (0.2%)	42
97	Ian	1 in 540 (0.2%)	42
98	Reginald	1 in 553 (0.2%)	41
99	Melvin	1 in 553 (0.2%)	41
100	Gerald	1 in 567 (0.2%)	40