Top baby names of 1978
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4Christopher55,402
- 5David47,642
- 6James46,726
- 7Matthew40,170
- 8John39,828
- 9Robert39,064
- 10Brian34,478
- 11Melissa34,476
- 12Jessica31,772
- 13Joseph31,234
- 14Daniel30,940
- 15Joshua29,524
- 16William28,306
- 17Amy28,268
- 18Heather27,110
- 19Amanda24,976
- 20Ryan24,976
- 21Angela24,962
- 22Sarah24,318
- 23Kevin23,538
- 24Eric23,148
- 25Timothy22,964
- 26Michelle22,948
- 27Jeremy22,844
- 28Nicole21,008
- 29Lisa20,720
- 30Kelly20,668
- 31Kimberly20,534
- 32Elizabeth20,456
- 33Christina19,924
- 34Jeffrey19,910
- 35Stephanie19,750
- 36Anthony19,672
- 37Richard19,598
- 38Andrew19,588
- 39Thomas19,290
- 40Steven19,198
- 41Nicholas19,136
- 42Mark17,384
- 43Charles17,378
- 44Rebecca16,794
- 45Justin16,612
- 46Adam16,292
- 47Scott15,848
- 48Crystal15,322
- 49Jonathan14,664
- 50Aaron14,412
- 51Paul13,718
- 52Laura13,676
- 53Jamie13,366
- 54Benjamin13,364
- 55Erin13,128
- 56Shannon12,898
- 57Andrea12,738
- 58Mary12,228
- 59Rachel11,932
- 60Julie11,920
- 61Chad11,836
- 62April11,668
- 63Nathan11,584
- 64Stephen11,542
- 65Gregory10,936
- 66Shawn10,872
- 67Brandon10,828
- 68Sara10,788
- 69Kenneth10,568
- 70Patrick10,342
- 71Christine10,066
- 72Amber9,948
- 73Danielle9,720
- 74Tiffany9,374
- 75Emily9,098
- 76Erica8,938
- 77Carrie8,908
- 78Bryan8,542
- 79Maria8,522
- 80Jose8,358
- 81Sean8,260
- 82Brandy8,148
- 83Travis8,144
- 84Katherine8,060
- 85Karen7,754
- 86Tara7,704
- 87Edward7,578
- 88Donald7,524
- 89Keith7,232
- 90Jacob7,210
- 91Megan7,176
- 92Monica7,140
- 93Misty7,102
- 94Stacy7,030
- 95Tina6,926
- 96Jill6,906
- 97Tracy6,848
- 98Patricia6,690
- 99Susan6,604
- 100Cynthia6,580