New York ★ 1979

Top names in New York, 1979

Jennifer led for girls with 3,640 babies ; Michael for boys with 5,780. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,640
2	Melissa	2,504
3	Jessica	2,206
4	Nicole	1,876
5	Michelle	1,461
6	Lisa	1,381
7	Elizabeth	1,313
8	Amanda	1,127
8	Kelly	1,127
10	Sarah	1,107
11	Amy	1,103
12	Kimberly	1,077
13	Christina	1,074
14	Danielle	1,060
15	Heather	1,051
16	Christine	977
17	Rebecca	814
18	Lauren	754
19	Laura	740
20	Erin	737
21	Stephanie	736
22	Angela	700
23	Tara	663
24	Rachel	654
25	Maria	613
26	Andrea	584
27	Erica	572
28	Mary	571
29	Jamie	569
30	Karen	536
31	Shannon	533
32	Katherine	499
33	Julie	495
34	Sara	480
35	Megan	469
36	Kristen	468
37	Vanessa	452
38	Jacqueline	443
39	Patricia	442
40	Tiffany	416
41	Kathleen	410
42	Denise	405
43	Michele	404
44	Emily	400
45	Susan	387
46	Crystal	385
47	April	377
48	Dawn	375
49	Jill	373
50	Catherine	360
51	Allison	353
52	Tracy	351
53	Dana	349
54	Cynthia	347
55	Stacey	327
56	Carrie	322
57	Diana	320
58	Kristy	317
59	Kristin	316
60	Cheryl	315
61	Gina	310
62	Kathryn	303
63	Melanie	297
63	Sandra	297
65	Samantha	294
66	Alison	289
67	Wendy	286
68	Meghan	283
69	Theresa	281
70	Alicia	279
71	Colleen	277
72	Jaclyn	276
73	Tanya	273
74	Tina	270
75	Courtney	264
76	Anna	263
77	Renee	261
78	Stacy	253
79	Natalie	249
80	Natasha	247
81	Monica	246
82	Lori	245
83	Erika	244
83	Suzanne	244
85	Sabrina	242
86	Victoria	241
87	Amber	240
88	Cindy	238
88	Sharon	238
88	Tammy	238
91	Valerie	237
92	Melinda	236
93	Ebony	234
94	Barbara	229
94	Jaime	229
94	Linda	229
97	Margaret	221
98	Nancy	219
99	Anne	215
100	Kristina	210

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,780
2	Christopher	3,467
3	Jason	3,148
4	David	3,110
5	Joseph	2,684
6	John	2,593
7	Robert	2,400
8	Daniel	2,394
9	James	2,322
10	Matthew	2,183
11	Brian	2,072
12	Anthony	1,818
13	William	1,606
14	Thomas	1,488
15	Kevin	1,388
16	Eric	1,361
17	Richard	1,355
18	Andrew	1,348
19	Nicholas	1,256
20	Steven	1,196
21	Joshua	1,175
22	Adam	1,124
23	Timothy	1,120
24	Jeffrey	1,106
25	Scott	1,058
26	Paul	1,044
27	Mark	1,020
28	Jonathan	950
29	Peter	947
30	Ryan	867
31	Gregory	820
32	Charles	806
33	Jose	770
34	Justin	767
35	Stephen	762
36	Jeremy	754
37	Patrick	729
38	Edward	718
39	Sean	669
40	Kenneth	634
41	Benjamin	613
42	Keith	579
43	Frank	525
44	Aaron	506
45	Shawn	496
46	George	484
47	Luis	458
48	Carlos	445
49	Vincent	425
50	Bryan	410
50	Raymond	410
52	Ronald	407
53	Joel	401
54	Donald	381
55	Alexander	373
56	Philip	370
57	Juan	366
58	Todd	363
59	Chad	359
59	Erik	359
61	Craig	354
62	Dennis	344
63	Douglas	338
64	Samuel	337
65	Christian	329
66	Jesse	320
67	Gary	314
68	Victor	304
69	Edwin	300
70	Jacob	297
71	Shaun	291
72	Corey	286
73	Marc	285
74	Nathan	282
75	Angel	275
76	Travis	263
77	Kyle	251
78	Brandon	248
79	Louis	246
80	Miguel	238
81	Andre	232
82	Jared	226
83	Ian	221
84	Lawrence	216
85	Jamie	206
86	Hector	205
87	Randy	203
88	Bradley	195
88	Omar	195
90	Seth	194
91	Derek	192
92	Phillip	181
93	Brett	180
93	Rafael	180
95	Cory	179
96	Alan	178
97	Antonio	177
98	Alex	175
99	Brendan	173
100	Gabriel	169