Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular New York 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 York was Michael. In total there were 110,905 boys born sharing 1,238 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 19 (5.2%)	5,769
2	Christopher	1 in 32 (3.1%)	3,469
3	Jason	1 in 35 (2.8%)	3,146
4	David	1 in 36 (2.8%)	3,108
5	Joseph	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,682
6	John	1 in 43 (2.3%)	2,593
7	Robert	1 in 46 (2.2%)	2,400
8	Daniel	1 in 46 (2.2%)	2,392
9	James	1 in 48 (2.1%)	2,318
10	Matthew	1 in 51 (2%)	2,185
11	Brian	1 in 54 (1.9%)	2,071
12	Anthony	1 in 61 (1.6%)	1,819
13	William	1 in 69 (1.4%)	1,606
14	Thomas	1 in 75 (1.3%)	1,486
15	Kevin	1 in 80 (1.2%)	1,385
16	Eric	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,361
17	Richard	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,354
18	Andrew	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,348
19	Nicholas	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,256
20	Steven	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,194
21	Joshua	1 in 94 (1.1%)	1,176
22	Adam	1 in 99 (1%)	1,123
23	Timothy	1 in 99 (1%)	1,120
24	Jeffrey	1 in 100 (1%)	1,105
25	Scott	1 in 105 (1%)	1,058
26	Paul	1 in 106 (0.9%)	1,044
27	Mark	1 in 109 (0.9%)	1,018
28	Jonathan	1 in 117 (0.9%)	948
29	Peter	1 in 117 (0.9%)	947
30	Ryan	1 in 128 (0.8%)	866
31	Gregory	1 in 135 (0.7%)	819
32	Charles	1 in 138 (0.7%)	805
33	Jose	1 in 144 (0.7%)	771
34	Justin	1 in 145 (0.7%)	767
35	Stephen	1 in 146 (0.7%)	760
36	Jeremy	1 in 147 (0.7%)	754
37	Patrick	1 in 152 (0.7%)	730
38	Edward	1 in 154 (0.6%)	718
39	Sean	1 in 165 (0.6%)	671
40	Kenneth	1 in 175 (0.6%)	635
41	Benjamin	1 in 181 (0.6%)	613
42	Keith	1 in 192 (0.5%)	579
43	Frank	1 in 211 (0.5%)	526
44	Aaron	1 in 219 (0.5%)	507
45	Shawn	1 in 224 (0.4%)	496
46	George	1 in 231 (0.4%)	480
47	Luis	1 in 243 (0.4%)	456
48	Carlos	1 in 250 (0.4%)	443
49	Vincent	1 in 259 (0.4%)	428
50	Bryan	1 in 271 (0.4%)	410
51	Raymond	1 in 271 (0.4%)	410
52	Ronald	1 in 272 (0.4%)	407
53	Joel	1 in 277 (0.4%)	400
54	Donald	1 in 290 (0.3%)	382
55	Alexander	1 in 298 (0.3%)	372
56	Philip	1 in 300 (0.3%)	370
57	Juan	1 in 306 (0.3%)	363
58	Todd	1 in 306 (0.3%)	363
59	Erik	1 in 309 (0.3%)	359
60	Chad	1 in 310 (0.3%)	358
61	Craig	1 in 314 (0.3%)	353
62	Dennis	1 in 321 (0.3%)	345
63	Douglas	1 in 328 (0.3%)	338
64	Samuel	1 in 328 (0.3%)	338
65	Christian	1 in 337 (0.3%)	329
66	Jesse	1 in 347 (0.3%)	320
67	Gary	1 in 353 (0.3%)	314
68	Victor	1 in 364 (0.3%)	305
69	Edwin	1 in 371 (0.3%)	299
70	Jacob	1 in 375 (0.3%)	296
71	Shaun	1 in 380 (0.3%)	292
72	Corey	1 in 388 (0.3%)	286
73	Marc	1 in 391 (0.3%)	284
74	Nathan	1 in 392 (0.3%)	283
75	Angel	1 in 403 (0.2%)	275
76	Travis	1 in 422 (0.2%)	263
77	Kyle	1 in 442 (0.2%)	251
78	Brandon	1 in 445 (0.2%)	249
79	Louis	1 in 451 (0.2%)	246
80	Miguel	1 in 466 (0.2%)	238
81	Andre	1 in 476 (0.2%)	233
82	Jared	1 in 491 (0.2%)	226
83	Ian	1 in 502 (0.2%)	221
84	Lawrence	1 in 513 (0.2%)	216
85	Hector	1 in 538 (0.2%)	206
86	Jamie	1 in 538 (0.2%)	206
87	Randy	1 in 546 (0.2%)	203
88	Bradley	1 in 569 (0.2%)	195
89	Omar	1 in 572 (0.2%)	194
90	Seth	1 in 575 (0.2%)	193
91	Derek	1 in 578 (0.2%)	192
92	Phillip	1 in 613 (0.2%)	181
93	Rafael	1 in 613 (0.2%)	181
94	Brett	1 in 616 (0.2%)	180
95	Cory	1 in 616 (0.2%)	180
96	Alan	1 in 623 (0.2%)	178
97	Antonio	1 in 627 (0.2%)	177
98	Alex	1 in 641 (0.2%)	173
99	Brendan	1 in 641 (0.2%)	173
100	Gabriel	1 in 656 (0.2%)	169