Popular Washington Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular Washington 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 Washington was Michael. In total there were 29,646 boys born sharing 540 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 28 (3.6%)	1,058
2	Christopher	1 in 32 (3.2%)	937
3	Jason	1 in 34 (2.9%)	873
4	Joshua	1 in 36 (2.8%)	833
5	Ryan	1 in 37 (2.7%)	792
6	David	1 in 41 (2.4%)	722
7	Matthew	1 in 42 (2.4%)	699
8	James	1 in 50 (2%)	596
9	Daniel	1 in 53 (1.9%)	560
10	Robert	1 in 54 (1.9%)	552
11	Brian	1 in 56 (1.8%)	528
12	Joseph	1 in 58 (1.7%)	509
13	John	1 in 60 (1.7%)	491
14	Jeremy	1 in 62 (1.6%)	482
15	Nicholas	1 in 63 (1.6%)	474
16	Justin	1 in 64 (1.6%)	462
17	Aaron	1 in 69 (1.4%)	428
18	Andrew	1 in 71 (1.4%)	420
19	Adam	1 in 75 (1.3%)	395
20	Jeffrey	1 in 82 (1.2%)	361
21	Scott	1 in 86 (1.2%)	345
22	Kevin	1 in 87 (1.1%)	339
23	Benjamin	1 in 89 (1.1%)	334
24	Eric	1 in 89 (1.1%)	332
25	Timothy	1 in 91 (1.1%)	326
26	William	1 in 95 (1%)	311
27	Steven	1 in 100 (1%)	297
28	Nathan	1 in 102 (1%)	292
29	Jacob	1 in 104 (1%)	286
30	Richard	1 in 106 (0.9%)	279
31	Travis	1 in 109 (0.9%)	272
32	Brandon	1 in 113 (0.9%)	262
33	Mark	1 in 118 (0.9%)	252
34	Jesse	1 in 120 (0.8%)	247
35	Thomas	1 in 123 (0.8%)	242
36	Jonathan	1 in 125 (0.8%)	238
37	Anthony	1 in 132 (0.8%)	225
38	Kyle	1 in 135 (0.7%)	219
39	Patrick	1 in 141 (0.7%)	211
40	Sean	1 in 150 (0.7%)	198
41	Charles	1 in 151 (0.7%)	196
42	Paul	1 in 154 (0.7%)	193
43	Chad	1 in 171 (0.6%)	173
44	Shawn	1 in 189 (0.5%)	157
45	Kenneth	1 in 191 (0.5%)	155
46	Joel	1 in 198 (0.5%)	150
47	Bryan	1 in 200 (0.5%)	148
48	Shane	1 in 202 (0.5%)	147
49	Dustin	1 in 206 (0.5%)	144
50	Gregory	1 in 209 (0.5%)	142
51	Stephen	1 in 212 (0.5%)	140
52	Peter	1 in 212 (0.5%)	140
53	Tyler	1 in 221 (0.5%)	134
54	Erik	1 in 225 (0.4%)	132
55	Jared	1 in 226 (0.4%)	131
56	Zachary	1 in 235 (0.4%)	126
57	Ian	1 in 241 (0.4%)	123
58	Jeremiah	1 in 249 (0.4%)	119
59	Casey	1 in 253 (0.4%)	117
60	Donald	1 in 267 (0.4%)	111
61	Bradley	1 in 288 (0.3%)	103
62	Douglas	1 in 309 (0.3%)	96
63	Todd	1 in 309 (0.3%)	96
64	Samuel	1 in 315 (0.3%)	94
65	Seth	1 in 315 (0.3%)	94
66	Derek	1 in 319 (0.3%)	93
67	Keith	1 in 319 (0.3%)	93
68	Luke	1 in 329 (0.3%)	90
69	Shaun	1 in 333 (0.3%)	89
70	Brent	1 in 337 (0.3%)	88
71	Brett	1 in 345 (0.3%)	86
72	Craig	1 in 353 (0.3%)	84
73	Gabriel	1 in 353 (0.3%)	84
74	Kristopher	1 in 353 (0.3%)	84
75	Cory	1 in 362 (0.3%)	82
76	Corey	1 in 371 (0.3%)	80
77	Phillip	1 in 380 (0.3%)	78
78	Alexander	1 in 385 (0.3%)	77
79	Jeffery	1 in 385 (0.3%)	77
80	Lucas	1 in 390 (0.3%)	76
81	Gary	1 in 395 (0.3%)	75
82	Edward	1 in 401 (0.2%)	74
83	Trevor	1 in 401 (0.2%)	74
84	Russell	1 in 406 (0.2%)	73
85	Raymond	1 in 424 (0.2%)	70
86	Curtis	1 in 430 (0.2%)	69
87	Dennis	1 in 442 (0.2%)	67
88	Randy	1 in 449 (0.2%)	66
89	Ronald	1 in 449 (0.2%)	66
90	Troy	1 in 463 (0.2%)	64
91	Nathaniel	1 in 486 (0.2%)	61
92	Carl	1 in 529 (0.2%)	56
93	George	1 in 529 (0.2%)	56
94	Isaac	1 in 529 (0.2%)	56
95	Juan	1 in 539 (0.2%)	55
96	Jose	1 in 539 (0.2%)	55
97	Jay	1 in 539 (0.2%)	55
98	Kelly	1 in 549 (0.2%)	54
99	Philip	1 in 549 (0.2%)	54
100	Evan	1 in 559 (0.2%)	53