100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1978

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 67,158
2 Jason 0 51,626
3 Christopher 0 47,259
4 David 0 40,704
5 James 0 39,914
6 Matthew +3 34,312
7 John -1 34,036
8 Robert -1 33,390
9 Brian -1 29,453
10 Joseph 0 26,668
11 Daniel 0 26,446
12 Joshua +2 25,217
13 William -1 24,187
14 Ryan +2 21,334
15 Kevin -2 20,112
16 Eric +1 19,775
17 Timothy +1 19,605
18 Jeremy -3 19,511
19 Jeffrey 0 17,000
20 Anthony +1 16,815
21 Andrew +3 16,741
22 Richard -2 16,732
23 Thomas -1 16,493
24 Steven -1 16,402
25 Nicholas +26 16,354
26 Mark -1 14,870
27 Charles -1 14,849
28 Justin +2 14,193
29 Adam +4 13,926
30 Scott -3 13,544
31 Jonathan -3 12,520
32 Aaron 0 12,312
33 Paul -2 11,739
34 Benjamin -5 11,415
35 Chad -1 10,113
36 Nathan 0 9,891
37 Stephen +1 9,861
38 Gregory -3 9,351
39 Shawn -2 9,288
40 Brandon +1 9,248
41 Kenneth -2 9,022
42 Patrick -2 8,843
43 Bryan -1 7,296
44 Jose +1 7,147
45 Sean -2 7,070
46 Travis -2 6,953
47 Edward 0 6,486
48 Donald -2 6,425
49 Keith -1 6,172
50 Jacob +6 6,163
51 Jesse +4 6,109
52 Shaun +51 6,106
53 Bradley -4 6,100
54 Peter 0 5,884
55 Ronald -2 5,757
56 Todd -6 5,503
57 Samuel +3 5,392
58 George -1 5,297
59 Douglas 0 5,150
60 Gary -2 5,114
61 Corey -9 4,940
62 Juan +2 4,834
63 Kyle +16 4,518
64 Larry -2 4,515
65 Shane -4 4,481
66 Craig -3 4,475
67 Phillip +3 4,363
68 Dustin +13 4,177
69 Raymond -4 4,136
70 Marcus +2 4,000
71 Dennis -2 3,862
72 Jared +4 3,848
73 Cory -6 3,845
74 Joel -1 3,811
75 Derek +7 3,804
76 Derrick +4 3,786
77 Frank -6 3,775
78 Carlos -4 3,729
79 Antonio -2 3,681
80 Jeffery -2 3,544
81 Jeremiah -13 3,443
82 Jerry -7 3,432
83 Wesley -17 3,309
84 Philip +6 3,302
85 Erik +9 3,264
86 Randy 0 3,217
87 Brent -2 3,181
88 Troy 0 3,157
89 Zachary +6 3,134
90 Gabriel -3 3,131
91 Terry -7 3,086
92 Casey +10 3,004
93 Russell -4 2,984
94 Nathaniel +13 2,926
95 Jamie -12 2,865
96 Curtis +4 2,827
97 Tony -5 2,774
98 Alexander -1 2,745
99 Billy -8 2,696
100 Carl -1 2,607
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 56,323
2 Melissa 0 28,330
3 Jessica +1 26,103
4 Amy -1 23,213
5 Heather 0 22,271
6 Amanda +3 20,519
7 Angela -1 20,510
8 Sarah +3 19,976
9 Michelle -2 18,860
10 Nicole +5 17,276
11 Lisa +1 17,035
12 Kelly -2 16,986
13 Kimberly -5 16,879
14 Elizabeth -1 16,807
15 Christina +1 16,370
16 Stephanie -2 16,231
17 Rebecca 0 13,800
18 Crystal +7 12,592
19 Laura +1 11,243
20 Jamie -2 10,982
21 Erin +2 10,792
22 Shannon -3 10,601
23 Andrea +1 10,464
24 Mary -3 10,044
25 Rachel +1 9,805
26 Julie -4 9,799
27 April +2 9,588
28 Sara -1 8,868
29 Christine +1 8,273
30 Amber +3 8,176
31 Danielle 0 7,983
32 Tiffany +2 7,700
33 Emily +4 7,479
34 Erica +4 7,343
35 Carrie -7 7,320
36 Maria 0 7,009
37 Brandy +14 6,698
38 Katherine +6 6,622
39 Karen -7 6,374
40 Tara -5 6,329
41 Megan +13 5,896
42 Monica -3 5,865
43 Misty -3 5,834
44 Stacy -2 5,776
45 Tina +13 5,698
46 Jill -5 5,675
47 Tracy +3 5,629
48 Patricia -1 5,500
49 Susan -4 5,419
50 Cynthia -2 5,404
51 Kristy +17 5,332
52 Dawn -9 5,216
53 Stacey +3 5,000
54 Melanie -1 4,998
55 Holly -3 4,973
56 Wendy -7 4,916
57 Kathryn +13 4,809
58 Alicia +2 4,748
59 Christy 0 4,661
60 Lori -3 4,630
61 Brandi +10 4,499
62 Kristen +10 4,369
63 Leslie +2 4,342
64 Kristina +19 4,228
65 Anna +9 4,168
66 Natalie +3 4,167
67 Tammy -12 4,072
68 Courtney +8 4,034
69 Dana -7 4,004
70 Sandra -9 4,004
71 Jaime -25 4,002
72 Catherine +3 3,953
73 Veronica 0 3,937
74 Samantha +11 3,887
75 Allison -9 3,866
76 Vanessa +14 3,851
77 Tonya -13 3,828
78 Kristin +4 3,807
79 Kathleen +1 3,745
80 Lauren +34 3,671
81 Tanya -14 3,578
82 Jacqueline +10 3,577
83 Heidi -2 3,568
84 Melinda +12 3,563
85 Denise -7 3,518
86 Michele -9 3,485
87 Ashley +19 3,483
88 Teresa -9 3,472
89 Robin -5 3,441
90 Katie +25 3,423
91 Sabrina -28 3,350
92 Valerie -6 3,300
93 Gina -5 3,221
94 Cheryl +40 3,167
95 Lindsay +15 3,122
96 Mandy -2 3,108
97 Nancy -8 3,046
98 Kristi +6 2,992
99 Renee -12 2,970
100 Linda -1 2,935