United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1977

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Michael 67,587 babies =
  2. 2 Jason 55,631 babies =
  3. 3 Christopher 46,721 babies =
  4. 4 David 40,515 babies =
  5. 5 James 40,040 babies =
  6. 6 Robert 34,214 babies 1
  7. 7 John 34,195 babies 1
  8. 8 Brian 32,492 babies =
  9. 9 Matthew 31,965 babies =
  10. 10 Joseph 26,483 babies 2
  11. 11 Daniel 26,073 babies 1
  12. 12 William 24,758 babies 1
  13. 13 Kevin 22,463 babies 2
  14. 14 Joshua 22,068 babies 4
  15. 15 Jeremy 21,610 babies 1
  16. 16 Ryan 21,246 babies =
  17. 17 Eric 20,745 babies 4
  18. 18 Timothy 17,977 babies 3
  19. 19 Jeffrey 17,481 babies 2
  20. 20 Richard 17,442 babies 1
  21. 21 Anthony 16,804 babies 1
  22. 22 Thomas 16,586 babies 1
  23. 23 Steven 16,484 babies 3
  24. 24 Andrew 16,017 babies 3
  25. 25 Mark 15,418 babies =
  26. 26 Charles 14,743 babies =
  27. 27 Scott 14,203 babies 3
  28. 28 Jonathan 12,319 babies 3
  29. 29 Benjamin 12,106 babies 3
  30. 30 Justin 12,008 babies 3
  31. 31 Paul 11,798 babies 3
  32. 32 Aaron 11,631 babies 2
  33. 33 Adam 11,030 babies 3
  34. 34 Chad 10,831 babies 5
  35. 35 Gregory 10,052 babies =
  36. 36 Nathan 9,886 babies 3
  37. 37 Shawn 9,865 babies 3
  38. 38 Stephen 9,635 babies 1
  39. 39 Kenneth 9,452 babies 1
  40. 40 Patrick 8,305 babies 1
  41. 41 Brandon 8,272 babies 1
  42. 42 Bryan 7,886 babies 1
  43. 43 Sean 7,625 babies 1
  44. 44 Travis 7,277 babies 2
  45. 45 Jose 6,919 babies 1
  46. 46 Donald 6,866 babies 1
  47. 47 Edward 6,840 babies 2
  48. 48 Keith 6,597 babies =
  49. 49 Bradley 6,431 babies 2
  50. 50 Todd 6,276 babies =
  51. 51 Nicholas 6,071 babies 26
  52. 52 Corey 6,041 babies 12
  53. 53 Ronald 6,026 babies 4
  54. 54 Jesse 5,823 babies 1
  55. 55 Peter 5,821 babies 1
  56. 56 Jacob 5,788 babies 7
  57. 57 George 5,606 babies 4
  58. 58 Gary 5,447 babies 6
  59. 59 Douglas 5,297 babies 3
  60. 60 Samuel 5,257 babies 1
  61. 61 Shane 4,868 babies 4
  62. 62 Larry 4,837 babies 2
  63. 63 Juan 4,562 babies 5
  64. 64 Craig 4,560 babies 3
  65. 65 Raymond 4,372 babies =
  66. 66 Wesley 4,302 babies 53
  67. 67 Cory 4,259 babies 16
  68. 68 Dennis 4,152 babies 2
  69. 69 Jeremiah 4,151 babies 24
  70. 70 Phillip 3,967 babies 1
  71. 71 Frank 3,894 babies 3
  72. 72 Marcus 3,846 babies 2
  73. 73 Joel 3,824 babies 1
  74. 74 Carlos 3,795 babies 4
  75. 75 Jerry 3,745 babies 8
  76. 76 Jared 3,738 babies 14
  77. 77 Antonio 3,662 babies 6
  78. 78 Jeffery 3,564 babies 2
  79. 79 Kyle 3,505 babies 1
  80. 80 Derrick 3,481 babies 11
  81. 81 Dustin 3,477 babies 1
  82. 82 Jamie 3,447 babies 20
  83. 83 Terry 3,443 babies 8
  84. 84 Derek 3,441 babies =
  85. 85 Brent 3,423 babies 7
  86. 86 Randy 3,397 babies 7
  87. 87 Gabriel 3,346 babies 6
  88. 88 Troy 3,307 babies 15
  89. 89 Russell 3,124 babies 2
  90. 90 Philip 3,093 babies 1
  91. 91 Billy 2,950 babies 6
  92. 92 Tony 2,938 babies 6
  93. 93 Johnny 2,801 babies 1
  94. 94 Erik 2,786 babies =
  95. 95 Zachary 2,777 babies 2
  96. 96 Alexander 2,704 babies 11
  97. 97 Rodney 2,703 babies 9
  98. 98 Jimmy 2,637 babies 3
  99. 99 Carl 2,615 babies 4
  100. 100 Curtis 2,605 babies 5

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jennifer 58,964 babies =
  2. 2 Melissa 26,879 babies 1
  3. 3 Amy 26,729 babies 1
  4. 4 Jessica 24,846 babies 4
  5. 5 Heather 23,773 babies 1
  6. 6 Angela 20,998 babies 1
  7. 7 Michelle 19,540 babies 1
  8. 8 Kimberly 18,286 babies 1
  9. 9 Amanda 18,278 babies 1
  10. 10 Kelly 18,234 babies 9
  11. 11 Sarah 18,096 babies 4
  12. 12 Lisa 17,014 babies 3
  13. 13 Elizabeth 16,431 babies 3
  14. 14 Stephanie 15,417 babies 3
  15. 15 Nicole 15,247 babies 2
  16. 16 Christina 14,501 babies 2
  17. 17 Rebecca 14,196 babies 5
  18. 18 Jamie 12,895 babies =
  19. 19 Shannon 12,518 babies 2
  20. 20 Laura 11,318 babies =
  21. 21 Mary 10,656 babies 1
  22. 22 Julie 10,204 babies 1
  23. 23 Erin 10,198 babies 1
  24. 24 Andrea 9,782 babies 1
  25. 25 Crystal 9,724 babies 11
  26. 26 Rachel 8,976 babies 3
  27. 27 Sara 8,709 babies =
  28. 28 Carrie 8,661 babies =
  29. 29 April 8,068 babies 1
  30. 30 Christine 7,886 babies 4
  31. 31 Danielle 7,616 babies 2
  32. 32 Karen 7,441 babies 1
  33. 33 Amber 7,207 babies 16
  34. 34 Tiffany 7,205 babies 2
  35. 35 Tara 7,198 babies 7
  36. 36 Maria 7,094 babies 2
  37. 37 Emily 6,879 babies 13
  38. 38 Erica 6,624 babies 16
  39. 39 Monica 6,366 babies 6
  40. 40 Misty 6,315 babies 6
  41. 41 Jill 6,238 babies 11
  42. 42 Stacy 6,154 babies 4
  43. 43 Dawn 6,096 babies 8
  44. 44 Katherine 6,030 babies 13
  45. 45 Susan 5,961 babies 5
  46. 46 Jaime 5,906 babies 17
  47. 47 Patricia 5,903 babies 4
  48. 48 Cynthia 5,782 babies 4
  49. 49 Wendy 5,764 babies 10
  50. 50 Tracy 5,756 babies 13
  51. 51 Brandy 5,477 babies 4
  52. 52 Holly 5,463 babies 4
  53. 53 Melanie 5,373 babies =
  54. 54 Megan 5,320 babies 8
  55. 55 Tammy 5,310 babies 14
  56. 56 Stacey 5,206 babies 5
  57. 57 Lori 5,072 babies 10
  58. 58 Tina 4,951 babies 10
  59. 59 Christy 4,602 babies 1
  60. 60 Alicia 4,400 babies 11
  61. 61 Sandra 4,373 babies 2
  62. 62 Dana 4,339 babies 2
  63. 63 Sabrina 4,305 babies 83
  64. 64 Tonya 4,263 babies 6
  65. 65 Leslie 4,250 babies =
  66. 66 Allison 4,205 babies 1
  67. 67 Tanya 4,085 babies 6
  68. 68 Kristy 4,045 babies 45
  69. 69 Natalie 4,043 babies 11
  70. 70 Kathryn 3,964 babies 18
  71. 71 Brandi 3,885 babies 8
  72. 72 Kristen 3,861 babies 1
  73. 73 Veronica 3,853 babies 5
  74. 74 Anna 3,851 babies 4
  75. 75 Catherine 3,840 babies 3
  76. 76 Courtney 3,808 babies =
  77. 77 Michele 3,711 babies 14
  78. 78 Denise 3,681 babies 9
  79. 79 Teresa 3,654 babies 13
  80. 80 Kathleen 3,649 babies 2
  81. 81 Heidi 3,640 babies 11
  82. 82 Kristin 3,605 babies 8
  83. 83 Kristina 3,539 babies 14
  84. 84 Robin 3,428 babies 9
  85. 85 Samantha 3,284 babies =
  86. 86 Valerie 3,266 babies 3
  87. 87 Renee 3,259 babies 1
  88. 88 Gina 3,231 babies 6
  89. 89 Nancy 3,222 babies 2
  90. 90 Vanessa 3,209 babies 16
  91. 91 Brenda 3,151 babies 14
  92. 92 Jacqueline 3,148 babies 7
  93. 93 Tamara 3,126 babies 2
  94. 94 Mandy 3,100 babies 6
  95. 95 Sharon 3,089 babies 14
  96. 96 Melinda 3,044 babies 1
  97. 97 Beth 2,967 babies 17
  98. 98 Theresa 2,914 babies 9
  99. 99 Linda 2,912 babies 9
  100. 100 Diana 2,846 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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