Popular Pennsylvania Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania was Michael. In total there were 76,055 boys born sharing 770 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 (5.4%)	4,076
2	Jason	1 in 29 (3.4%)	2,620
3	Christopher	1 in 32 (3.1%)	2,356
4	Matthew	1 in 33 (3%)	2,296
5	David	1 in 34 (3%)	2,260
6	John	1 in 37 (2.7%)	2,042
7	Robert	1 in 40 (2.5%)	1,921
8	James	1 in 40 (2.5%)	1,901
9	Joseph	1 in 44 (2.3%)	1,733
10	Brian	1 in 45 (2.2%)	1,708
11	Daniel	1 in 49 (2%)	1,538
12	William	1 in 55 (1.8%)	1,380
13	Joshua	1 in 60 (1.7%)	1,266
14	Ryan	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,202
15	Timothy	1 in 70 (1.4%)	1,086
16	Thomas	1 in 70 (1.4%)	1,079
17	Andrew	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,076
18	Eric	1 in 74 (1.3%)	1,023
19	Kevin	1 in 77 (1.3%)	986
20	Richard	1 in 78 (1.3%)	978
21	Jeffrey	1 in 78 (1.3%)	971
22	Justin	1 in 81 (1.2%)	937
23	Nicholas	1 in 84 (1.2%)	910
24	Anthony	1 in 85 (1.2%)	895
25	Mark	1 in 85 (1.2%)	891
26	Scott	1 in 87 (1.1%)	873
27	Adam	1 in 90 (1.1%)	845
28	Jeremy	1 in 92 (1.1%)	830
29	Steven	1 in 94 (1.1%)	807
30	Stephen	1 in 102 (1%)	743
31	Charles	1 in 105 (1%)	723
32	Jonathan	1 in 121 (0.8%)	629
33	Shawn	1 in 125 (0.8%)	607
34	Benjamin	1 in 128 (0.8%)	592
35	Gregory	1 in 129 (0.8%)	589
36	Paul	1 in 130 (0.8%)	584
37	Patrick	1 in 134 (0.7%)	569
38	Chad	1 in 140 (0.7%)	545
39	Aaron	1 in 147 (0.7%)	516
40	Nathan	1 in 149 (0.7%)	510
41	Edward	1 in 156 (0.6%)	487
42	Sean	1 in 176 (0.6%)	433
43	Kenneth	1 in 176 (0.6%)	433
44	Ronald	1 in 181 (0.6%)	420
45	Keith	1 in 193 (0.5%)	394
46	Bryan	1 in 195 (0.5%)	390
47	Todd	1 in 203 (0.5%)	374
48	Donald	1 in 206 (0.5%)	369
49	Brandon	1 in 211 (0.5%)	361
50	Douglas	1 in 212 (0.5%)	358
51	Bradley	1 in 226 (0.4%)	337
52	Peter	1 in 230 (0.4%)	331
53	Travis	1 in 233 (0.4%)	327
54	George	1 in 243 (0.4%)	313
55	Dennis	1 in 269 (0.4%)	283
56	Raymond	1 in 277 (0.4%)	275
57	Shaun	1 in 287 (0.3%)	265
58	Jesse	1 in 289 (0.3%)	263
59	Gary	1 in 299 (0.3%)	254
60	Samuel	1 in 302 (0.3%)	252
61	Craig	1 in 317 (0.3%)	240
62	Frank	1 in 320 (0.3%)	238
63	Jacob	1 in 326 (0.3%)	233
64	Kyle	1 in 340 (0.3%)	224
65	Corey	1 in 355 (0.3%)	214
66	Philip	1 in 355 (0.3%)	214
67	Jared	1 in 364 (0.3%)	209
68	Joel	1 in 375 (0.3%)	203
69	Erik	1 in 380 (0.3%)	200
70	Shane	1 in 405 (0.2%)	188
71	Carl	1 in 420 (0.2%)	181
72	Brad	1 in 423 (0.2%)	180
73	Derek	1 in 425 (0.2%)	179
74	Randy	1 in 442 (0.2%)	172
75	Christian	1 in 445 (0.2%)	171
76	Brett	1 in 475 (0.2%)	160
77	Seth	1 in 475 (0.2%)	160
78	Jamie	1 in 497 (0.2%)	153
79	Dustin	1 in 510 (0.2%)	149
80	Zachary	1 in 521 (0.2%)	146
81	Vincent	1 in 525 (0.2%)	145
82	Francis	1 in 539 (0.2%)	141
83	Russell	1 in 543 (0.2%)	140
84	Luke	1 in 555 (0.2%)	137
85	Marc	1 in 555 (0.2%)	137
86	Jeremiah	1 in 563 (0.2%)	135
87	Cory	1 in 568 (0.2%)	134
88	Ian	1 in 572 (0.2%)	133
89	Phillip	1 in 576 (0.2%)	132
90	Curtis	1 in 590 (0.2%)	129
91	Lawrence	1 in 594 (0.2%)	128
92	Larry	1 in 594 (0.2%)	128
93	Alan	1 in 613 (0.2%)	124
94	Brent	1 in 613 (0.2%)	124
95	Nathaniel	1 in 629 (0.2%)	121
96	Troy	1 in 629 (0.2%)	121
97	Louis	1 in 634 (0.2%)	120
98	Wesley	1 in 639 (0.2%)	119
99	Alexander	1 in 661 (0.2%)	115
100	Derrick	1 in 667 (0.1%)	114