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Most popular baby names in 1979
Below you can find the most popular (top 100) baby names in 1979. The name "Michael" was the most popular name for a boy in 1979 with 67734 births. For a girl it was Jennifer with 56720 births. See the full top 100 baby names in 1979 below.
Boy names
# Births
1. Michael
67734
2. Christopher
50676
3. Jason
50398
4. David
42076
5. James
39370
6. Matthew
35658
7. John
35436
8. Robert
34025
9. Joshua
31132
10. Joseph
28669
11. Brian
28669
12. Daniel
28522
13. William
24698
14. Ryan
23217
15. Nicholas
21341
16. Jeremy
21012
17. Eric
20272
18. Timothy
19081
19. Kevin
18739
20. Andrew
18633
21. Anthony
17529
22. Justin
17404
23. Adam
17068
24. Jeffrey
16875
25. Richard
16720
Girl names
# Births
1. Jennifer
56720
2. Melissa
34050
3. Amanda
31927
4. Jessica
27777
5. Amy
21613
6. Sarah
21017
7. Heather
20840
8. Angela
20258
9. Nicole
19509
10. Michelle
19267
11. Elizabeth
18076
12. Kimberly
17637
13. Lisa
17285
14. Christina
16460
15. Stephanie
16204
16. Kelly
15299
17. Rebecca
14548
18. Crystal
13466
19. Jamie
12156
20. Laura
11885
21. Erin
11254
22. Amber
11080
23. April
10902
24. Mary
10555
25. Shannon
10366
26. Thomas
16475
27. Steven
16329
28. Charles
14831
29. Scott
14466
30. Mark
14393
31. Jonathan
14331
32. Aaron
13075
33. Benjamin
12515
34. Paul
11646
35. Brandon
11311
36. Travis
11052
37. Nathan
10745
38. Chad
10158
39. Patrick
9986
40. Stephen
9902
41. Kenneth
9244
42. Gregory
9115
43. Shawn
7915
44. Jose
7814
45. Jacob
7547
46. Bryan
7451
47. Bradley
6930
48. Edward
6879
49. Sean
6861
50. Jesse
6684
51. Donald
6513
52. Keith
6192
53. Peter
6076
54. Ronald
5701
55. Samuel
5683
56. Kyle
5452
57. George
5252
58. Douglas
5171
59. Gary
5039
60. Todd
4987
61. Juan
4917
62. Dustin
4897
63. Corey
4738
64. Shaun
4736
65. Jared
4665
66. Erik
4638
67. Shane
4481
68. Phillip
4421
69. Larry
4379
70. Raymond
4340
71. Joel
4212
72. Derek
4203
73. Zachary
4157
74. Carlos
4148
75. Dennis
4078
76. Marcus
4035
77. Craig
4027
78. Frank
3927
79. Antonio
3787
80. Derrick
3724
81. Jeremiah
3719
82. Cory
3591
83. Philip
3465
84. Brent
3459
85. Jerry
3433
86. Randy
3416
87. Jeffery
3352
88. Jamie
3235
89. Gabriel
3230
90. Wesley
3225
91. Curtis
3205
92. Russell
3132
93. Casey
3083
94. Alexander
3060
95. Nathaniel
3041
96. Terry
3030
97. Brett
2997
98. Billy
2987
99. Troy
2959
100. Carl
2897
26. Andrea
10335
27. Rachel
10233
28. Tiffany
9611
29. Julie
9253
30. Sara
8656
31. Megan
8292
32. Erica
8180
33. Danielle
7979
34. Emily
7976
35. Christine
7689
36. Katherine
7470
37. Maria
7325
38. Tara
6809
39. Brandy
6764
40. Monica
6586
41. Carrie
6357
42. Misty
5780
43. Stacy
5709
44. Patricia
5651
45. Lauren
5614
46. Karen
5602
47. Alicia
5547
48. Holly
5487
49. Tracy
5389
50. Kathryn
5312
51. Susan
5199
52. Jill
5191
53. Melanie
5022
54. Dana
4942
55. Cynthia
4934
56. Kristy
4879
57. Dawn
4725
58. Tina
4676
59. Anna
4664
60. Stacey
4614
61. Brandi
4604
62. Kristen
4572
63. Katie
4507
64. Wendy
4499
65. Leslie
4495
66. Samantha
4460
67. Ashley
4450
68. Natalie
4442
69. Lori
4434
70. Allison
4409
71. Courtney
4324
72. Christy
4285
73. Kristin
4264
74. Kristina
4131
75. Vanessa
4096
76. Veronica
4049
77. Sandra
3992
78. Catherine
3871
79. Tammy
3758
80. Jacqueline
3737
81. Mindy
3707
82. Melinda
3706
83. Heidi
3667
84. Kathleen
3644
85. Brooke
3508
86. Tonya
3478
87. Teresa
3478
88. Lindsay
3458
89. Valerie
3407
90. Pamela
3361
91. Erika
3315
92. Denise
3262
93. Tanya
3224
94. Cheryl
3206
95. Robin
3204
96. Gina
3107
97. Jaime
3086
98. Leah
3078
99. Katrina
3000
100. Theresa
2995
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