Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1978

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1978 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	56,321	3.426	-344	-55,406	1	Michael	67,158	3.929	-13	-55,538
2	Melissa	28,330	1.723	-295	-27,216	2	Jason	51,629	3.021	-98	-47,782
3	Jessica	26,102	1.588	-309	-25,045	3	Christopher	47,259	2.765	-39	-39,998
4	Amy	23,212	1.412	-201	-21,715	4	David	40,704	2.381	-18	-31,007
5	Heather	22,271	1.355	-1,144	-22,061	5	James	39,915	2.335	1	-26,390
6	Amanda	20,517	1.248	-363	-19,673	6	Matthew	34,310	2.007	-14	-24,386
7	Angela	20,511	1.248	-257	-19,275	7	John	34,037	1.991	-20	-24,918
8	Sarah	19,977	1.215	-59	-16,243	8	Robert	33,396	1.954	-63	-28,256
9	Michelle	18,860	1.147	-254	-17,621	9	Brian	29,451	1.723	-226	-27,833
10	Nicole	17,276	1.051	-208	-15,860	10	Joseph	26,671	1.560	-13	-17,116
11	Lisa	17,036	1.036	-880	-16,734	11	Daniel	26,446	1.547	-4	-15,273
12	Kelly	16,982	1.033	-606	-16,498	12	Joshua	25,217	1.475	-29	-17,853
13	Kimberly	16,879	1.027	-157	-15,183	13	William	24,188	1.415	10	-9,672
14	Elizabeth	16,808	1.022	1	-8,295	14	Ryan	21,335	1.248	-32	-14,430
15	Christina	16,371	0.996	-424	-15,652	15	Kevin	20,111	1.177	-110	-16,987
16	Stephanie	16,231	0.987	-302	-15,205	16	Eric	19,777	1.157	-144	-17,388
17	Rebecca	13,799	0.839	-197	-12,357	17	Timothy	19,602	1.147	-148	-17,272
18	Crystal	12,593	0.766	-699	-12,198	18	Jeremy	19,511	1.142	-186	-17,556
19	Laura	11,244	0.684	-321	-10,309	19	Jeffrey	17,001	0.995	-312	-15,998
20	Jamie	10,982	0.668	-594	-10,494	20	Anthony	16,816	0.984	-18	-8,813
21	Erin	10,791	0.656	-400	-10,056	21	Andrew	16,741	0.979	-22	-9,507
22	Shannon	10,602	0.645	-1,456	-10,454	22	Richard	16,732	0.979	-166	-14,613
23	Andrea	10,462	0.636	-111	-8,308	23	Thomas	16,493	0.965	-26	-9,714
24	Mary	10,043	0.611	-102	-7,716	24	Steven	16,403	0.960	-174	-14,381
25	Rachel	9,804	0.596	-173	-8,260	25	Nicholas	16,353	0.957	-49	-11,552
26	Julie	9,798	0.596	-562	-9,282	26	Mark	14,873	0.870	-184	-13,014
27	April	9,589	0.583	-449	-8,936	27	Charles	14,851	0.869	-25	-8,247
28	Sara	8,868	0.539	-145	-7,176	28	Justin	14,195	0.831	-113	-11,408
29	Christine	8,273	0.503	-897	-7,986	29	Adam	13,924	0.815	-49	-9,249
30	Amber	8,176	0.497	-441	-7,518	30	Scott	13,546	0.793	-490	-13,005
31	Danielle	7,983	0.486	-351	-7,174	31	Jonathan	12,519	0.732	-32	-6,807
32	Tiffany	7,700	0.468	-658	-7,282	32	Aaron	12,309	0.720	-28	-6,356
33	Emily	7,480	0.455	21	1,176	33	Paul	11,739	0.687	-201	-10,114
34	Erica	7,343	0.447	-865	-7,047	34	Benjamin	11,416	0.668	28	1,965
35	Carrie	7,320	0.445	-1,733	-7,205	35	Chad	10,114	0.592	-862	-9,874
36	Maria	7,012	0.427	-80	-4,417	36	Nathan	9,891	0.579	-12	-3,101
37	Brandy	6,699	0.408	-2,634	-6,635	37	Stephen	9,862	0.577	-247	-8,626
38	Katherine	6,624	0.403	-74	-3,958	38	Gregory	9,351	0.547	-370	-8,573
39	Karen	6,372	0.388	-596	-5,904	39	Shawn	9,290	0.544	-354	-8,488
40	Tara	6,329	0.385	-991	-6,080	40	Brandon	9,249	0.541	-84	-6,066
41	Megan	5,897	0.359	-504	-5,333	41	Kenneth	9,024	0.528	-185	-7,369
42	Monica	5,865	0.357	-566	-5,370	42	Patrick	8,842	0.517	-147	-6,731
43	Misty	5,834	0.355	-4,049	-5,799	43	Bryan	7,296	0.427	-189	-5,663
44	Stacy	5,776	0.351	-1,272	-5,604	44	Jose	7,148	0.418	-45	-2,856
45	Tina	5,698	0.347	-1,639	-5,575	45	Sean	7,071	0.414	-224	-5,761
46	Jill	5,674	0.345	-5,456	-5,651	46	Travis	6,953	0.407	-267	-5,881
47	Tracy	5,629	0.342	-2,295	-5,551	47	Edward	6,486	0.379	-122	-4,218
48	Patricia	5,501	0.335	-865	-5,208	48	Donald	6,425	0.376	-478	-5,892
49	Susan	5,417	0.330	-1,030	-5,183	49	Keith	6,173	0.361	-455	-5,608
50	Cynthia	5,404	0.329	-643	-4,988	50	Jacob	6,164	0.361	37	5,606

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.