Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1979

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	56,712
2	Melissa	34,050
3	Amanda	31,924
4	Jessica	27,780
5	Amy	21,609
6	Sarah	21,015
7	Heather	20,834
8	Angela	20,256
9	Nicole	19,510
10	Michelle	19,266
11	Elizabeth	18,073
12	Kimberly	17,635
13	Lisa	17,286
14	Christina	16,454
15	Stephanie	16,204
16	Kelly	15,296
17	Rebecca	14,548
18	Crystal	13,467
19	Jamie	12,156
20	Laura	11,880
21	Erin	11,259
22	Amber	11,079
23	April	10,902
24	Mary	10,555
25	Shannon	10,370
26	Andrea	10,336
27	Rachel	10,230
28	Tiffany	9,611
29	Julie	9,254
30	Sara	8,654
31	Megan	8,293
32	Erica	8,178
33	Danielle	7,981
34	Emily	7,971
35	Christine	7,689
36	Katherine	7,464
37	Maria	7,339
38	Tara	6,806
39	Brandy	6,775
40	Monica	6,585
41	Carrie	6,354
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
51	Susan	5,196
52	Jill	5,192
53	Melanie	5,021
54	Dana	4,948
55	Cynthia	4,931
56	Kristy	4,880
57	Dawn	4,725
58	Tina	4,677
59	Anna	4,670
60	Stacey	4,613
61	Brandi	4,609
62	Kristen	4,568
63	Katie	4,512
64	Wendy	4,500
65	Leslie	4,497
66	Samantha	4,461
67	Ashley	4,448
68	Natalie	4,445
69	Lori	4,432
70	Allison	4,406
71	Courtney	4,321
72	Christy	4,286
73	Kristin	4,264
74	Kristina	4,130
75	Vanessa	4,102
76	Veronica	4,062
77	Sandra	3,995
78	Catherine	3,878
79	Tammy	3,758
80	Jacqueline	3,740
81	Mindy	3,712
82	Melinda	3,705
83	Heidi	3,670
84	Kathleen	3,641
85	Brooke	3,505
86	Tonya	3,495
87	Teresa	3,481
88	Lindsay	3,466
89	Valerie	3,407
90	Pamela	3,365
91	Erika	3,316
92	Denise	3,267
93	Tanya	3,225
94	Cheryl	3,210
95	Robin	3,209
96	Gina	3,116
97	Jaime	3,086
98	Leah	3,075
99	Katrina	2,998
100	Theresa	2,995

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	67,713
2	Christopher	50,659
3	Jason	50,369
4	David	42,053
5	James	39,351
6	Matthew	35,621
7	John	35,410
8	Robert	34,015
9	Joshua	31,120
10	Brian	28,659
11	Joseph	28,654
12	Daniel	28,521
13	William	24,676
14	Ryan	23,212
15	Nicholas	21,344
16	Jeremy	21,005
17	Eric	20,268
18	Timothy	19,077
19	Kevin	18,733
20	Andrew	18,618
21	Anthony	17,513
22	Justin	17,390
23	Adam	17,046
24	Jeffrey	16,865
25	Richard	16,713
26	Thomas	16,454
27	Steven	16,331
28	Charles	14,806
29	Scott	14,440
30	Mark	14,386
31	Jonathan	14,331
32	Aaron	13,076
33	Benjamin	12,512
34	Paul	11,630
35	Brandon	11,302
36	Travis	11,037
37	Nathan	10,719
38	Chad	10,161
39	Patrick	9,979
40	Stephen	9,903
41	Kenneth	9,236
42	Gregory	9,109
43	Shawn	7,910
44	Jose	7,848
45	Jacob	7,545
46	Bryan	7,441
47	Bradley	6,923
48	Edward	6,877
49	Sean	6,850
50	Jesse	6,679
51	Donald	6,508
52	Keith	6,186
53	Peter	6,079
54	Ronald	5,694
55	Samuel	5,687
56	Kyle	5,449
57	George	5,263
58	Douglas	5,167
59	Gary	5,038
60	Todd	4,984
61	Juan	4,946
62	Dustin	4,899
63	Corey	4,738
64	Shaun	4,736
65	Jared	4,670
66	Erik	4,640
67	Shane	4,482
68	Phillip	4,422
69	Larry	4,393
70	Raymond	4,335
71	Joel	4,216
72	Derek	4,200
73	Carlos	4,165
74	Zachary	4,156
75	Dennis	4,080
76	Marcus	4,048
77	Craig	4,029
78	Frank	3,928
79	Antonio	3,801
80	Derrick	3,729
81	Jeremiah	3,719
82	Cory	3,587
83	Philip	3,460
84	Brent	3,455
85	Jerry	3,446
86	Randy	3,416
87	Jeffery	3,357
88	Jamie	3,240
89	Wesley	3,237
90	Gabriel	3,235
91	Curtis	3,200
92	Russell	3,132
93	Casey	3,082
94	Alexander	3,058
95	Nathaniel	3,040
95	Terry	3,040
97	Billy	2,998
98	Brett	2,997
99	Troy	2,964
100	Carl	2,898