1979
Top Baby Names of 1979
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1979
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Jennifer 56,716 2
Melissa 34,050 3
Amanda 31,925 4
Jessica 27,782 5
Amy 21,609 6
Sarah 21,017 7
Heather 20,834 8
Angela 20,257 9
Nicole 19,509 10
Michelle 19,266 11
Elizabeth 18,075 12
Kimberly 17,637 13
Lisa 17,285 14
Christina 16,453 15
Stephanie 16,204 16
Kelly 15,296 17
Rebecca 14,550 18
Crystal 13,468 19
Jamie 12,156 20
Laura 11,880 21
Erin 11,259 22
Amber 11,080 23
April 10,902 24
Mary 10,556 25
Shannon 10,370 26
Andrea 10,337 27
Rachel 10,229 28
Tiffany 9,611 29
Julie 9,254 30
Sara 8,654 31
Megan 8,293 32
Erica 8,178 33
Danielle 7,980 34
Emily 7,971 35
Christine 7,689 36
Katherine 7,465 37
Maria 7,335 38
Tara 6,806 39
Brandy 6,775 40
Monica 6,585 41
Carrie 6,355 42
Misty 5,785 43
Stacy 5,708 44
Patricia 5,650 45
Lauren 5,625 46
Karen 5,599 47
Alicia 5,547 48
Holly 5,488 49
Tracy 5,389 50
Kathryn 5,312 51
Susan 5,196 52
Jill 5,192 53
Melanie 5,021 54
Dana 4,948 55
Cynthia 4,932 56
Kristy 4,880 57
Dawn 4,724 58
Tina 4,680 59
Anna 4,669 60
Stacey 4,613 61
Brandi 4,609 62
Kristen 4,569 63
Katie 4,511 64
Wendy 4,500 65
Leslie 4,498 66
Samantha 4,462 67
Ashley 4,448 68
Natalie 4,445 69
Lori 4,432 70
Allison 4,407 71
Courtney 4,323 72
Christy 4,286 73
Kristin 4,264 74
Kristina 4,130 75
Vanessa 4,102 76
Veronica 4,062 77
Sandra 3,994 78
Catherine 3,878 79
Tammy 3,758 80
Jacqueline 3,741 81
Mindy 3,712 82
Melinda 3,705 83
Heidi 3,672 84
Kathleen 3,641 85
Brooke 3,506 86
Tonya 3,495 87
Teresa 3,481 88
Lindsay 3,466 89
Valerie 3,407 90
Pamela 3,365 91
Erika 3,318 92
Denise 3,267 93
Tanya 3,225 94
Cheryl 3,210 95
Robin 3,208 96
Gina 3,115 97
Jaime 3,086 98
Leah 3,075 99
Katrina 2,998 100
Theresa 2,995 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1979
1
Michael 67,718 2
Christopher 50,667 3
Jason 50,371 4
David 42,062 5
James 39,351 6
Matthew 35,625 7
John 35,412 8
Robert 34,018 9
Joshua 31,125 10
Brian 28,664 11
Joseph 28,653 12
Daniel 28,521 13
William 24,680 14
Ryan 23,211 15
Nicholas 21,343 16
Jeremy 21,007 17
Eric 20,269 18
Timothy 19,078 19
Kevin 18,734 20
Andrew 18,617 21
Anthony 17,517 22
Justin 17,392 23
Adam 17,050 24
Jeffrey 16,867 25
Richard 16,713 26
Thomas 16,456 27
Steven 16,335 28
Charles 14,807 29
Scott 14,441 30
Mark 14,393 31
Jonathan 14,333 32
Aaron 13,075 33
Benjamin 12,514 34
Paul 11,632 35
Brandon 11,302 36
Travis 11,037 37
Nathan 10,721 38
Chad 10,162 39
Patrick 9,980 40
Stephen 9,905 41
Kenneth 9,237 42
Gregory 9,108 43
Shawn 7,909 44
Jose 7,848 45
Jacob 7,546 46
Bryan 7,441 47
Bradley 6,926 48
Edward 6,875 49
Sean 6,853 50
Jesse 6,680 51
Donald 6,509 52
Keith 6,188 53
Peter 6,080 54
Ronald 5,693 55
Samuel 5,688 56
Kyle 5,450 57
George 5,262 58
Douglas 5,169 59
Gary 5,040 60
Todd 4,984 61
Juan 4,943 62
Dustin 4,899 63
Corey 4,737 63
Shaun 4,737 65
Jared 4,670 66
Erik 4,638 67
Shane 4,483 68
Phillip 4,422 69
Larry 4,393 70
Raymond 4,336 71
Joel 4,216 72
Derek 4,201 73
Carlos 4,165 74
Zachary 4,156 75
Dennis 4,081 76
Marcus 4,049 77
Craig 4,028 78
Frank 3,930 79
Antonio 3,802 80
Derrick 3,728 81
Jeremiah 3,720 82
Cory 3,587 83
Philip 3,460 84
Brent 3,457 85
Jerry 3,446 86
Randy 3,416 87
Jeffery 3,357 88
Jamie 3,240 89
Wesley 3,237 90
Gabriel 3,236 91
Curtis 3,201 92
Russell 3,132 93
Casey 3,082 94
Alexander 3,059 95
Nathaniel 3,040 95
Terry 3,040 97
Billy 2,998 98
Brett 2,997 99
Troy 2,962 100
Carl 2,898 About 1979 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1979, 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.