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The most popular names in 1979

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‹ 19781980 ›

Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #11Elizabeth18,073
  12. #12Kimberly17,635
  13. #13Lisa17,286
  14. #14Christina16,454
  15. #15Stephanie16,204
  16. #16Kelly15,296
  17. #17Rebecca14,548
  18. #18Crystal13,467
  19. #19Jamie12,156
  20. #20Laura11,880
  21. #21Erin11,259
  22. #22Amber11,079
  23. #23April10,902
  24. #24Mary10,555
  25. #25Shannon10,370
  26. #26Andrea10,336
  27. #27Rachel10,230
  28. #28Tiffany9,611
  29. #29Julie9,254
  30. #30Sara8,654
  31. #31Megan8,293
  32. #32Erica8,178
  33. #33Danielle7,981
  34. #34Emily7,971
  35. #35Christine7,689
  36. #36Katherine7,464
  37. #37Maria7,339
  38. #38Tara6,806
  39. #39Brandy6,775
  40. #40Monica6,585
  41. #41Carrie6,354
  42. #42Misty5,785
  43. #43Stacy5,708
  44. #44Patricia5,650
  45. #45Lauren5,625
  46. #46Karen5,599
  47. #47Alicia5,547
  48. #48Holly5,488
  49. #49Tracy5,389
  50. #50Kathryn5,312
  51. #51Susan5,196
  52. #52Jill5,192
  53. #53Melanie5,021
  54. #54Dana4,948
  55. #55Cynthia4,931
  56. #56Kristy4,880
  57. #57Dawn4,725
  58. #58Tina4,677
  59. #59Anna4,670
  60. #60Stacey4,613
  61. #61Brandi4,609
  62. #62Kristen4,568
  63. #63Katie4,512
  64. #64Wendy4,500
  65. #65Leslie4,497
  66. #66Samantha4,461
  67. #67Ashley4,448
  68. #68Natalie4,445
  69. #69Lori4,432
  70. #70Allison4,406
  71. #71Courtney4,321
  72. #72Christy4,286
  73. #73Kristin4,264
  74. #74Kristina4,130
  75. #75Vanessa4,102
  76. #76Veronica4,062
  77. #77Sandra3,995
  78. #78Catherine3,878
  79. #79Tammy3,758
  80. #80Jacqueline3,740
  81. #81Mindy3,712
  82. #82Melinda3,705
  83. #83Heidi3,670
  84. #84Kathleen3,641
  85. #85Brooke3,505
  86. #86Tonya3,495
  87. #87Teresa3,481
  88. #88Lindsay3,466
  89. #89Valerie3,407
  90. #90Pamela3,365
  91. #91Erika3,316
  92. #92Denise3,267
  93. #93Tanya3,225
  94. #94Cheryl3,210
  95. #95Robin3,209
  96. #96Gina3,116
  97. #97Jaime3,086
  98. #98Leah3,075
  99. #99Katrina2,998
  100. #100Theresa2,995

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #11Joseph28,654
  12. #12Daniel28,521
  13. #13William24,676
  14. #14Ryan23,212
  15. #15Nicholas21,344
  16. #16Jeremy21,005
  17. #17Eric20,268
  18. #18Timothy19,077
  19. #19Kevin18,733
  20. #20Andrew18,618
  21. #21Anthony17,513
  22. #22Justin17,390
  23. #23Adam17,046
  24. #24Jeffrey16,865
  25. #25Richard16,713
  26. #26Thomas16,454
  27. #27Steven16,331
  28. #28Charles14,806
  29. #29Scott14,440
  30. #30Mark14,386
  31. #31Jonathan14,331
  32. #32Aaron13,076
  33. #33Benjamin12,512
  34. #34Paul11,630
  35. #35Brandon11,302
  36. #36Travis11,037
  37. #37Nathan10,719
  38. #38Chad10,161
  39. #39Patrick9,979
  40. #40Stephen9,903
  41. #41Kenneth9,236
  42. #42Gregory9,109
  43. #43Shawn7,910
  44. #44Jose7,848
  45. #45Jacob7,545
  46. #46Bryan7,441
  47. #47Bradley6,923
  48. #48Edward6,877
  49. #49Sean6,850
  50. #50Jesse6,679
  51. #51Donald6,508
  52. #52Keith6,186
  53. #53Peter6,079
  54. #54Ronald5,694
  55. #55Samuel5,687
  56. #56Kyle5,449
  57. #57George5,263
  58. #58Douglas5,167
  59. #59Gary5,038
  60. #60Todd4,984
  61. #61Juan4,946
  62. #62Dustin4,899
  63. #63Corey4,738
  64. #64Shaun4,736
  65. #65Jared4,670
  66. #66Erik4,640
  67. #67Shane4,482
  68. #68Phillip4,422
  69. #69Larry4,393
  70. #70Raymond4,335
  71. #71Joel4,216
  72. #72Derek4,200
  73. #73Carlos4,165
  74. #74Zachary4,156
  75. #75Dennis4,080
  76. #76Marcus4,048
  77. #77Craig4,029
  78. #78Frank3,928
  79. #79Antonio3,801
  80. #80Derrick3,729
  81. #81Jeremiah3,719
  82. #82Cory3,587
  83. #83Philip3,460
  84. #84Brent3,455
  85. #85Jerry3,446
  86. #86Randy3,416
  87. #87Jeffery3,357
  88. #88Jamie3,240
  89. #89Wesley3,237
  90. #90Gabriel3,235
  91. #91Curtis3,200
  92. #92Russell3,132
  93. #93Casey3,082
  94. #94Alexander3,058
  95. #95Nathaniel3,040
  96. #95Terry3,040
  97. #97Billy2,998
  98. #98Brett2,997
  99. #99Troy2,964
  100. #100Carl2,898