Top 100 baby boy names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1979

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Michael	792
2	2Christopher	584
3	3Ryan	521
4	4David	505
5	5Jason	503
6	6Robert	359
7	7Daniel	348
8	8Matthew	337
9	9James	332
10	10Kevin	301
11	11Steven	254
12	12Andrew	249
13	13Jeffrey	228
14	14John	227
15	15Scott	213
16	16Aaron	210
17	17Mark	193
18	18Nicholas	185
19	19Richard	185
20	20Brian	179
21	21Adam	178
22	22Jeremy	178
23	23Tyler	173
24	24William	172
25	25Trevor	154
26	26Joseph	149
27	27Paul	149
28	28Justin	148
29	29Jonathan	143
30	30Bradley	140
31	31Joshua	139
32	32Sean	139
33	33Nathan	138
34	34Stephen	130
35	35Jesse	125
36	36Benjamin	123
37	37Timothy	115
38	38Eric	114
39	39Ian	114
40	40Chad	110
41	41Colin	109
42	42Shane	108
43	43Darren	105
44	44Travis	103
45	45Shawn	102
46	46Gregory	101
47	47Kyle	101
48	48Shaun	99
49	49Dustin	95
50	50Peter	95
51	51Thomas	90
52	52Anthony	89
53	53Patrick	89
54	54Bryan	85
55	55Cory	85
56	56Jordan	84
57	57Kenneth	83
58	58Cameron	82
59	59Curtis	81
60	60Derek	78
61	61Brent	77
62	62Craig	76
63	63Jamie	67
64	64Joel	66
65	65Douglas	65
66	66Kristopher	63
67	67Jeffery	61
68	68Wesley	61
69	69Edward	60
70	70Alexander	59
71	71Geoffrey	57
72	72Neil	56
73	73Philip	56
74	74Brandon	55
75	75Donald	54
76	76Graham	54
77	77Clayton	52
78	78Keith	52
79	79Charles	51
80	80Gordon	51
81	81Adrian	50
82	82Dean	45
83	83Corey	44
84	84Jared	43
85	85Russell	43
86	86Clinton	42
87	87Dennis	42
88	88Randy	41
89	89Robin	40
90	90Gary	39
91	91Raymond	38
92	92Todd	38
93	93Lucas	36
94	94Lawrence	35
95	95Samuel	35
96	96Simon	35
97	97Wayne	35
98	98Daryl	34
99	99Erik	34
100	100George	34

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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