Most Popular Baby Names in 1979

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	67,718
2	Christopher	50,667
3	Jason	50,371
4	David	42,062
5	James	39,351
6	Matthew	35,625
7	John	35,412
8	Robert	34,018
9	Joshua	31,125
10	Brian	28,664
11	Joseph	28,653
12	Daniel	28,521
13	William	24,680
14	Ryan	23,211
15	Nicholas	21,343
16	Jeremy	21,007
17	Eric	20,269
18	Timothy	19,078
19	Kevin	18,734
20	Andrew	18,617
21	Anthony	17,517
22	Justin	17,392
23	Adam	17,050
24	Jeffrey	16,867
25	Richard	16,713
26	Thomas	16,456
27	Steven	16,335
28	Charles	14,807
29	Scott	14,441
30	Mark	14,393
31	Jonathan	14,333
32	Aaron	13,075
33	Benjamin	12,514
34	Paul	11,632
35	Brandon	11,302
36	Travis	11,037
37	Nathan	10,721
38	Chad	10,162
39	Patrick	9,980
40	Stephen	9,905
41	Kenneth	9,237
42	Gregory	9,108
43	Shawn	7,909
44	Jose	7,848
45	Jacob	7,546
46	Bryan	7,441
47	Bradley	6,926
48	Edward	6,875
49	Sean	6,853
50	Jesse	6,680

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Jennifer	56,716
2	Melissa	34,050
3	Amanda	31,925
4	Jessica	27,782
5	Amy	21,609
6	Sarah	21,017
7	Heather	20,834
8	Angela	20,257
9	Nicole	19,509
10	Michelle	19,266
11	Elizabeth	18,075
12	Kimberly	17,637
13	Lisa	17,285
14	Christina	16,453
15	Stephanie	16,204
16	Kelly	15,296
17	Rebecca	14,550
18	Crystal	13,468
19	Jamie	12,156
20	Laura	11,880
21	Erin	11,259
22	Amber	11,080
23	April	10,902
24	Mary	10,556
25	Shannon	10,370
26	Andrea	10,337
27	Rachel	10,229
28	Tiffany	9,611
29	Julie	9,254
30	Sara	8,654
31	Megan	8,293
32	Erica	8,178
33	Danielle	7,980
34	Emily	7,971
35	Christine	7,689
36	Katherine	7,465
37	Maria	7,335
38	Tara	6,806
39	Brandy	6,775
40	Monica	6,585
41	Carrie	6,355
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