Popular baby names in New York, 1979

The most popular baby names in New York in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (3,640 babies) and Michael for boys (5,780). Social Security records list 209,940 babies born in New York in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1979

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Chana: 96 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Chaya: 80 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Damaris: 60 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jasmin: 111 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rosemarie: 63 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Daniela: 57 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Janine: 141 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Simone: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deirdre: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francesca: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Yoel: 69 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Chaim: 79 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Moshe: 86 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jamel: 132 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 156 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Wilfredo: 61 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ariel: 67 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jean: 58 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alexis: 83 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dominick: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,640	–	1
2	Melissa	2,504	↑1	2
3	Jessica	2,206	↓1	4
4	Nicole	1,876	–	9
5	Michelle	1,461	–	10
6	Lisa	1,381	–	13
7	Elizabeth	1,313	–	11
8	Amanda	1,127	↑12	3
9	Kelly	1,127	↓1	16
10	Sarah	1,107	↑3	6
11	Amy	1,103	↓2	5
12	Kimberly	1,077	↑3	12
13	Christina	1,074	↑1	14
14	Danielle	1,060	↓4	33
15	Heather	1,051	↓4	7
16	Christine	977	↓4	35
17	Rebecca	814	↑1	17
18	Lauren	754	↑11	45
19	Laura	740	↓2	20
20	Erin	737	↓1	21
21	Stephanie	736	↓5	15
22	Angela	700	↓1	8
23	Tara	663	↑3	38
24	Rachel	654	↓1	27
25	Maria	613	↓3	37
26	Andrea	584	↓2	26
27	Erica	572	–	32
28	Mary	571	↑3	24
29	Jamie	569	↑3	19
30	Karen	536	↓5	46
31	Shannon	533	↓1	25
32	Katherine	499	↑2	36
33	Julie	495	↓5	29
34	Sara	480	↓1	30
35	Megan	469	new	31
36	Kristen	468	↑7	62
37	Vanessa	452	↑3	75
38	Jacqueline	443	↑1	80
39	Patricia	442	↓3	44
40	Tiffany	416	↑10	28
41	Kathleen	410	↓4	84
42	Denise	405	↓1	92
43	Michele	404	↓8	>100
44	Emily	400	↑4	34
45	Susan	387	↓7	51
46	Crystal	385	↓4	18
47	April	377	new	23
48	Dawn	375	↓4	57
49	Jill	373	↓4	52
50	Catherine	360	↓3	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	5,780	–	1
2	Christopher	3,467	↑1	2
3	Jason	3,148	↓1	3
4	David	3,110	–	4
5	Joseph	2,684	↑1	11
6	John	2,593	↓1	7
7	Robert	2,400	↑1	8
8	Daniel	2,394	↑2	12
9	James	2,322	↓2	5
10	Matthew	2,183	↑1	6
11	Brian	2,072	↓2	10
12	Anthony	1,818	–	21
13	William	1,606	–	13
14	Thomas	1,488	–	26
15	Kevin	1,388	–	19
16	Eric	1,361	↑1	17
17	Richard	1,355	↓1	25
18	Andrew	1,348	↑1	20
19	Nicholas	1,256	↑5	15
20	Steven	1,196	↓2	27
21	Joshua	1,175	↑4	9
22	Adam	1,124	↑4	23
23	Timothy	1,120	↓2	18
24	Jeffrey	1,106	↓4	24
25	Scott	1,058	↑2	29
26	Paul	1,044	↓4	34
27	Mark	1,020	↓4	30
28	Jonathan	950	↑3	31
29	Peter	947	↓1	53
30	Ryan	867	↓1	14
31	Gregory	820	↑2	42
32	Charles	806	↓2	28
33	Jose	770	↑1	44
34	Justin	767	↑2	22
35	Stephen	762	↓3	40
36	Jeremy	754	↑1	16
37	Patrick	729	↑1	39
38	Edward	718	↑1	48
39	Sean	669	↓4	49
40	Kenneth	634	↑1	41
41	Benjamin	613	↑2	33
42	Keith	579	–	52
43	Frank	525	↑2	78
44	Aaron	506	–	32
45	Shawn	496	↓5	43
46	George	484	–	57
47	Luis	458	–	>100
48	Carlos	445	–	73
49	Vincent	425	↑1	>100
50	Bryan	410	new	46

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