Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts was Michael. In total there were 33,882 boys born sharing 424 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 16 (6.2%)	2,113
2	Christopher	1 in 28 (3.6%)	1,226
3	Matthew	1 in 30 (3.4%)	1,147
4	David	1 in 30 (3.3%)	1,112
5	Jason	1 in 32 (3.1%)	1,067
6	John	1 in 36 (2.8%)	948
7	Brian	1 in 39 (2.6%)	867
8	Daniel	1 in 40 (2.5%)	853
9	James	1 in 42 (2.4%)	815
10	Robert	1 in 42 (2.4%)	813
11	Joseph	1 in 44 (2.3%)	778
12	Andrew	1 in 60 (1.7%)	569
13	Jeffrey	1 in 60 (1.7%)	568
14	William	1 in 60 (1.7%)	563
15	Kevin	1 in 60 (1.7%)	561
16	Nicholas	1 in 62 (1.6%)	548
17	Joshua	1 in 63 (1.6%)	534
18	Eric	1 in 65 (1.5%)	524
19	Timothy	1 in 67 (1.5%)	508
20	Adam	1 in 67 (1.5%)	507
21	Thomas	1 in 67 (1.5%)	506
22	Mark	1 in 74 (1.3%)	457
23	Scott	1 in 77 (1.3%)	442
24	Ryan	1 in 77 (1.3%)	441
25	Richard	1 in 79 (1.3%)	428
26	Jonathan	1 in 80 (1.2%)	421
27	Paul	1 in 81 (1.2%)	416
28	Peter	1 in 88 (1.1%)	387
29	Patrick	1 in 92 (1.1%)	368
30	Steven	1 in 92 (1.1%)	368
31	Stephen	1 in 93 (1.1%)	364
32	Anthony	1 in 97 (1%)	351
33	Justin	1 in 101 (1%)	335
34	Sean	1 in 102 (1%)	332
35	Benjamin	1 in 115 (0.9%)	295
36	Jeremy	1 in 123 (0.8%)	275
37	Gregory	1 in 138 (0.7%)	245
38	Charles	1 in 142 (0.7%)	238
39	Edward	1 in 151 (0.7%)	225
40	Keith	1 in 151 (0.7%)	225
41	Shawn	1 in 155 (0.6%)	218
42	Nathan	1 in 164 (0.6%)	206
43	Aaron	1 in 196 (0.5%)	173
44	Derek	1 in 214 (0.5%)	158
45	Kenneth	1 in 230 (0.4%)	147
46	Jose	1 in 240 (0.4%)	141
47	Dennis	1 in 246 (0.4%)	138
48	Shaun	1 in 246 (0.4%)	138
49	Chad	1 in 247 (0.4%)	137
50	Erik	1 in 249 (0.4%)	136
51	Marc	1 in 249 (0.4%)	136
52	Todd	1 in 261 (0.4%)	130
53	Jesse	1 in 263 (0.4%)	129
54	Bryan	1 in 269 (0.4%)	126
55	George	1 in 271 (0.4%)	125
56	Jared	1 in 275 (0.4%)	123
57	Craig	1 in 295 (0.3%)	115
58	Alexander	1 in 308 (0.3%)	110
59	Brendan	1 in 311 (0.3%)	109
60	Seth	1 in 329 (0.3%)	103
61	Philip	1 in 332 (0.3%)	102
62	Corey	1 in 342 (0.3%)	99
63	Jacob	1 in 346 (0.3%)	98
64	Donald	1 in 346 (0.3%)	98
65	Joel	1 in 357 (0.3%)	95
66	Ronald	1 in 357 (0.3%)	95
67	Douglas	1 in 385 (0.3%)	88
68	Kyle	1 in 394 (0.3%)	86
69	Ian	1 in 408 (0.2%)	83
70	Gary	1 in 408 (0.2%)	83
71	Frank	1 in 418 (0.2%)	81
72	Jamie	1 in 418 (0.2%)	81
73	Samuel	1 in 429 (0.2%)	79
74	Luis	1 in 446 (0.2%)	76
75	Shane	1 in 446 (0.2%)	76
76	Zachary	1 in 452 (0.2%)	75
77	Carlos	1 in 471 (0.2%)	72
78	Russell	1 in 471 (0.2%)	72
79	Nathaniel	1 in 484 (0.2%)	70
80	Raymond	1 in 484 (0.2%)	70
81	Christian	1 in 506 (0.2%)	67
82	Wayne	1 in 506 (0.2%)	67
83	Brandon	1 in 529 (0.2%)	64
84	Brad	1 in 546 (0.2%)	62
85	Evan	1 in 574 (0.2%)	59
86	Brett	1 in 584 (0.2%)	58
87	Carl	1 in 584 (0.2%)	58
88	Luke	1 in 594 (0.2%)	57
89	Neil	1 in 594 (0.2%)	57
90	Vincent	1 in 616 (0.2%)	55
91	Dana	1 in 627 (0.2%)	54
92	Travis	1 in 639 (0.2%)	53
93	Geoffrey	1 in 652 (0.2%)	52
94	Jay	1 in 652 (0.2%)	52
95	Colin	1 in 691 (0.1%)	49
96	Randy	1 in 706 (0.1%)	48
97	Phillip	1 in 706 (0.1%)	48
98	Lawrence	1 in 706 (0.1%)	48
99	Bradford	1 in 721 (0.1%)	47
100	Jeremiah	1 in 721 (0.1%)	47