Popular North Carolina Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular North Carolina 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 North Carolina was Christopher. In total there were 37,549 boys born sharing 591 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	Christopher	1 in 26 (3.9%)	1,463
2	Michael	1 in 26 (3.9%)	1,449
3	Jason	1 in 30 (3.3%)	1,257
4	James	1 in 31 (3.3%)	1,229
5	David	1 in 35 (2.8%)	1,061
6	William	1 in 37 (2.7%)	1,019
7	John	1 in 42 (2.4%)	902
8	Robert	1 in 45 (2.2%)	836
9	Joshua	1 in 56 (1.8%)	675
10	Matthew	1 in 57 (1.8%)	663
11	Brian	1 in 59 (1.7%)	633
12	Jonathan	1 in 59 (1.7%)	632
13	Joseph	1 in 63 (1.6%)	594
14	Jeremy	1 in 68 (1.5%)	554
15	Timothy	1 in 71 (1.4%)	530
16	Charles	1 in 72 (1.4%)	525
17	Daniel	1 in 78 (1.3%)	481
18	Travis	1 in 79 (1.3%)	475
19	Kevin	1 in 87 (1.2%)	434
20	Thomas	1 in 95 (1.1%)	395
21	Richard	1 in 97 (1%)	386
22	Jeffrey	1 in 98 (1%)	385
23	Anthony	1 in 99 (1%)	378
24	Eric	1 in 103 (1%)	363
25	Nicholas	1 in 105 (1%)	357
26	Brandon	1 in 107 (0.9%)	350
27	Steven	1 in 108 (0.9%)	348
28	Kenneth	1 in 116 (0.9%)	325
29	Adam	1 in 120 (0.8%)	314
30	Andrew	1 in 127 (0.8%)	296
31	Justin	1 in 132 (0.8%)	285
32	Stephen	1 in 144 (0.7%)	260
33	Mark	1 in 145 (0.7%)	259
34	Benjamin	1 in 146 (0.7%)	258
35	Ryan	1 in 163 (0.6%)	230
36	Nathan	1 in 178 (0.6%)	211
37	Bradley	1 in 178 (0.6%)	211
38	Patrick	1 in 179 (0.6%)	210
39	Phillip	1 in 184 (0.5%)	204
40	Gregory	1 in 186 (0.5%)	202
41	Aaron	1 in 188 (0.5%)	200
42	Chad	1 in 188 (0.5%)	200
43	Donald	1 in 192 (0.5%)	196
44	Bryan	1 in 200 (0.5%)	188
45	Derrick	1 in 201 (0.5%)	187
46	Jamie	1 in 202 (0.5%)	186
47	Samuel	1 in 203 (0.5%)	185
48	Larry	1 in 210 (0.5%)	179
49	Marcus	1 in 212 (0.5%)	177
50	Edward	1 in 216 (0.5%)	174
51	Paul	1 in 217 (0.5%)	173
52	Bobby	1 in 221 (0.5%)	170
53	Jerry	1 in 224 (0.4%)	168
54	Scott	1 in 233 (0.4%)	161
55	Ronald	1 in 252 (0.4%)	149
56	Corey	1 in 254 (0.4%)	148
57	Wesley	1 in 254 (0.4%)	148
58	Billy	1 in 255 (0.4%)	147
59	Antonio	1 in 268 (0.4%)	140
60	George	1 in 270 (0.4%)	139
61	Gary	1 in 272 (0.4%)	138
62	Shawn	1 in 289 (0.3%)	130
63	Douglas	1 in 293 (0.3%)	128
64	Rodney	1 in 298 (0.3%)	126
65	Terry	1 in 305 (0.3%)	123
66	Ricky	1 in 308 (0.3%)	122
67	Dennis	1 in 316 (0.3%)	119
68	Johnny	1 in 321 (0.3%)	117
69	Tony	1 in 321 (0.3%)	117
70	Keith	1 in 335 (0.3%)	112
71	Shaun	1 in 344 (0.3%)	109
72	Randy	1 in 351 (0.3%)	107
73	Derek	1 in 351 (0.3%)	107
74	Curtis	1 in 354 (0.3%)	106
75	Jacob	1 in 368 (0.3%)	102
76	Jesse	1 in 383 (0.3%)	98
77	Ronnie	1 in 383 (0.3%)	98
78	Jimmy	1 in 391 (0.3%)	96
79	Jeffery	1 in 427 (0.2%)	88
80	Raymond	1 in 427 (0.2%)	88
81	Reginald	1 in 442 (0.2%)	85
82	Shane	1 in 447 (0.2%)	84
83	Carl	1 in 452 (0.2%)	83
84	Jeremiah	1 in 458 (0.2%)	82
85	Russell	1 in 458 (0.2%)	82
86	Adrian	1 in 469 (0.2%)	80
87	Roger	1 in 469 (0.2%)	80
88	Walter	1 in 475 (0.2%)	79
89	Willie	1 in 475 (0.2%)	79
90	Kyle	1 in 488 (0.2%)	77
91	Micheal	1 in 507 (0.2%)	74
92	Allen	1 in 514 (0.2%)	73
93	Barry	1 in 522 (0.2%)	72
94	Dustin	1 in 529 (0.2%)	71
95	Philip	1 in 529 (0.2%)	71
96	Danny	1 in 552 (0.2%)	68
97	Shannon	1 in 552 (0.2%)	68
98	Carlos	1 in 569 (0.2%)	66
99	Joel	1 in 569 (0.2%)	66
100	Nathaniel	1 in 578 (0.2%)	65