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Most popular baby names in 1978
Below you can find the most popular (top 100) baby names in 1978. The name "Michael" was the most popular name for a boy in 1978 with 67154 births. For a girl it was Jennifer with 56316 births. See the full top 100 baby names in 1978 below.
Boy names
# Births
1. Michael
67154
2. Jason
51619
3. Christopher
47251
4. David
40699
5. James
39912
6. Matthew
34312
7. John
34032
8. Robert
33389
9. Brian
29455
10. Joseph
26673
11. Daniel
26443
12. Joshua
25211
13. William
24187
14. Ryan
21340
15. Kevin
20113
16. Eric
19776
17. Timothy
19609
18. Jeremy
19514
19. Jeffrey
17001
20. Anthony
16814
21. Andrew
16743
22. Richard
16730
23. Thomas
16492
24. Steven
16406
25. Nicholas
16359
Girl names
# Births
1. Jennifer
56316
2. Melissa
28331
3. Jessica
26105
4. Amy
23216
5. Heather
22269
6. Amanda
20522
7. Angela
20509
8. Sarah
19978
9. Michelle
18862
10. Nicole
17272
11. Lisa
17034
12. Kelly
16988
13. Kimberly
16880
14. Elizabeth
16808
15. Christina
16369
16. Stephanie
16231
17. Rebecca
13799
18. Crystal
12592
19. Laura
11243
20. Jamie
10982
21. Erin
10793
22. Shannon
10601
23. Andrea
10467
24. Mary
10046
25. Rachel
9805
26. Mark
14868
27. Charles
14851
28. Justin
14193
29. Adam
13919
30. Scott
13543
31. Jonathan
12521
32. Aaron
12316
33. Paul
11737
34. Benjamin
11413
35. Chad
10116
36. Nathan
9893
37. Stephen
9862
38. Gregory
9350
39. Shawn
9286
40. Brandon
9250
41. Kenneth
9021
42. Patrick
8846
43. Bryan
7293
44. Jose
7123
45. Sean
7069
46. Travis
6953
47. Edward
6481
48. Donald
6426
49. Keith
6173
50. Jacob
6158
51. Jesse
6108
52. Shaun
6105
53. Bradley
6099
54. Peter
5882
55. Ronald
5755
56. Todd
5503
57. Samuel
5394
58. George
5293
59. Douglas
5154
60. Gary
5115
61. Corey
4939
62. Juan
4808
63. Kyle
4518
64. Larry
4506
65. Shane
4482
66. Craig
4473
67. Phillip
4359
68. Dustin
4172
69. Raymond
4135
70. Marcus
3995
71. Dennis
3859
72. Jared
3848
73. Cory
3844
74. Joel
3810
75. Derek
3803
76. Derrick
3771
77. Frank
3764
78. Carlos
3706
79. Antonio
3661
80. Jeffery
3535
81. Jeremiah
3435
82. Jerry
3423
83. Wesley
3305
84. Philip
3301
85. Erik
3263
86. Randy
3213
87. Brent
3177
88. Troy
3149
89. Zachary
3131
90. Gabriel
3125
91. Terry
3077
92. Casey
3003
93. Russell
2980
94. Nathaniel
2927
95. Jamie
2862
96. Curtis
2820
97. Tony
2757
98. Alexander
2739
99. Billy
2686
100. Carl
2607
26. Julie
9799
27. April
9587
28. Sara
8866
29. Christine
8275
30. Amber
8169
31. Danielle
7982
32. Tiffany
7701
33. Emily
7481
34. Erica
7343
35. Carrie
7319
36. Maria
7009
37. Brandy
6697
38. Katherine
6626
39. Karen
6373
40. Tara
6329
41. Megan
5897
42. Monica
5861
43. Misty
5825
44. Stacy
5776
45. Tina
5697
46. Jill
5674
47. Tracy
5629
48. Patricia
5498
49. Susan
5420
50. Cynthia
5404
51. Kristy
5332
52. Dawn
5218
53. Stacey
5000
54. Melanie
4997
55. Holly
4974
56. Wendy
4917
57. Kathryn
4805
58. Alicia
4745
59. Christy
4662
60. Lori
4630
61. Brandi
4500
62. Kristen
4365
63. Leslie
4333
64. Kristina
4227
65. Anna
4167
66. Natalie
4161
67. Tammy
4072
68. Courtney
4029
69. Sandra
4000
70. Jaime
3997
71. Dana
3996
72. Catherine
3954
73. Veronica
3928
74. Samantha
3890
75. Allison
3863
76. Vanessa
3847
77. Tonya
3823
78. Kristin
3808
79. Kathleen
3746
80. Lauren
3651
81. Tanya
3578
82. Jacqueline
3572
83. Heidi
3567
84. Melinda
3563
85. Denise
3516
86. Ashley
3477
87. Michele
3474
88. Teresa
3469
89. Robin
3437
90. Katie
3421
91. Sabrina
3347
92. Valerie
3301
93. Gina
3220
94. Cheryl
3154
95. Lindsay
3115
96. Mandy
3105
97. Nancy
3049
98. Kristi
2985
99. Renee
2969
100. Linda
2927
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