Top Baby Names of 1978
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
1
Jennifer 56,318 2
Melissa 28,327 3
Jessica 26,103 4
Amy 23,214 5
Heather 22,270 6
Amanda 20,519 7
Angela 20,518 8
Sarah 19,976 9
Michelle 18,856 10
Nicole 17,280 11
Lisa 17,034 12
Kelly 16,977 13
Kimberly 16,878 14
Elizabeth 16,809 15
Christina 16,369 16
Stephanie 16,232 17
Rebecca 13,795 18
Crystal 12,592 19
Laura 11,242 20
Jamie 10,982 21
Erin 10,787 22
Shannon 10,599 23
Andrea 10,461 24
Mary 10,040 25
Rachel 9,802 26
Julie 9,794 27
April 9,591 28
Sara 8,869 29
Christine 8,272 30
Amber 8,174 31
Danielle 7,983 32
Tiffany 7,700 33
Emily 7,473 34
Erica 7,341 35
Carrie 7,318 36
Maria 7,019 37
Brandy 6,699 38
Katherine 6,625 39
Karen 6,371 40
Tara 6,330 41
Megan 5,897 42
Monica 5,867 43
Misty 5,834 44
Stacy 5,776 45
Tina 5,699 46
Jill 5,677 47
Tracy 5,631 48
Patricia 5,498 49
Susan 5,418 50
Cynthia 5,403 👦
Boy Names
1
Michael 67,133 2
Jason 51,604 3
Christopher 47,236 4
David 40,684 5
James 39,902 6
Matthew 34,285 7
John 34,018 8
Robert 33,379 9
Brian 29,435 10
Joseph 26,667 11
Daniel 26,442 12
Joshua 25,206 13
William 24,174 14
Ryan 21,322 15
Kevin 20,096 16
Eric 19,763 17
Timothy 19,597 18
Jeremy 19,510 19
Jeffrey 16,993 20
Anthony 16,809 21
Richard 16,733 22
Andrew 16,722 23
Thomas 16,483 24
Steven 16,391 25
Nicholas 16,343 26
Mark 14,854 27
Charles 14,845 28
Justin 14,184 29
Adam 13,919 30
Scott 13,540 31
Jonathan 12,514 32
Aaron 12,298 33
Paul 11,733 34
Benjamin 11,414 35
Chad 10,108 36
Nathan 9,892 37
Stephen 9,855 38
Gregory 9,342 39
Shawn 9,290 40
Brandon 9,241 41
Kenneth 9,021 42
Patrick 8,831 43
Bryan 7,291 44
Jose 7,147 45
Sean 7,062 46
Travis 6,955 47
Edward 6,480 48
Donald 6,423 49
Keith 6,172 50
Jacob 6,162 About 1978 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1978, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.