EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1978

United States · 3,173,696 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jennifer56,314—
#2Melissa28,327—
#3Jessica26,102↑1
#4Amy23,213↓1
#5Heather22,270—
#6Amanda20,520↑3
#7Angela20,517↓1
#8Sarah19,976↑3
#9Michelle18,856↓2
#10Nicole17,279↑5
#11Lisa17,033↑1
#12Kelly16,976↓2
#13Kimberly16,879↓5
#14Elizabeth16,807↓1
#15Christina16,367↑1
#16Stephanie16,233↓2
#17Rebecca13,796—
#18Crystal12,594↑7
#19Laura11,240↑1
#20Jamie10,982↓2
#21Erin10,786↑2
#22Shannon10,598↓3
#23Andrea10,461↑1
#24Mary10,040↓3
#25Rachel9,802↑1
#26Julie9,794↓4
#27April9,590↑2
#28Sara8,869↓1
#29Christine8,272↑1
#30Amber8,174↑3
#31Danielle7,983—
#32Tiffany7,701↑2
#33Emily7,473↑4
#34Erica7,340↑4
#35Carrie7,318↓7
#36Maria7,021—
#37Brandy6,699↑14
#38Katherine6,625↑6
#39Karen6,371↓7
#40Tara6,330↓5
#41Megan5,895↑13
#42Monica5,867↓3
#43Misty5,834↓3
#44Stacy5,776↓2
#45Tina5,699↑13
#46Jill5,676↓5
#47Tracy5,631↑3
#48Patricia5,498↓1
#49Susan5,418↓4
#50Cynthia5,403↓2
#51Kristy5,332↑17
#52Dawn5,217↓9
#53Stacey4,998↑3
#54Melanie4,996↓1
#55Holly4,972↓3
#56Wendy4,918↓7
#57Kathryn4,808↑13
#58Alicia4,752↑2
#59Christy4,661—
#60Lori4,631↓3
#61Brandi4,500↑10
#62Kristen4,368↑10
#63Leslie4,342↑2
#64Kristina4,229↑19
#65Anna4,173↑9
#66Natalie4,165↑3
#67Tammy4,070↓12
#68Courtney4,031↑8
#69Sandra4,005↓8
#70Jaime4,003↓24
#71Dana4,002↓9
#72Catherine3,958↑3
#73Veronica3,933—
#74Samantha3,886↑11
#75Allison3,864↓9
#76Vanessa3,853↑14
#77Tonya3,826↓13
#78Kristin3,807↑4
#79Kathleen3,743↑1
#80Lauren3,669
#81Jacqueline3,576↑11
#81Tanya3,576↓14
#83Heidi3,567↓2
#84Melinda3,563↑12
#85Denise3,519↓7
#86Michele3,484↓9
#87Ashley3,482
#88Teresa3,472↓9
#89Robin3,440↓5
#90Katie3,426
#91Sabrina3,350↓28
#92Valerie3,299↓6
#93Gina3,220↓5
#94Cheryl3,167
#95Lindsay3,123
#96Mandy3,110↓2
#97Nancy3,044↓8
#98Kristi2,992
#99Renee2,969↓12
#100Linda2,932↓1

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael67,127—
#2Jason51,600—
#3Christopher47,236—
#4David40,684—
#5James39,894—
#6Matthew34,282↑3
#7John34,014—
#8Robert33,374↓2
#9Brian29,432↓1
#10Joseph26,663—
#11Daniel26,441—
#12Joshua25,204↑2
#13William24,170↓1
#14Ryan21,322↑2
#15Kevin20,094↓2
#16Eric19,761↑1
#17Timothy19,597↑1
#18Jeremy19,509↓3
#19Jeffrey16,989—
#20Anthony16,808↑1
#21Richard16,734↓1
#22Andrew16,720↑2
#23Thomas16,481↓1
#24Steven16,390↓1
#25Nicholas16,342↑26
#26Mark14,851↓1
#27Charles14,844↓1
#28Justin14,183↑2
#29Adam13,918↑4
#30Scott13,539↓3
#31Jonathan12,514↓3
#32Aaron12,299—
#33Paul11,733↓2
#34Benjamin11,414↓5
#35Chad10,107↓1
#36Nathan9,890—
#37Stephen9,854↑1
#38Gregory9,340↓3
#39Shawn9,289↓2
#40Brandon9,241↑1
#41Kenneth9,021↓2
#42Patrick8,830↓2
#43Bryan7,291↓1
#44Jose7,148↑1
#45Sean7,059↓2
#46Travis6,953↓2
#47Edward6,473—
#48Donald6,423↓2
#49Keith6,172↓1
#50Jacob6,161↑6
#51Jesse6,107↑3
#52Shaun6,105
#53Bradley6,096↓4
#54Peter5,872↑1
#55Ronald5,758↓2
#56Todd5,497↓6
#57Samuel5,394↑3
#58George5,297↓1
#59Douglas5,151—
#60Gary5,111↓2
#61Corey4,942↓9
#62Juan4,837↑1
#63Kyle4,517↑16
#64Larry4,514↓2
#65Shane4,480↓4
#66Craig4,472↓2
#67Phillip4,362↑3
#68Dustin4,177↑13
#69Raymond4,134↓4
#70Marcus3,995↑2
#71Dennis3,861↓3
#72Jared3,847↑4
#73Cory3,842↓6
#74Joel3,810↓1
#75Derek3,800↑9
#76Derrick3,786↑4
#77Frank3,775↓6
#78Carlos3,729↓4
#79Antonio3,677↓2
#80Jeffery3,543↓2
#81Jeremiah3,445↓12
#82Jerry3,427↓7
#83Wesley3,306↓17
#84Philip3,298↑6
#85Erik3,261↑9
#86Randy3,220—
#87Brent3,181↓2
#88Troy3,152—
#89Zachary3,127↑6
#90Gabriel3,126↓3
#91Terry3,089↓8
#92Casey3,003
#93Russell2,984↓4
#94Nathaniel2,925
#95Jamie2,864↓13
#96Curtis2,825↑4
#97Tony2,770↓5
#98Alexander2,738↓2
#99Billy2,695↓8
#100Carl2,606↓1