Year rank 1979

Names picked for kids in 1979

For a girl

1. jennifer

56718

2. melissa

34051

3. amanda

31927

4. jessica

27782

5. amy

21612

6. sarah

21018

7. heather

20837

8. angela

20259

9. nicole

19509

10. michelle

19268

11. elizabeth

18075

12. kimberly

17639

13. lisa

17285

14. christina

16452

15. stephanie

16204

16. kelly

15298

17. rebecca

14549

18. crystal

13468

19. jamie

12156

20. laura

11882

21. erin

11257

22. amber

11081

23. april

10903

24. mary

10562

25. shannon

10369

26. andrea

10338

27. rachel

10230

28. tiffany

9611

29. julie

9256

30. sara

8654

31. megan

8294

32. erica

8179

33. danielle

7980

34. emily

7971

35. christine

7689

36. katherine

7467

37. maria

7334

38. tara

6808

39. brandy

6776

40. monica

6586

41. carrie

6356

42. misty

5785

43. stacy

5708

44. patricia

5650

45. lauren

5626

46. karen

5599

47. alicia

5547

48. holly

5487

49. tracy

5389

50. kathryn

5312

51. susan

5198

52. jill

5193

53. melanie

5019

54. dana

4947

55. cynthia

4933

56. kristy

4881

57. dawn

4725

58. tina

4678

59. anna

4670

60. stacey

4614

61. brandi

4609

62. kristen

4570

63. katie

4510

64. wendy

4500

65. leslie

4498

66. samantha

4463

67. ashley

4449

68. natalie

4444

69. lori

4432

70. allison

4409

71. courtney

4324

72. christy

4286

73. kristin

4263

74. kristina

4129

75. vanessa

4101

76. veronica

4063

77. sandra

3994

78. catherine

3878

79. tammy

3758

80. jacqueline

3742

81. mindy

3711

82. melinda

3705

83. heidi

3672

84. kathleen

3644

85. brooke

3509

86. tonya

3495

87. teresa

3481

88. lindsay

3466

89. valerie

3407

90. pamela

3365

91. erika

3317

92. denise

3268

93. tanya

3225

94. cheryl

3210

95. robin

3206

96. gina

3115

97. jaime

3086

98. leah

3078

99. katrina

2998

100. theresa

2995

For a boy

1. michael

67724

2. christopher

50678

3. jason

50388

4. david

42066

5. james

39363

6. matthew

35638

7. john

35416

8. robert

34023

9. joshua

31128

10. brian

28669

11. joseph

28655

12. daniel

28528

13. william

24682

14. ryan

23214

15. nicholas

21348

16. jeremy

21011

17. eric

20272

18. timothy

19079

19. kevin

18737

20. andrew

18625

21. anthony

17521

22. justin

17397

23. adam

17055

24. jeffrey

16869

25. richard

16717

26. thomas

16464

27. steven

16337

28. charles

14815

29. scott

14444

30. mark

14396

31. jonathan

14327

32. aaron

13074

33. benjamin

12516

34. paul

11636

35. brandon

11307

36. travis

11046

37. nathan

10726

38. chad

10162

39. patrick

9986

40. stephen

9906

41. kenneth

9242

42. gregory

9112

43. shawn

7909

44. jose

7843

45. jacob

7547

46. bryan

7444

47. bradley

6926

48. edward

6876

49. sean

6859

50. jesse

6682

51. donald

6508

52. keith

6191

53. peter

6080

54. ronald

5698

55. samuel

5686

56. kyle

5451

57. george

5261

58. douglas

5170

59. gary

5039

60. todd

4985

61. juan

4943

62. dustin

4898

63. corey

4737

64. shaun

4737

65. jared

4674

66. erik

4638

67. shane

4483

68. phillip

4423

69. larry

4393

70. raymond

4337

71. joel

4215

72. derek

4203

73. carlos

4164

74. zachary

4156

75. dennis

4081

76. marcus

4047

77. craig

4027

78. frank

3930

79. antonio

3802

80. derrick

3730

81. jeremiah

3721

82. cory

3588

83. philip

3463

84. brent

3457

85. jerry

3445

86. randy

3417

87. jeffery

3358

88. jamie

3240

89. wesley

3236

90. gabriel

3236

91. curtis

3202

92. russell

3132

93. casey

3082

94. alexander

3059

95. nathaniel

3041

96. terry

3040

97. billy

2999

98. brett

2997

99. troy

2963

100. carl

2900