Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1979

Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1979. The 10 most popular names went to 24% of boys and 17% of girls, from 7,069 boy names and 11,969 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1979

  1. Michael 67,713
  2. Christopher 50,659
  3. Jason 50,369
  4. David 42,053
  5. James 39,351
  6. Matthew 35,621
  7. John 35,410
  8. Robert 34,015
  9. Joshua 31,120
  10. Brian 28,659
  11. Joseph 28,654
  12. Daniel 28,521
  13. William 24,676
  14. Ryan 23,212
  15. Nicholas 21,344
  16. Jeremy 21,005
  17. Eric 20,268
  18. Timothy 19,077
  19. Kevin 18,733
  20. Andrew 18,618
  21. Anthony 17,513
  22. Justin 17,390
  23. Adam 17,046
  24. Jeffrey 16,865
  25. Richard 16,713
  26. Thomas 16,454
  27. Steven 16,331
  28. Charles 14,806
  29. Scott 14,440
  30. Mark 14,386
  31. Jonathan 14,331
  32. Aaron 13,076
  33. Benjamin 12,512
  34. Paul 11,630
  35. Brandon 11,302
  36. Travis 11,037
  37. Nathan 10,719
  38. Chad 10,161
  39. Patrick 9,979
  40. Stephen 9,903
  41. Kenneth 9,236
  42. Gregory 9,109
  43. Shawn 7,910
  44. Jose 7,848
  45. Jacob 7,545
  46. Bryan 7,441
  47. Bradley 6,923
  48. Edward 6,877
  49. Sean 6,850
  50. Jesse 6,679
  51. Donald 6,508
  52. Keith 6,186
  53. Peter 6,079
  54. Ronald 5,694
  55. Samuel 5,687
  56. Kyle 5,449
  57. George 5,263
  58. Douglas 5,167
  59. Gary 5,038
  60. Todd 4,984
  61. Juan 4,946
  62. Dustin 4,899
  63. Corey 4,738
  64. Shaun 4,736
  65. Jared 4,670
  66. Erik 4,640
  67. Shane 4,482
  68. Phillip 4,422
  69. Larry 4,393
  70. Raymond 4,335
  71. Joel 4,216
  72. Derek 4,200
  73. Carlos 4,165
  74. Zachary 4,156
  75. Dennis 4,080
  76. Marcus 4,048
  77. Craig 4,029
  78. Frank 3,928
  79. Antonio 3,801
  80. Derrick 3,729
  81. Jeremiah 3,719
  82. Cory 3,587
  83. Philip 3,460
  84. Brent 3,455
  85. Jerry 3,446
  86. Randy 3,416
  87. Jeffery 3,357
  88. Jamie 3,240
  89. Wesley 3,237
  90. Gabriel 3,235
  91. Curtis 3,200
  92. Russell 3,132
  93. Casey 3,082
  94. Alexander 3,058
  95. Nathaniel 3,040
  96. Terry 3,040
  97. Billy 2,998
  98. Brett 2,997
  99. Troy 2,964
  100. Carl 2,898

Top girl names of 1979

  1. Jennifer 56,712
  2. Melissa 34,050
  3. Amanda 31,924
  4. Jessica 27,780
  5. Amy 21,609
  6. Sarah 21,015
  7. Heather 20,834
  8. Angela 20,256
  9. Nicole 19,510
  10. Michelle 19,266
  11. Elizabeth 18,073
  12. Kimberly 17,635
  13. Lisa 17,286
  14. Christina 16,454
  15. Stephanie 16,204
  16. Kelly 15,296
  17. Rebecca 14,548
  18. Crystal 13,467
  19. Jamie 12,156
  20. Laura 11,880
  21. Erin 11,259
  22. Amber 11,079
  23. April 10,902
  24. Mary 10,555
  25. Shannon 10,370
  26. Andrea 10,336
  27. Rachel 10,230
  28. Tiffany 9,611
  29. Julie 9,254
  30. Sara 8,654
  31. Megan 8,293
  32. Erica 8,178
  33. Danielle 7,981
  34. Emily 7,971
  35. Christine 7,689
  36. Katherine 7,464
  37. Maria 7,339
  38. Tara 6,806
  39. Brandy 6,775
  40. Monica 6,585
  41. Carrie 6,354
  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 4,931
  56. Kristy 4,880
  57. Dawn 4,725
  58. Tina 4,677
  59. Anna 4,670
  60. Stacey 4,613
  61. Brandi 4,609
  62. Kristen 4,568
  63. Katie 4,512
  64. Wendy 4,500
  65. Leslie 4,497
  66. Samantha 4,461
  67. Ashley 4,448
  68. Natalie 4,445
  69. Lori 4,432
  70. Allison 4,406
  71. Courtney 4,321
  72. Christy 4,286
  73. Kristin 4,264
  74. Kristina 4,130
  75. Vanessa 4,102
  76. Veronica 4,062
  77. Sandra 3,995
  78. Catherine 3,878
  79. Tammy 3,758
  80. Jacqueline 3,740
  81. Mindy 3,712
  82. Melinda 3,705
  83. Heidi 3,670
  84. Kathleen 3,641
  85. Brooke 3,505
  86. Tonya 3,495
  87. Teresa 3,481
  88. Lindsay 3,466
  89. Valerie 3,407
  90. Pamela 3,365
  91. Erika 3,316
  92. Denise 3,267
  93. Tanya 3,225
  94. Cheryl 3,210
  95. Robin 3,209
  96. Gina 3,116
  97. Jaime 3,086
  98. Leah 3,075
  99. Katrina 2,998
  100. Theresa 2,995

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1979?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1979 (67,713 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (56,712 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1979?
Social Security records list 3,326,804 babies born in 1979 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,721,536 boys and 1,605,268 girls.