Top Names of 1979
The most popular names recorded in 1979 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 56,716 |
| 2 | Melissa | 34,050 |
| 3 | Amanda | 31,925 |
| 4 | Jessica | 27,782 |
| 5 | Amy | 21,609 |
| 6 | Sarah | 21,017 |
| 7 | Heather | 20,834 |
| 8 | Angela | 20,257 |
| 9 | Nicole | 19,509 |
| 10 | Michelle | 19,266 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 18,075 |
| 12 | Kimberly | 17,637 |
| 13 | Lisa | 17,285 |
| 14 | Christina | 16,453 |
| 15 | Stephanie | 16,204 |
| 16 | Kelly | 15,296 |
| 17 | Rebecca | 14,550 |
| 18 | Crystal | 13,468 |
| 19 | Jamie | 12,156 |
| 20 | Laura | 11,880 |
| 21 | Erin | 11,259 |
| 22 | Amber | 11,080 |
| 23 | April | 10,902 |
| 24 | Mary | 10,556 |
| 25 | Shannon | 10,370 |
| 26 | Andrea | 10,337 |
| 27 | Rachel | 10,229 |
| 28 | Tiffany | 9,611 |
| 29 | Julie | 9,254 |
| 30 | Sara | 8,654 |
| 31 | Megan | 8,293 |
| 32 | Erica | 8,178 |
| 33 | Danielle | 7,980 |
| 34 | Emily | 7,971 |
| 35 | Christine | 7,689 |
| 36 | Katherine | 7,465 |
| 37 | Maria | 7,335 |
| 38 | Tara | 6,806 |
| 39 | Brandy | 6,775 |
| 40 | Monica | 6,585 |
| 41 | Carrie | 6,355 |
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,718 |
| 2 | Christopher | 50,667 |
| 3 | Jason | 50,371 |
| 4 | David | 42,062 |
| 5 | James | 39,351 |
| 6 | Matthew | 35,625 |
| 7 | John | 35,412 |
| 8 | Robert | 34,018 |
| 9 | Joshua | 31,125 |
| 10 | Brian | 28,664 |
| 11 | Joseph | 28,653 |
| 12 | Daniel | 28,521 |
| 13 | William | 24,680 |
| 14 | Ryan | 23,211 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 21,343 |
| 16 | Jeremy | 21,007 |
| 17 | Eric | 20,269 |
| 18 | Timothy | 19,078 |
| 19 | Kevin | 18,734 |
| 20 | Andrew | 18,617 |
| 21 | Anthony | 17,517 |
| 22 | Justin | 17,392 |
| 23 | Adam | 17,050 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 16,867 |
| 25 | Richard | 16,713 |
| 26 | Thomas | 16,456 |
| 27 | Steven | 16,335 |
| 28 | Charles | 14,807 |
| 29 | Scott | 14,441 |
| 30 | Mark | 14,393 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 14,333 |
| 32 | Aaron | 13,075 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 12,514 |
| 34 | Paul | 11,632 |
| 35 | Brandon | 11,302 |
| 36 | Travis | 11,037 |
| 37 | Nathan | 10,721 |
| 38 | Chad | 10,162 |
| 39 | Patrick | 9,980 |
| 40 | Stephen | 9,905 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 9,237 |
| 42 | Gregory | 9,108 |
| 43 | Shawn | 7,909 |
| 44 | Jose | 7,848 |
| 45 | Jacob | 7,546 |
| 46 | Bryan | 7,441 |
| 47 | Bradley | 6,926 |
| 48 | Edward | 6,875 |
| 49 | Sean | 6,853 |
| 50 | Jesse | 6,680 |