United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1979

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 67,713 babies =
  2. 2 Christopher 50,659 babies 1
  3. 3 Jason 50,369 babies 1
  4. 4 David 42,053 babies =
  5. 5 James 39,351 babies =
  6. 6 Matthew 35,621 babies =
  7. 7 John 35,410 babies =
  8. 8 Robert 34,015 babies =
  9. 9 Joshua 31,120 babies 3
  10. 10 Brian 28,659 babies 1
  11. 11 Joseph 28,654 babies 1
  12. 12 Daniel 28,521 babies 1
  13. 13 William 24,676 babies =
  14. 14 Ryan 23,212 babies =
  15. 15 Nicholas 21,344 babies 10
  16. 16 Jeremy 21,005 babies 2
  17. 17 Eric 20,268 babies 1
  18. 18 Timothy 19,077 babies 1
  19. 19 Kevin 18,733 babies 4
  20. 20 Andrew 18,618 babies 2
  21. 21 Anthony 17,513 babies 1
  22. 22 Justin 17,390 babies 6
  23. 23 Adam 17,046 babies 6
  24. 24 Jeffrey 16,865 babies 5
  25. 25 Richard 16,713 babies 4
  26. 26 Thomas 16,454 babies 3
  27. 27 Steven 16,331 babies 3
  28. 28 Charles 14,806 babies 1
  29. 29 Scott 14,440 babies 1
  30. 30 Mark 14,386 babies 4
  31. 31 Jonathan 14,331 babies =
  32. 32 Aaron 13,076 babies =
  33. 33 Benjamin 12,512 babies 1
  34. 34 Paul 11,630 babies 1
  35. 35 Brandon 11,302 babies 5
  36. 36 Travis 11,037 babies 10
  37. 37 Nathan 10,719 babies 1
  38. 38 Chad 10,161 babies 3
  39. 39 Patrick 9,979 babies 3
  40. 40 Stephen 9,903 babies 3
  41. 41 Kenneth 9,236 babies =
  42. 42 Gregory 9,109 babies 4
  43. 43 Shawn 7,910 babies 4
  44. 44 Jose 7,848 babies =
  45. 45 Jacob 7,545 babies 5
  46. 46 Bryan 7,441 babies 3
  47. 47 Bradley 6,923 babies 6
  48. 48 Edward 6,877 babies 1
  49. 49 Sean 6,850 babies 4
  50. 50 Jesse 6,679 babies 1
  51. 51 Donald 6,508 babies 3
  52. 52 Keith 6,186 babies 3
  53. 53 Peter 6,079 babies 1
  54. 54 Ronald 5,694 babies 1
  55. 55 Samuel 5,687 babies 2
  56. 56 Kyle 5,449 babies 7
  57. 57 George 5,263 babies 1
  58. 58 Douglas 5,167 babies 1
  59. 59 Gary 5,038 babies 1
  60. 60 Todd 4,984 babies 4
  61. 61 Juan 4,946 babies 1
  62. 62 Dustin 4,899 babies 6
  63. 63 Corey 4,738 babies 2
  64. 64 Shaun 4,736 babies 12
  65. 65 Jared 4,670 babies 7
  66. 66 Erik 4,640 babies 19
  67. 67 Shane 4,482 babies 2
  68. 68 Phillip 4,422 babies 1
  69. 69 Larry 4,393 babies 5
  70. 70 Raymond 4,335 babies 1
  71. 71 Joel 4,216 babies 3
  72. 72 Derek 4,200 babies 3
  73. 73 Carlos 4,165 babies 5
  74. 74 Zachary 4,156 babies 15
  75. 75 Dennis 4,080 babies 4
  76. 76 Marcus 4,048 babies 6
  77. 77 Craig 4,029 babies 11
  78. 78 Frank 3,928 babies 1
  79. 79 Antonio 3,801 babies =
  80. 80 Derrick 3,729 babies 4
  81. 81 Jeremiah 3,719 babies =
  82. 82 Cory 3,587 babies 9
  83. 83 Philip 3,460 babies 1
  84. 84 Brent 3,455 babies 3
  85. 85 Jerry 3,446 babies 3
  86. 86 Randy 3,416 babies =
  87. 87 Jeffery 3,357 babies 7
  88. 88 Jamie 3,240 babies 7
  89. 89 Wesley 3,237 babies 6
  90. 90 Gabriel 3,235 babies =
  91. 91 Curtis 3,200 babies 5
  92. 92 Russell 3,132 babies 1
  93. 93 Casey 3,082 babies 1
  94. 94 Alexander 3,058 babies 4
  95. 95 Nathaniel 3,040 babies 1
  96. 96 Terry 3,040 babies 5
  97. 97 Billy 2,998 babies 2
  98. 98 Brett 2,997 babies 14
  99. 99 Troy 2,964 babies 11
  100. 100 Carl 2,898 babies =

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jennifer 56,712 babies =
  2. 2 Melissa 34,050 babies =
  3. 3 Amanda 31,924 babies 3
  4. 4 Jessica 27,780 babies 1
  5. 5 Amy 21,609 babies 1
  6. 6 Sarah 21,015 babies 2
  7. 7 Heather 20,834 babies 2
  8. 8 Angela 20,256 babies 1
  9. 9 Nicole 19,510 babies 1
  10. 10 Michelle 19,266 babies 1
  11. 11 Elizabeth 18,073 babies 3
  12. 12 Kimberly 17,635 babies 1
  13. 13 Lisa 17,286 babies 2
  14. 14 Christina 16,454 babies 1
  15. 15 Stephanie 16,204 babies 1
  16. 16 Kelly 15,296 babies 4
  17. 17 Rebecca 14,548 babies =
  18. 18 Crystal 13,467 babies =
  19. 19 Jamie 12,156 babies 1
  20. 20 Laura 11,880 babies 1
  21. 21 Erin 11,259 babies =
  22. 22 Amber 11,079 babies 8
  23. 23 April 10,902 babies 4
  24. 24 Mary 10,555 babies =
  25. 25 Shannon 10,370 babies 3
  26. 26 Andrea 10,336 babies 3
  27. 27 Rachel 10,230 babies 2
  28. 28 Tiffany 9,611 babies 4
  29. 29 Julie 9,254 babies 3
  30. 30 Sara 8,654 babies 2
  31. 31 Megan 8,293 babies 10
  32. 32 Erica 8,178 babies 2
  33. 33 Danielle 7,981 babies 2
  34. 34 Emily 7,971 babies 1
  35. 35 Christine 7,689 babies 6
  36. 36 Katherine 7,464 babies 2
  37. 37 Maria 7,339 babies 1
  38. 38 Tara 6,806 babies 2
  39. 39 Brandy 6,775 babies 2
  40. 40 Monica 6,585 babies 2
  41. 41 Carrie 6,354 babies 6
  42. 42 Misty 5,785 babies 1
  43. 43 Stacy 5,708 babies 1
  44. 44 Patricia 5,650 babies 4
  45. 45 Lauren 5,625 babies 35
  46. 46 Karen 5,599 babies 7
  47. 47 Alicia 5,547 babies 11
  48. 48 Holly 5,488 babies 7
  49. 49 Tracy 5,389 babies 2
  50. 50 Kathryn 5,312 babies 7
  51. 51 Susan 5,196 babies 2
  52. 52 Jill 5,192 babies 6
  53. 53 Melanie 5,021 babies 1
  54. 54 Dana 4,948 babies 17
  55. 55 Cynthia 4,931 babies 5
  56. 56 Kristy 4,880 babies 5
  57. 57 Dawn 4,725 babies 5
  58. 58 Tina 4,677 babies 13
  59. 59 Anna 4,670 babies 6
  60. 60 Stacey 4,613 babies 7
  61. 61 Brandi 4,609 babies =
  62. 62 Kristen 4,568 babies =
  63. 63 Katie 4,512 babies 27
  64. 64 Wendy 4,500 babies 8
  65. 65 Leslie 4,497 babies 2
  66. 66 Samantha 4,461 babies 8
  67. 67 Ashley 4,448 babies 20
  68. 68 Natalie 4,445 babies 2
  69. 69 Lori 4,432 babies 9
  70. 70 Allison 4,406 babies 5
  71. 71 Courtney 4,321 babies 3
  72. 72 Christy 4,286 babies 13
  73. 73 Kristin 4,264 babies 5
  74. 74 Kristina 4,130 babies 10
  75. 75 Vanessa 4,102 babies 1
  76. 76 Veronica 4,062 babies 3
  77. 77 Sandra 3,995 babies 8
  78. 78 Catherine 3,878 babies 6
  79. 79 Tammy 3,758 babies 12
  80. 80 Jacqueline 3,740 babies 1
  81. 81 Mindy 3,712 babies 89
  82. 82 Melinda 3,705 babies 2
  83. 83 Heidi 3,670 babies =
  84. 84 Kathleen 3,641 babies 5
  85. 85 Brooke 3,505 babies 30
  86. 86 Tonya 3,495 babies 9
  87. 87 Teresa 3,481 babies 1
  88. 88 Lindsay 3,466 babies 7
  89. 89 Valerie 3,407 babies 3
  90. 90 Pamela 3,365 babies 19
  91. 91 Erika 3,316 babies 13
  92. 92 Denise 3,267 babies 7
  93. 93 Tanya 3,225 babies 11
  94. 94 Cheryl 3,210 babies =
  95. 95 Robin 3,209 babies 6
  96. 96 Gina 3,116 babies 3
  97. 97 Jaime 3,086 babies 27
  98. 98 Leah 3,075 babies 10
  99. 99 Katrina 2,998 babies 23
  100. 100 Theresa 2,995 babies 1

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Source: Social Security Administration

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