Most Popular Baby Names in 1978

#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 #51 Jesse 6,107 #52 Shaun 6,105 #53 Bradley 6,096 #54 Peter 5,874 #55 Ronald 5,759 #56 Todd 5,497 #57 Samuel 5,393 #58 George 5,299 #59 Douglas 5,150 #60 Gary 5,112 #61 Corey 4,942 #62 Juan 4,837 #63 Kyle 4,517 #64 Larry 4,514 #65 Shane 4,480 #66 Craig 4,473 #67 Phillip 4,362 #68 Dustin 4,177 #69 Raymond 4,134 #70 Marcus 3,996 #71 Dennis 3,860 #72 Jared 3,847 #73 Cory 3,843 #74 Joel 3,810 #75 Derek 3,801 #76 Derrick 3,786 #77 Frank 3,776 #78 Carlos 3,729 #79 Antonio 3,677 #80 Jeffery 3,543 #81 Jeremiah 3,445 #82 Jerry 3,427 #83 Wesley 3,306 #84 Philip 3,298 #85 Erik 3,262 #86 Randy 3,220 #87 Brent 3,181 #88 Troy 3,153 #89 Zachary 3,129 #90 Gabriel 3,126 #91 Terry 3,089 #92 Casey 3,003 #93 Russell 2,984 #94 Nathaniel 2,925 #95 Jamie 2,865 #96 Curtis 2,825 #97 Tony 2,772 #98 Alexander 2,739 #99 Billy 2,695 #100 Carl 2,606

#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 #51 Kristy 5,332 #52 Dawn 5,217 #53 Stacey 4,998 #54 Melanie 4,996 #55 Holly 4,972 #56 Wendy 4,918 #57 Kathryn 4,808 #58 Alicia 4,752 #59 Christy 4,661 #60 Lori 4,631 #61 Brandi 4,500 #62 Kristen 4,368 #63 Leslie 4,342 #64 Kristina 4,229 #65 Anna 4,173 #66 Natalie 4,165 #67 Tammy 4,070 #68 Courtney 4,031 #69 Sandra 4,005 #70 Dana 4,003 #71 Jaime 4,003 #72 Catherine 3,959 #73 Veronica 3,934 #74 Samantha 3,888 #75 Allison 3,864 #76 Vanessa 3,853 #77 Tonya 3,826 #78 Kristin 3,807 #79 Kathleen 3,743 #80 Lauren 3,670 #81 Jacqueline 3,576 #82 Tanya 3,576 #83 Heidi 3,567 #84 Melinda 3,563 #85 Denise 3,519 #86 Michele 3,484 #87 Ashley 3,482 #88 Teresa 3,472 #89 Robin 3,440 #90 Katie 3,426 #91 Sabrina 3,350 #92 Valerie 3,299 #93 Gina 3,221 #94 Cheryl 3,167 #95 Lindsay 3,123 #96 Mandy 3,110 #97 Nancy 3,045 #98 Kristi 2,992 #99 Renee 2,969 #100 Linda 2,930