Top Names of 1978
The most popular names recorded in 1978 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |