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Top Baby Names 1978

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,531,893 · Total Boys: 1,641,977

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	56,318	3.676%
2	Melissa	28,327	1.849%
3	Jessica	26,103	1.704%
4	Amy	23,214	1.515%
5	Heather	22,270	1.454%
6	Amanda	20,519	1.339%
7	Angela	20,518	1.339%
8	Sarah	19,976	1.304%
9	Michelle	18,856	1.231%
10	Nicole	17,280	1.128%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Lisa	17,034	1.112%
12	Kelly	16,977	1.108%
13	Kimberly	16,878	1.102%
14	Elizabeth	16,809	1.097%
15	Christina	16,369	1.069%
16	Stephanie	16,232	1.060%
17	Rebecca	13,795	0.901%
18	Crystal	12,592	0.822%
19	Laura	11,242	0.734%
20	Jamie	10,982	0.717%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Erin	10,787	0.704%
22	Shannon	10,599	0.692%
23	Andrea	10,461	0.683%
24	Mary	10,040	0.655%
25	Rachel	9,802	0.640%
26	Julie	9,794	0.639%
27	April	9,591	0.626%
28	Sara	8,869	0.579%
29	Christine	8,272	0.540%
30	Amber	8,174	0.534%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Danielle	7,983	0.521%
32	Tiffany	7,700	0.503%
33	Emily	7,473	0.488%
34	Erica	7,341	0.479%
35	Carrie	7,318	0.478%
36	Maria	7,019	0.458%
37	Brandy	6,699	0.437%
38	Katherine	6,625	0.432%
39	Karen	6,371	0.416%
40	Tara	6,330	0.413%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Megan	5,897	0.385%
42	Monica	5,867	0.383%
43	Misty	5,834	0.381%
44	Stacy	5,776	0.377%
45	Tina	5,699	0.372%
46	Jill	5,677	0.371%
47	Tracy	5,631	0.368%
48	Patricia	5,498	0.359%
49	Susan	5,418	0.354%
50	Cynthia	5,403	0.353%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Kristy	5,332	0.348%
52	Dawn	5,217	0.341%
53	Stacey	4,998	0.326%
54	Melanie	4,996	0.326%
55	Holly	4,972	0.325%
56	Wendy	4,918	0.321%
57	Kathryn	4,808	0.314%
58	Alicia	4,752	0.310%
59	Christy	4,661	0.304%
60	Lori	4,631	0.302%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Brandi	4,500	0.294%
62	Kristen	4,368	0.285%
63	Leslie	4,342	0.283%
64	Kristina	4,229	0.276%
65	Anna	4,173	0.272%
66	Natalie	4,165	0.272%
67	Tammy	4,070	0.266%
68	Courtney	4,031	0.263%
69	Sandra	4,005	0.261%
70	Dana	4,003	0.261%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Jaime	4,003	0.261%
72	Catherine	3,959	0.258%
73	Veronica	3,934	0.257%
74	Samantha	3,888	0.254%
75	Allison	3,864	0.252%
76	Vanessa	3,853	0.252%
77	Tonya	3,826	0.250%
78	Kristin	3,807	0.249%
79	Kathleen	3,743	0.244%
80	Lauren	3,670	0.240%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jacqueline	3,576	0.233%
82	Tanya	3,576	0.233%
83	Heidi	3,567	0.233%
84	Melinda	3,563	0.233%
85	Denise	3,519	0.230%
86	Michele	3,484	0.227%
87	Ashley	3,482	0.227%
88	Teresa	3,472	0.227%
89	Robin	3,440	0.225%
90	Katie	3,426	0.224%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Sabrina	3,350	0.219%
92	Valerie	3,299	0.215%
93	Gina	3,221	0.210%
94	Cheryl	3,167	0.207%
95	Lindsay	3,123	0.204%
96	Mandy	3,110	0.203%
97	Nancy	3,045	0.199%
98	Kristi	2,992	0.195%
99	Renee	2,969	0.194%
100	Linda	2,930	0.191%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	67,133	4.089%
2	Jason	51,604	3.143%
3	Christopher	47,236	2.877%
4	David	40,684	2.478%
5	James	39,902	2.430%
6	Matthew	34,285	2.088%
7	John	34,018	2.072%
8	Robert	33,379	2.033%
9	Brian	29,435	1.793%
10	Joseph	26,667	1.624%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Daniel	26,442	1.610%
12	Joshua	25,206	1.535%
13	William	24,174	1.472%
14	Ryan	21,322	1.299%
15	Kevin	20,096	1.224%
16	Eric	19,763	1.204%
17	Timothy	19,597	1.194%
18	Jeremy	19,510	1.188%
19	Jeffrey	16,993	1.035%
20	Anthony	16,809	1.024%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Richard	16,733	1.019%
22	Andrew	16,722	1.018%
23	Thomas	16,483	1.004%
24	Steven	16,391	0.998%
25	Nicholas	16,343	0.995%
26	Mark	14,854	0.905%
27	Charles	14,845	0.904%
28	Justin	14,184	0.864%
29	Adam	13,919	0.848%
30	Scott	13,540	0.825%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Jonathan	12,514	0.762%
32	Aaron	12,298	0.749%
33	Paul	11,733	0.715%
34	Benjamin	11,414	0.695%
35	Chad	10,108	0.616%
36	Nathan	9,892	0.602%
37	Stephen	9,855	0.600%
38	Gregory	9,342	0.569%
39	Shawn	9,290	0.566%
40	Brandon	9,241	0.563%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Kenneth	9,021	0.549%
42	Patrick	8,831	0.538%
43	Bryan	7,291	0.444%
44	Jose	7,147	0.435%
45	Sean	7,062	0.430%
46	Travis	6,955	0.424%
47	Edward	6,480	0.395%
48	Donald	6,423	0.391%
49	Keith	6,172	0.376%
50	Jacob	6,162	0.375%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Jesse	6,107	0.372%
52	Shaun	6,105	0.372%
53	Bradley	6,096	0.371%
54	Peter	5,874	0.358%
55	Ronald	5,759	0.351%
56	Todd	5,497	0.335%
57	Samuel	5,393	0.328%
58	George	5,299	0.323%
59	Douglas	5,150	0.314%
60	Gary	5,112	0.311%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Corey	4,942	0.301%
62	Juan	4,837	0.295%
63	Kyle	4,517	0.275%
64	Larry	4,514	0.275%
65	Shane	4,480	0.273%
66	Craig	4,473	0.272%
67	Phillip	4,362	0.266%
68	Dustin	4,177	0.254%
69	Raymond	4,134	0.252%
70	Marcus	3,996	0.243%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Dennis	3,860	0.235%
72	Jared	3,847	0.234%
73	Cory	3,843	0.234%
74	Joel	3,810	0.232%
75	Derek	3,801	0.231%
76	Derrick	3,786	0.231%
77	Frank	3,776	0.230%
78	Carlos	3,729	0.227%
79	Antonio	3,677	0.224%
80	Jeffery	3,543	0.216%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jeremiah	3,445	0.210%
82	Jerry	3,427	0.209%
83	Wesley	3,306	0.201%
84	Philip	3,298	0.201%
85	Erik	3,262	0.199%
86	Randy	3,220	0.196%
87	Brent	3,181	0.194%
88	Troy	3,153	0.192%
89	Zachary	3,129	0.191%
90	Gabriel	3,126	0.190%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Terry	3,089	0.188%
92	Casey	3,003	0.183%
93	Russell	2,984	0.182%
94	Nathaniel	2,925	0.178%
95	Jamie	2,865	0.174%
96	Curtis	2,825	0.172%
97	Tony	2,772	0.169%
98	Alexander	2,739	0.167%
99	Billy	2,695	0.164%
100	Carl	2,606	0.159%

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