Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular New Jersey 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 New Jersey was Michael. In total there were 42,421 boys born sharing 665 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 17 (5.9%)	2,512
2	Christopher	1 in 29 (3.4%)	1,451
3	David	1 in 32 (3.1%)	1,319
4	John	1 in 35 (2.8%)	1,202
5	Joseph	1 in 36 (2.7%)	1,163
6	Robert	1 in 37 (2.7%)	1,149
7	Jason	1 in 38 (2.7%)	1,126
8	Brian	1 in 40 (2.5%)	1,070
9	James	1 in 42 (2.4%)	1,018
10	Daniel	1 in 45 (2.2%)	941
11	Matthew	1 in 49 (2.1%)	874
12	William	1 in 56 (1.8%)	760
13	Thomas	1 in 62 (1.6%)	680
14	Anthony	1 in 63 (1.6%)	675
15	Kevin	1 in 71 (1.4%)	594
16	Richard	1 in 78 (1.3%)	547
17	Jeffrey	1 in 79 (1.3%)	535
18	Steven	1 in 80 (1.2%)	530
19	Nicholas	1 in 81 (1.2%)	526
20	Ryan	1 in 90 (1.1%)	473
21	Mark	1 in 90 (1.1%)	471
22	Eric	1 in 94 (1.1%)	450
23	Timothy	1 in 95 (1%)	445
24	Andrew	1 in 98 (1%)	435
25	Scott	1 in 107 (0.9%)	398
26	Paul	1 in 109 (0.9%)	390
27	Jonathan	1 in 115 (0.9%)	369
28	Stephen	1 in 119 (0.8%)	355
29	Adam	1 in 120 (0.8%)	353
30	Joshua	1 in 126 (0.8%)	338
31	Edward	1 in 128 (0.8%)	331
32	Peter	1 in 129 (0.8%)	328
33	Charles	1 in 130 (0.8%)	327
34	Gregory	1 in 135 (0.7%)	314
35	Justin	1 in 140 (0.7%)	303
36	Kenneth	1 in 145 (0.7%)	292
37	Sean	1 in 146 (0.7%)	291
38	Patrick	1 in 160 (0.6%)	265
39	Jose	1 in 165 (0.6%)	257
40	Keith	1 in 171 (0.6%)	248
41	George	1 in 189 (0.5%)	225
42	Frank	1 in 192 (0.5%)	221
43	Bryan	1 in 199 (0.5%)	213
44	Shawn	1 in 223 (0.4%)	190
45	Ronald	1 in 240 (0.4%)	177
46	Jeremy	1 in 245 (0.4%)	173
47	Raymond	1 in 245 (0.4%)	173
48	Douglas	1 in 247 (0.4%)	172
49	Luis	1 in 251 (0.4%)	169
50	Dennis	1 in 272 (0.4%)	156
51	Vincent	1 in 275 (0.4%)	154
52	Donald	1 in 277 (0.4%)	153
53	Benjamin	1 in 277 (0.4%)	153
54	Aaron	1 in 277 (0.4%)	153
55	Todd	1 in 279 (0.4%)	152
56	Erik	1 in 285 (0.4%)	149
57	Kyle	1 in 291 (0.3%)	146
58	Juan	1 in 299 (0.3%)	142
59	Alexander	1 in 299 (0.3%)	142
60	Philip	1 in 301 (0.3%)	141
61	Carlos	1 in 307 (0.3%)	138
62	Shaun	1 in 310 (0.3%)	137
63	Gary	1 in 314 (0.3%)	135
64	Craig	1 in 321 (0.3%)	132
65	Christian	1 in 326 (0.3%)	130
66	Marc	1 in 337 (0.3%)	126
67	Victor	1 in 342 (0.3%)	124
68	Angel	1 in 366 (0.3%)	116
69	Omar	1 in 375 (0.3%)	113
70	Samuel	1 in 379 (0.3%)	112
71	Jesse	1 in 393 (0.3%)	108
72	Louis	1 in 447 (0.2%)	95
73	Edwin	1 in 456 (0.2%)	93
74	Lawrence	1 in 471 (0.2%)	90
75	Corey	1 in 477 (0.2%)	89
76	Carl	1 in 493 (0.2%)	86
77	Ian	1 in 499 (0.2%)	85
78	Joel	1 in 511 (0.2%)	83
79	Jared	1 in 524 (0.2%)	81
80	Wayne	1 in 524 (0.2%)	81
81	Hector	1 in 544 (0.2%)	78
82	Derek	1 in 551 (0.2%)	77
83	Miguel	1 in 551 (0.2%)	77
84	Brett	1 in 558 (0.2%)	76
85	Walter	1 in 558 (0.2%)	76
86	Antonio	1 in 573 (0.2%)	74
87	Evan	1 in 615 (0.2%)	69
88	Phillip	1 in 615 (0.2%)	69
89	Frederick	1 in 633 (0.2%)	67
90	Jorge	1 in 633 (0.2%)	67
91	Theodore	1 in 643 (0.2%)	66
92	Russell	1 in 653 (0.2%)	65
93	Nelson	1 in 663 (0.2%)	64
94	Bruce	1 in 673 (0.1%)	63
95	Rafael	1 in 673 (0.1%)	63
96	Jamie	1 in 684 (0.1%)	62
97	Derrick	1 in 684 (0.1%)	62
98	Chad	1 in 684 (0.1%)	62
99	Brandon	1 in 684 (0.1%)	62
100	Arthur	1 in 684 (0.1%)	62