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Top Baby Names 1979

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,605,317 · Total Boys: 1,721,683

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	56,716	3.533%
2	Melissa	34,050	2.121%
3	Amanda	31,925	1.989%
4	Jessica	27,782	1.731%
5	Amy	21,609	1.346%
6	Sarah	21,017	1.309%
7	Heather	20,834	1.298%
8	Angela	20,257	1.262%
9	Nicole	19,509	1.215%
10	Michelle	19,266	1.200%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Elizabeth	18,075	1.126%
12	Kimberly	17,637	1.099%
13	Lisa	17,285	1.077%
14	Christina	16,453	1.025%
15	Stephanie	16,204	1.009%
16	Kelly	15,296	0.953%
17	Rebecca	14,550	0.906%
18	Crystal	13,468	0.839%
19	Jamie	12,156	0.757%
20	Laura	11,880	0.740%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Erin	11,259	0.701%
22	Amber	11,080	0.690%
23	April	10,902	0.679%
24	Mary	10,556	0.658%
25	Shannon	10,370	0.646%
26	Andrea	10,337	0.644%
27	Rachel	10,229	0.637%
28	Tiffany	9,611	0.599%
29	Julie	9,254	0.576%
30	Sara	8,654	0.539%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Megan	8,293	0.517%
32	Erica	8,178	0.509%
33	Danielle	7,980	0.497%
34	Emily	7,971	0.497%
35	Christine	7,689	0.479%
36	Katherine	7,465	0.465%
37	Maria	7,335	0.457%
38	Tara	6,806	0.424%
39	Brandy	6,775	0.422%
40	Monica	6,585	0.410%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Carrie	6,355	0.396%
42	Misty	5,785	0.360%
43	Stacy	5,708	0.356%
44	Patricia	5,650	0.352%
45	Lauren	5,625	0.350%
46	Karen	5,599	0.349%
47	Alicia	5,547	0.346%
48	Holly	5,488	0.342%
49	Tracy	5,389	0.336%
50	Kathryn	5,312	0.331%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Susan	5,196	0.324%
52	Jill	5,192	0.323%
53	Melanie	5,021	0.313%
54	Dana	4,948	0.308%
55	Cynthia	4,932	0.307%
56	Kristy	4,880	0.304%
57	Dawn	4,724	0.294%
58	Tina	4,680	0.292%
59	Anna	4,669	0.291%
60	Stacey	4,613	0.287%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Brandi	4,609	0.287%
62	Kristen	4,569	0.285%
63	Katie	4,511	0.281%
64	Wendy	4,500	0.280%
65	Leslie	4,498	0.280%
66	Samantha	4,462	0.278%
67	Ashley	4,448	0.277%
68	Natalie	4,445	0.277%
69	Lori	4,432	0.276%
70	Allison	4,407	0.275%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Courtney	4,323	0.269%
72	Christy	4,286	0.267%
73	Kristin	4,264	0.266%
74	Kristina	4,130	0.257%
75	Vanessa	4,102	0.256%
76	Veronica	4,062	0.253%
77	Sandra	3,994	0.249%
78	Catherine	3,878	0.242%
79	Tammy	3,758	0.234%
80	Jacqueline	3,741	0.233%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Mindy	3,712	0.231%
82	Melinda	3,705	0.231%
83	Heidi	3,672	0.229%
84	Kathleen	3,641	0.227%
85	Brooke	3,506	0.218%
86	Tonya	3,495	0.218%
87	Teresa	3,481	0.217%
88	Lindsay	3,466	0.216%
89	Valerie	3,407	0.212%
90	Pamela	3,365	0.210%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Erika	3,318	0.207%
92	Denise	3,267	0.204%
93	Tanya	3,225	0.201%
94	Cheryl	3,210	0.200%
95	Robin	3,208	0.200%
96	Gina	3,115	0.194%
97	Jaime	3,086	0.192%
98	Leah	3,075	0.192%
99	Katrina	2,998	0.187%
100	Theresa	2,995	0.187%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	67,718	3.933%
2	Christopher	50,667	2.943%
3	Jason	50,371	2.926%
4	David	42,062	2.443%
5	James	39,351	2.286%
6	Matthew	35,625	2.069%
7	John	35,412	2.057%
8	Robert	34,018	1.976%
9	Joshua	31,125	1.808%
10	Brian	28,664	1.665%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joseph	28,653	1.664%
12	Daniel	28,521	1.657%
13	William	24,680	1.433%
14	Ryan	23,211	1.348%
15	Nicholas	21,343	1.240%
16	Jeremy	21,007	1.220%
17	Eric	20,269	1.177%
18	Timothy	19,078	1.108%
19	Kevin	18,734	1.088%
20	Andrew	18,617	1.081%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Anthony	17,517	1.017%
22	Justin	17,392	1.010%
23	Adam	17,050	0.990%
24	Jeffrey	16,867	0.980%
25	Richard	16,713	0.971%
26	Thomas	16,456	0.956%
27	Steven	16,335	0.949%
28	Charles	14,807	0.860%
29	Scott	14,441	0.839%
30	Mark	14,393	0.836%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Jonathan	14,333	0.833%
32	Aaron	13,075	0.759%
33	Benjamin	12,514	0.727%
34	Paul	11,632	0.676%
35	Brandon	11,302	0.656%
36	Travis	11,037	0.641%
37	Nathan	10,721	0.623%
38	Chad	10,162	0.590%
39	Patrick	9,980	0.580%
40	Stephen	9,905	0.575%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Kenneth	9,237	0.537%
42	Gregory	9,108	0.529%
43	Shawn	7,909	0.459%
44	Jose	7,848	0.456%
45	Jacob	7,546	0.438%
46	Bryan	7,441	0.432%
47	Bradley	6,926	0.402%
48	Edward	6,875	0.399%
49	Sean	6,853	0.398%
50	Jesse	6,680	0.388%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Donald	6,509	0.378%
52	Keith	6,188	0.359%
53	Peter	6,080	0.353%
54	Ronald	5,693	0.331%
55	Samuel	5,688	0.330%
56	Kyle	5,450	0.317%
57	George	5,262	0.306%
58	Douglas	5,169	0.300%
59	Gary	5,040	0.293%
60	Todd	4,984	0.289%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Juan	4,943	0.287%
62	Dustin	4,899	0.285%
63	Corey	4,737	0.275%
64	Shaun	4,737	0.275%
65	Jared	4,670	0.271%
66	Erik	4,638	0.269%
67	Shane	4,483	0.260%
68	Phillip	4,422	0.257%
69	Larry	4,393	0.255%
70	Raymond	4,336	0.252%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Joel	4,216	0.245%
72	Derek	4,201	0.244%
73	Carlos	4,165	0.242%
74	Zachary	4,156	0.241%
75	Dennis	4,081	0.237%
76	Marcus	4,049	0.235%
77	Craig	4,028	0.234%
78	Frank	3,930	0.228%
79	Antonio	3,802	0.221%
80	Derrick	3,728	0.217%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Jeremiah	3,720	0.216%
82	Cory	3,587	0.208%
83	Philip	3,460	0.201%
84	Brent	3,457	0.201%
85	Jerry	3,446	0.200%
86	Randy	3,416	0.198%
87	Jeffery	3,357	0.195%
88	Jamie	3,240	0.188%
89	Wesley	3,237	0.188%
90	Gabriel	3,236	0.188%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Curtis	3,201	0.186%
92	Russell	3,132	0.182%
93	Casey	3,082	0.179%
94	Alexander	3,059	0.178%
95	Nathaniel	3,040	0.177%
96	Terry	3,040	0.177%
97	Billy	2,998	0.174%
98	Brett	2,997	0.174%
99	Troy	2,962	0.172%
100	Carl	2,898	0.168%

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