Top Names of 1977
The most popular names recorded in 1977 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 58,964 |
| 2 | Melissa | 26,880 |
| 3 | Amy | 26,730 |
| 4 | Jessica | 24,845 |
| 5 | Heather | 23,773 |
| 6 | Angela | 20,999 |
| 7 | Michelle | 19,540 |
| 8 | Kimberly | 18,285 |
| 9 | Amanda | 18,280 |
| 10 | Kelly | 18,234 |
| 11 | Sarah | 18,096 |
| 12 | Lisa | 17,013 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 16,431 |
| 14 | Stephanie | 15,417 |
| 15 | Nicole | 15,247 |
| 16 | Christina | 14,500 |
| 17 | Rebecca | 14,196 |
| 18 | Jamie | 12,895 |
| 19 | Shannon | 12,519 |
| 20 | Laura | 11,320 |
| 21 | Mary | 10,654 |
| 22 | Julie | 10,205 |
| 23 | Erin | 10,198 |
| 24 | Andrea | 9,783 |
| 25 | Crystal | 9,725 |
| 26 | Rachel | 8,975 |
| 27 | Sara | 8,709 |
| 28 | Carrie | 8,661 |
| 29 | April | 8,068 |
| 30 | Christine | 7,887 |
| 31 | Danielle | 7,616 |
| 32 | Karen | 7,441 |
| 33 | Amber | 7,207 |
| 34 | Tiffany | 7,206 |
| 35 | Tara | 7,198 |
| 36 | Maria | 7,093 |
| 37 | Emily | 6,879 |
| 38 | Erica | 6,623 |
| 39 | Monica | 6,366 |
| 40 | Misty | 6,315 |
| 41 | Jill | 6,238 |
| 42 | Stacy | 6,154 |
| 43 | Dawn | 6,096 |
| 44 | Katherine | 6,030 |
| 45 | Susan | 5,960 |
| 46 | Jaime | 5,906 |
| 47 | Patricia | 5,904 |
| 48 | Cynthia | 5,782 |
| 49 | Wendy | 5,764 |
| 50 | Tracy | 5,756 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,588 |
| 2 | Jason | 55,636 |
| 3 | Christopher | 46,725 |
| 4 | David | 40,516 |
| 5 | James | 40,043 |
| 6 | Robert | 34,217 |
| 7 | John | 34,199 |
| 8 | Brian | 32,494 |
| 9 | Matthew | 31,967 |
| 10 | Joseph | 26,485 |
| 11 | Daniel | 26,074 |
| 12 | William | 24,757 |
| 13 | Kevin | 22,461 |
| 14 | Joshua | 22,069 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 21,611 |
| 16 | Ryan | 21,249 |
| 17 | Eric | 20,745 |
| 18 | Timothy | 17,976 |
| 19 | Jeffrey | 17,479 |
| 20 | Richard | 17,442 |
| 21 | Anthony | 16,804 |
| 22 | Thomas | 16,591 |
| 23 | Steven | 16,489 |
| 24 | Andrew | 16,018 |
| 25 | Mark | 15,419 |
| 26 | Charles | 14,743 |
| 27 | Scott | 14,207 |
| 28 | Jonathan | 12,322 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 12,107 |
| 30 | Justin | 12,010 |
| 31 | Paul | 11,799 |
| 32 | Aaron | 11,631 |
| 33 | Adam | 11,031 |
| 34 | Chad | 10,831 |
| 35 | Gregory | 10,053 |
| 36 | Nathan | 9,888 |
| 37 | Shawn | 9,865 |
| 38 | Stephen | 9,636 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 9,453 |
| 40 | Patrick | 8,306 |
| 41 | Brandon | 8,272 |
| 42 | Bryan | 7,886 |
| 43 | Sean | 7,627 |
| 44 | Travis | 7,277 |
| 45 | Jose | 6,918 |
| 46 | Donald | 6,866 |
| 47 | Edward | 6,840 |
| 48 | Keith | 6,598 |
| 49 | Bradley | 6,431 |
| 50 | Todd | 6,278 |