1978
Top Baby Names of 1978
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1978
1
Jennifer 56,318 2
Melissa 28,327 3
Jessica 26,103 4
Amy 23,214 5
Heather 22,270 6
Amanda 20,519 7
Angela 20,518 8
Sarah 19,976 9
Michelle 18,856 10
Nicole 17,280 11
Lisa 17,034 12
Kelly 16,977 13
Kimberly 16,878 14
Elizabeth 16,809 15
Christina 16,369 16
Stephanie 16,232 17
Rebecca 13,795 18
Crystal 12,592 19
Laura 11,242 20
Jamie 10,982 21
Erin 10,787 22
Shannon 10,599 23
Andrea 10,461 24
Mary 10,040 25
Rachel 9,802 26
Julie 9,794 27
April 9,591 28
Sara 8,869 29
Christine 8,272 30
Amber 8,174 31
Danielle 7,983 32
Tiffany 7,700 33
Emily 7,473 34
Erica 7,341 35
Carrie 7,318 36
Maria 7,019 37
Brandy 6,699 38
Katherine 6,625 39
Karen 6,371 40
Tara 6,330 41
Megan 5,897 42
Monica 5,867 43
Misty 5,834 44
Stacy 5,776 45
Tina 5,699 46
Jill 5,677 47
Tracy 5,631 48
Patricia 5,498 49
Susan 5,418 50
Cynthia 5,403 51
Kristy 5,332 52
Dawn 5,217 53
Stacey 4,998 54
Melanie 4,996 55
Holly 4,972 56
Wendy 4,918 57
Kathryn 4,808 58
Alicia 4,752 59
Christy 4,661 60
Lori 4,631 61
Brandi 4,500 62
Kristen 4,368 63
Leslie 4,342 64
Kristina 4,229 65
Anna 4,173 66
Natalie 4,165 67
Tammy 4,070 68
Courtney 4,031 69
Sandra 4,005 70
Dana 4,003 70
Jaime 4,003 72
Catherine 3,959 73
Veronica 3,934 74
Samantha 3,888 75
Allison 3,864 76
Vanessa 3,853 77
Tonya 3,826 78
Kristin 3,807 79
Kathleen 3,743 80
Lauren 3,670 81
Jacqueline 3,576 81
Tanya 3,576 83
Heidi 3,567 84
Melinda 3,563 85
Denise 3,519 86
Michele 3,484 87
Ashley 3,482 88
Teresa 3,472 89
Robin 3,440 90
Katie 3,426 91
Sabrina 3,350 92
Valerie 3,299 93
Gina 3,221 94
Cheryl 3,167 95
Lindsay 3,123 96
Mandy 3,110 97
Nancy 3,045 98
Kristi 2,992 99
Renee 2,969 100
Linda 2,930 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1978
1
Michael 67,133 2
Jason 51,604 3
Christopher 47,236 4
David 40,684 5
James 39,902 6
Matthew 34,285 7
John 34,018 8
Robert 33,379 9
Brian 29,435 10
Joseph 26,667 11
Daniel 26,442 12
Joshua 25,206 13
William 24,174 14
Ryan 21,322 15
Kevin 20,096 16
Eric 19,763 17
Timothy 19,597 18
Jeremy 19,510 19
Jeffrey 16,993 20
Anthony 16,809 21
Richard 16,733 22
Andrew 16,722 23
Thomas 16,483 24
Steven 16,391 25
Nicholas 16,343 26
Mark 14,854 27
Charles 14,845 28
Justin 14,184 29
Adam 13,919 30
Scott 13,540 31
Jonathan 12,514 32
Aaron 12,298 33
Paul 11,733 34
Benjamin 11,414 35
Chad 10,108 36
Nathan 9,892 37
Stephen 9,855 38
Gregory 9,342 39
Shawn 9,290 40
Brandon 9,241 41
Kenneth 9,021 42
Patrick 8,831 43
Bryan 7,291 44
Jose 7,147 45
Sean 7,062 46
Travis 6,955 47
Edward 6,480 48
Donald 6,423 49
Keith 6,172 50
Jacob 6,162 51
Jesse 6,107 52
Shaun 6,105 53
Bradley 6,096 54
Peter 5,874 55
Ronald 5,759 56
Todd 5,497 57
Samuel 5,393 58
George 5,299 59
Douglas 5,150 60
Gary 5,112 61
Corey 4,942 62
Juan 4,837 63
Kyle 4,517 64
Larry 4,514 65
Shane 4,480 66
Craig 4,473 67
Phillip 4,362 68
Dustin 4,177 69
Raymond 4,134 70
Marcus 3,996 71
Dennis 3,860 72
Jared 3,847 73
Cory 3,843 74
Joel 3,810 75
Derek 3,801 76
Derrick 3,786 77
Frank 3,776 78
Carlos 3,729 79
Antonio 3,677 80
Jeffery 3,543 81
Jeremiah 3,445 82
Jerry 3,427 83
Wesley 3,306 84
Philip 3,298 85
Erik 3,262 86
Randy 3,220 87
Brent 3,181 88
Troy 3,153 89
Zachary 3,129 90
Gabriel 3,126 91
Terry 3,089 92
Casey 3,003 93
Russell 2,984 94
Nathaniel 2,925 95
Jamie 2,865 96
Curtis 2,825 97
Tony 2,772 98
Alexander 2,739 99
Billy 2,695 100
Carl 2,606 About 1978 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1978, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.