Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1979. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1979, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 58628 | Jennifer | 51465 |
| 2 | Jason | 45899 | Melissa | 29777 |
| 3 | Christopher | 45431 | Amanda | 29501 |
| 4 | David | 37608 | Jessica | 24429 |
| 5 | James | 34962 | Sarah | 20340 |
| 6 | Matthew | 32773 | Amy | 19900 |
| 7 | Joshua | 31237 | Heather | 19732 |
| 8 | John | 30158 | Angela | 19551 |
| 9 | Robert | 30064 | Nicole | 18302 |
| 10 | Daniel | 26130 | Michelle | 17828 |
| 11 | Brian | 25923 | Elizabeth | 16289 |
| 12 | Joseph | 25045 | Kimberly | 15626 |
| 13 | Ryan | 24678 | Lisa | 15554 |
| 14 | William | 21244 | Christina | 14898 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 21240 | Stephanie | 14808 |
| 16 | Jeremy | 20658 | Rebecca | 13393 |
| 17 | Eric | 18681 | Kelly | 13331 |
| 18 | Andrew | 17531 | Crystal | 12132 |
| 19 | Timothy | 17516 | Jamie | 11981 |
| 20 | Justin | 16976 | Amber | 11560 |
| 21 | Kevin | 16784 | April | 10870 |
| 22 | Adam | 16435 | Erin | 10643 |
| 23 | Anthony | 15661 | Laura | 10416 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 15495 | Andrea | 10082 |
| 25 | Steven | 15003 | Shannon | 9671 |
| 26 | Richard | 15002 | Rachel | 9598 |
| 27 | Scott | 13766 | Mary | 9290 |
| 28 | Thomas | 13719 | Julie | 9023 |
| 29 | Aaron | 12975 | Tiffany | 9001 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 12960 | Sara | 8687 |
| 31 | Charles | 12873 | Megan | 7955 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 12689 | Emily | 7527 |
| 33 | Mark | 12677 | Erica | 7371 |
| 34 | Brandon | 11645 | Danielle | 6744 |
| 35 | Travis | 11500 | Katherine | 6627 |
| 36 | Nathan | 10785 | Brandy | 6618 |
| 37 | Chad | 10279 | Maria | 6486 |
| 38 | Paul | 10029 | Monica | 6209 |
| 39 | Patrick | 9110 | Christine | 6005 |
| 40 | Stephen | 8225 | Carrie | 5915 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 8192 | Tara | 5788 |
| 42 | Gregory | 7818 | Misty | 5451 |
| 43 | Jacob | 7613 | Alicia | 5438 |
| 44 | Shawn | 7314 | Holly | 5328 |
| 45 | Bryan | 6836 | Stacy | 5296 |
| 46 | Jose | 6572 | Patricia | 5001 |
| 47 | Jesse | 6487 | Tracy | 4869 |
| 48 | Bradley | 5965 | Kathryn | 4764 |
| 49 | Donald | 5891 | Melanie | 4566 |
| 50 | Sean | 5869 | Karen | 4486 |
| 51 | Edward | 5665 | Susan | 4479 |
| 52 | Samuel | 5323 | Anna | 4335 |
| 53 | Keith | 5156 | Wendy | 4275 |
| 54 | Dustin | 5112 | Stacey | 4261 |
| 55 | Kyle | 5085 | Tina | 4196 |
| 56 | Ronald | 4948 | Natalie | 4154 |
| 57 | Jared | 4476 | Leslie | 4049 |
| 58 | Douglas | 4472 | Dawn | 4007 |
| 59 | Gary | 4372 | Cynthia | 3979 |
| 60 | Shaun | 4359 | Katie | 3878 |
| 61 | Zachary | 4350 | Courtney | 3873 |
| 62 | Peter | 4295 | Samantha | 3871 |
| 63 | Shane | 4234 | Jill | 3765 |
| 64 | Phillip | 4143 | Allison | 3720 |
| 65 | George | 4136 | Brandi | 3682 |
| 66 | Erik | 4046 | Heidi | 3655 |
| 67 | Juan | 3992 | Kristina | 3615 |
| 68 | Corey | 3735 | Kristy | 3609 |
| 69 | Todd | 3698 | Lauren | 3390 |
| 70 | Raymond | 3590 | Kristin | 3381 |
| 71 | Joel | 3584 | Dana | 3364 |
| 72 | Dennis | 3476 | Ashley | 3162 |
| 73 | Jeremiah | 3455 | Lori | 3139 |
| 74 | Derek | 3196 | Kristen | 3124 |
| 75 | Carlos | 3154 | Veronica | 2966 |
| 76 | Antonio | 3098 | Mindy | 2935 |
| 77 | Larry | 2907 | Teresa | 2825 |
| 78 | Marcus | 2866 | Sandra | 2738 |
| 79 | Craig | 2782 | Christy | 2726 |
| 80 | Cory | 2755 | Catherine | 2712 |
| 81 | Jeffery | 2677 | Vanessa | 2570 |
| 82 | Brent | 2676 | Jacqueline | 2511 |
| 83 | Derrick | 2580 | Tammy | 2455 |
| 84 | Randy | 2400 | Brooke | 2440 |
| 85 | Frank | 2382 | Tonya | 2374 |
| 86 | Curtis | 2363 | Renee | 2374 |
| 87 | Gabriel | 2316 | Lindsay | 2370 |
| 88 | Jerry | 2256 | Melinda | 2345 |
| 89 | Mario | 2187 | Valerie | 2221 |
| 90 | Terry | 2184 | Jaime | 2140 |
| 91 | Troy | 2173 | Nichole | 2052 |
| 92 | Jamie | 2148 | Pamela | 2006 |
| 93 | Jesus | 2136 | Mandy | 1949 |
| 94 | Casey | 2028 | Katrina | 1897 |
| 95 | Luis | 1974 | Kathleen | 1894 |
| 96 | Brett | 1944 | Erika | 1865 |
| 97 | Nathaniel | 1926 | Robin | 1856 |
| 98 | Alexander | 1918 | Sabrina | 1802 |
| 99 | Jorge | 1910 | Gina | 1774 |
| 100 | Ian | 1908 | Denise | 1645 |
| 101 | Russell | 1875 | Beth | 1627 |
| 102 | Seth | 1847 | Lindsey | 1604 |
| 103 | Philip | 1819 | Tanya | 1536 |
| 104 | Wesley | 1815 | Leah | 1532 |
| 105 | Lucas | 1705 | Nancy | 1485 |
| 106 | Victor | 1629 | Theresa | 1479 |
| 107 | Luke | 1624 | Cheryl | 1450 |
| 108 | Manuel | 1580 | Anne | 1410 |
| 109 | Miguel | 1579 | Brenda | 1339 |
| 110 | Billy | 1466 | Diana | 1330 |
| 111 | Francisco | 1460 | Tamara | 1280 |
| 112 | Ricardo | 1407 | Kristi | 1206 |
| 113 | Tyler | 1338 | Victoria | 1138 |
| 114 | Willie | 1233 | Natasha | 1125 |
| 115 | Adrian | 1200 | Desiree | 1120 |
| 116 | Tony | 1196 | Julia | 1069 |
| 117 | Alejandro | 1180 | Monique | 1021 |
| 118 | Carl | 1179 | Claudia | 1018 |
| 119 | Brad | 1169 | Linda | 1008 |
| 120 | Roberto | 1140 | Alison | 982 |
| 121 | Ruben | 1080 | Krista | 968 |
| 122 | Bobby | 1065 | Angelica | 968 |
| 123 | Jaime | 1052 | Sonia | 894 |
| 124 | Oscar | 1050 | Meghan | 892 |
| 125 | Cody | 1016 | Michele | 871 |
| 126 | Fernando | 980 | Bethany | 864 |
| 127 | Hector | 978 | Gabriela | 864 |
| 128 | Johnny | 969 | Adriana | 836 |
| 129 | Randall | 940 | Kelli | 831 |
| 130 | Vincent | 938 | Margaret | 824 |
| 131 | Armando | 887 | Leticia | 806 |
| 132 | Kristopher | 862 | Jodi | 801 |
| 133 | Javier | 856 | Ana | 776 |
| 134 | Rodney | 855 | Kara | 774 |
| 135 | Raul | 848 | Kari | 758 |
| 136 | Jimmy | 814 | Rosa | 748 |
| 137 | Eduardo | 812 | Molly | 747 |
| 138 | Trevor | 777 | Jenny | 739 |
| 139 | Sergio | 758 | Ann | 737 |
| 140 | Cesar | 754 | Cindy | 724 |
| 141 | Reginald | 687 | Latasha | 699 |
| 142 | Ricky | 645 | Sharon | 698 |
| 143 | Maurice | 636 | Latoya | 696 |
| 144 | Jon | 552 | Casey | 696 |
| 145 | Walter | 526 | Lorena | 664 |
| 146 | Terrance | 470 | Felicia | 623 |
| 147 | Tommy | 458 | Candice | 600 |
| 148 | Marc | 452 | Tabitha | 583 |
| 149 | Jay | 452 | Yolanda | 560 |
| 150 | Heath | 450 | Donna | 519 |
| 151 | Lance | 418 | Latonya | 462 |
| 152 | Alan | 399 | Colleen | 456 |
| 153 | Shannon | 397 | Summer | 401 |
| 154 | Micheal | 394 | Trisha | 400 |
| 155 | Ronnie | 387 | Jaclyn | 399 |
| 156 | Danny | 358 | Shawna | 394 |
| 157 | Frederick | 352 | Carla | 386 |
| 158 | Roger | 340 | Brianne | 366 |
| 159 | Roderick | 335 | Kendra | 349 |
| 160 | Isaac | 329 | Candace | 310 |
| 161 | Clinton | 328 | Kristine | 281 |
| 162 | Cedric | 292 | Cassandra | 267 |
| 163 | Lawrence | 272 | Regina | 264 |
| 164 | Eddie | 260 | Meredith | 264 |
| 165 | Kelly | 248 | Tamika | 258 |
| 166 | Henry | 233 | Rhonda | 246 |
| 167 | Louis | 232 | Miranda | 243 |
| 168 | Kelvin | 231 | Autumn | 233 |
| 169 | Gerald | 230 | Rachael | 227 |
| 170 | Christian | 209 | Jody | 208 |
| 171 | Evan | 198 | Shelly | 199 |
| 172 | Mitchell | 192 | Angel | 192 |
| 173 | Demetrius | 186 | Barbara | 184 |
| 174 | Wade | 184 | Hannah | 166 |
| 175 | Bruce | 182 | Kate | 134 |
| 176 | Levi | 178 | Sherry | 132 |
| 177 | Trent | 176 | Christie | 132 |
| 178 | Lee | 174 | Chasity | 132 |
| 179 | Kurt | 165 | Whitney | 124 |
| 180 | Francis | 159 | Alisha | 122 |
| 181 | Spencer | 146 | Hilary | 121 |
| 182 | Cameron | 143 | Aimee | 113 |
| 183 | Joey | 134 | Tasha | 109 |
| 184 | Jordan | 133 | Abigail | 106 |
| 185 | Dana | 132 | Bridget | 100 |
| 186 | Tyson | 131 | Shelley | 96 |
| 187 | Jermaine | 130 | Ebony | 96 |
| 188 | Darrell | 125 | Caroline | 92 |
| 189 | Darren | 117 | Laurie | 90 |
| 190 | Tyrone | 116 | Kylie | 90 |
| 191 | Terrence | 102 | Sonya | 88 |
| 192 | Dale | 102 | Shana | 84 |
| 193 | Andre | 96 | Darcy | 84 |
| 194 | Kendrick | 87 | Lakeisha | 77 |
| 195 | Ernest | 86 | Shanna | 75 |
| 196 | Damien | 81 | Adrienne | 71 |
| 197 | Noah | 78 | Brittany | 71 |
| 198 | Calvin | 76 | Keisha | 68 |
| 199 | Byron | 75 | Stacie | 68 |
| 200 | Neil | 74 | Becky | 67 |
| 201 | Wayne | 72 | Jana | 61 |
| 202 | Brady | 70 | Camille | 59 |
| 203 | Bryce | 62 | Angie | 57 |
| 204 | Joe | 60 | Priscilla | 56 |
| 205 | Clint | 58 | Kellie | 52 |
| 206 | Austin | 56 | Yvonne | 47 |
| 207 | Mathew | 52 | Shauna | 45 |
| 208 | Devin | 51 | Malia | 43 |
| 209 | Geoffrey | 48 | Toni | 42 |
| 210 | Gilbert | 45 | Deanna | 42 |
| 211 | Angel | 44 | Kerri | 40 |
| 212 | Martin | 41 | Jami | 38 |
| 213 | Blake | 36 | Carolyn | 38 |
| 214 | Dean | 32 | Joy | 38 |
| 215 | Jake | 29 | Alyssa | 32 |
| 216 | Albert | 28 | Leilani | 31 |
| 217 | Arthur | 27 | Janet | 29 |
| 218 | Kawika | 25 | Traci | 29 |
| 219 | Ralph | 22 | Janelle | 28 |
| 220 | Beau | 21 | Jessie | 28 |
| 221 | Keoni | 20 | Marisa | 27 |
| 222 | Gavin | 20 | Lacey | 27 |
| 223 | Abraham | 19 | Suzanne | 26 |
| 224 | Lamar | 18 | Keri | 20 |
| 225 | Colin | 18 | Lynn | 18 |
| 226 | Ethan | 16 | Jasmine | 18 |
| 227 | Kekoa | 16 | Maile | 17 |
| 228 | Keola | 16 | Faith | 16 |
| 229 | Reid | 16 | Kristie | 16 |
| 230 | Roy | 16 | Alexis | 16 |
| 231 | Grant | 15 | Paula | 16 |
| 232 | Alika | 14 | Debra | 16 |
| 233 | Graham | 14 | Deborah | 16 |
| 234 | Morgan | 14 | Hope | 16 |
| 235 | Blaine | 14 | Bonnie | 16 |
| 236 | Harold | 12 | Ryan | 16 |
| 237 | Norman | 10 | Jillian | 16 |
| 238 | Jack | 9 | Ruth | 16 |
| 239 | Nelson | 8 | Naomi | 15 |
| 240 | Brendan | 8 | Rochelle | 14 |
| 241 | Garrett | 7 | Kirsten | 14 |
| 242 | Dallas | 7 | Dayna | 14 |
| 243 | Jess | 7 | Devon | 14 |