Most Popular Names Germany/West 1979
| Description: | Most popular names for male newborns in West Germany (formerly FRG) 1979 |
| Source: | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS) |
| Series: | Germany/West |
| Following list: | 1980 |
| Previous list: | 1978 |
| Highest new entries: | Sebastian (new at 8) |
| Largest rises: | Daniel +3 (now at 3), Andreas +1 (now at 4) |
| Largest falls: | Alexander -4 (now at 7), Thomas -1 (now at 9) |
| Rank | Name | +/- | Graph |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian | Graph | |
| 2 | Michael | Graph | |
| 3 | Daniel |  3 | Graph |
| 4 | Andreas | 1 | Graph |
| 5 | Stefan |  1 | Graph |
| 6 | Markus | 1 | Graph |
| 7 | Alexander | 4 | Graph |
| 8 | Sebastian |  | Graph |
| 9 | Thomas | 1 | Graph |
| 10 | Tobias | Graph |