The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1979 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1979.
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Boy
Rank | Name | Occ.(%in 1979) | Change |
1. | Michael | 67735 (3.931%) | - |
2. | Christopher | 50680 (2.941%) | +1 |
3. | Jason | 50407 (2.925%) | -1 |
4. | David | 42079 (2.442%) | - |
5. | James | 39374 (2.285%) | - |
6. | Matthew | 35656 (2.069%) | - |
7. | John | 35435 (2.056%) | - |
8. | Robert | 34023 (1.974%) | - |
9. | Joshua | 31136 (1.807%) | +3 |
10. | Joseph | 28671 (1.664%) | - |
11. | Brian | 28667 (1.664%) | -2 |
12. | Daniel | 28523 (1.655%) | -1 |
13. | William | 24701 (1.433%) | - |
14. | Ryan | 23218 (1.347%) | - |
15. | Nicholas | 21340 (1.238%) | +10 |
16. | Jeremy | 21011 (1.219%) | +2 |
17. | Eric | 20271 (1.176%) | -1 |
18. | Timothy | 19078 (1.107%) | -1 |
19. | Kevin | 18742 (1.088%) | -4 |
20. | Andrew | 18637 (1.082%) | +1 |
21. | Anthony | 17527 (1.017%) | -1 |
22. | Justin | 17403 (1.010%) | +6 |
23. | Adam | 17068 (0.991%) | +6 |
24. | Jeffrey | 16873 (0.979%) | -5 |
25. | Richard | 16721 (0.970%) | -3 |
26. | Thomas | 16472 (0.956%) | -3 |
27. | Steven | 16329 (0.948%) | -3 |
28. | Charles | 14829 (0.861%) | -1 |
29. | Scott | 14464 (0.839%) | +1 |
30. | Mark | 14391 (0.835%) | -4 |
31. | Jonathan | 14334 (0.832%) | - |
32. | Aaron | 13074 (0.759%) | - |
33. | Benjamin | 12519 (0.727%) | +1 |
34. | Paul | 11647 (0.676%) | -1 |
35. | Brandon | 11311 (0.656%) | +5 |
36. | Travis | 11052 (0.641%) | +10 |
37. | Nathan | 10744 (0.624%) | -1 |
38. | Chad | 10158 (0.590%) | -3 |
39. | Patrick | 9987 (0.580%) | +3 |
40. | Stephen | 9901 (0.575%) | -3 |
41. | Kenneth | 9245 (0.537%) | - |
42. | Gregory | 9116 (0.529%) | -4 |
43. | Shawn | 7913 (0.459%) | -4 |
44. | Jose | 7842 (0.455%) | - |
45. | Jacob | 7548 (0.438%) | +5 |
46. | Bryan | 7449 (0.432%) | -3 |
47. | Bradley | 6929 (0.402%) | +6 |
48. | Edward | 6878 (0.399%) | -1 |
49. | Sean | 6861 (0.398%) | -4 |
50. | Jesse | 6684 (0.388%) | +1 |
51. | Donald | 6512 (0.378%) | -3 |
52. | Keith | 6192 (0.359%) | -3 |
53. | Peter | 6076 (0.353%) | +1 |
54. | Ronald | 5701 (0.331%) | +1 |
55. | Samuel | 5684 (0.330%) | +2 |
56. | Kyle | 5451 (0.316%) | +7 |
57. | George | 5259 (0.305%) | +1 |
58. | Douglas | 5169 (0.300%) | +1 |
59. | Gary | 5040 (0.292%) | +1 |
60. | Todd | 4986 (0.289%) | -4 |
61. | Juan | 4942 (0.287%) | +1 |
62. | Dustin | 4898 (0.284%) | +6 |
63. | Corey | 4738 (0.275%) | -2 |
64. | Shaun | 4737 (0.275%) | -12 |
65. | Jared | 4671 (0.271%) | +7 |
66. | Erik | 4638 (0.269%) | +19 |
67. | Shane | 4481 (0.260%) | -2 |
68. | Phillip | 4424 (0.257%) | -1 |
69. | Larry | 4392 (0.255%) | -5 |
70. | Raymond | 4340 (0.252%) | -1 |
71. | Joel | 4213 (0.244%) | +3 |
72. | Derek | 4203 (0.244%) | +3 |
73. | Carlos | 4165 (0.242%) | +5 |
74. | Zachary | 4157 (0.241%) | +15 |
75. | Dennis | 4082 (0.237%) | -4 |
76. | Marcus | 4050 (0.235%) | -6 |
77. | Craig | 4029 (0.234%) | -11 |
78. | Frank | 3931 (0.228%) | -1 |
79. | Antonio | 3801 (0.221%) | - |
80. | Derrick | 3729 (0.216%) | -4 |
81. | Jeremiah | 3720 (0.216%) | - |
82. | Cory | 3591 (0.208%) | -9 |
83. | Philip | 3463 (0.201%) | +1 |
84. | Brent | 3462 (0.201%) | +3 |
85. | Jerry | 3445 (0.200%) | -3 |
86. | Randy | 3416 (0.198%) | - |
87. | Jeffery | 3356 (0.195%) | -7 |
88. | Jamie | 3239 (0.188%) | +7 |
89. | Gabriel | 3235 (0.188%) | +1 |
90. | Wesley | 3234 (0.188%) | -7 |
91. | Curtis | 3204 (0.186%) | +5 |
92. | Russell | 3132 (0.182%) | +1 |
93. | Casey | 3083 (0.179%) | -1 |
94. | Alexander | 3061 (0.178%) | +4 |
95. | Nathaniel | 3041 (0.176%) | -1 |
96. | Terry | 3039 (0.176%) | -5 |
97. | Brett | 3001 (0.174%) | +15 |
98. | Billy | 2999 (0.174%) | +1 |
99. | Troy | 2962 (0.172%) | -11 |
100. | Carl | 2898 (0.168%) | - |