Top baby names of 1979
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4Jason56,262
- 5David46,970
- 6James43,962
- 7Matthew39,788
- 8John39,572
- 9Melissa39,532
- 10Robert38,004
- 11Amanda37,070
- 12Joshua34,770
- 13Jessica32,246
- 14Brian32,018
- 15Joseph32,006
- 16Daniel31,838
- 17William27,576
- 18Ryan25,908
- 19Amy25,096
- 20Sarah24,394
- 21Heather24,194
- 22Nicholas23,848
- 23Angela23,518
- 24Jeremy23,480
- 25Eric22,640
- 26Nicole22,638
- 27Michelle22,368
- 28Timothy21,292
- 29Elizabeth20,972
- 30Kevin20,924
- 31Andrew20,792
- 32Kimberly20,486
- 33Lisa20,062
- 34Anthony19,568
- 35Justin19,414
- 36Christina19,106
- 37Adam19,052
- 38Jeffrey18,834
- 39Stephanie18,816
- 40Richard18,668
- 41Thomas18,394
- 42Steven18,236
- 43Kelly17,766
- 44Rebecca16,890
- 45Charles16,562
- 46Scott16,138
- 47Mark16,058
- 48Jonathan15,992
- 49Crystal15,640
- 50Aaron14,598
- 51Jamie14,114
- 52Benjamin13,978
- 53Laura13,796
- 54Erin13,064
- 55Paul13,000
- 56Amber12,862
- 57April12,658
- 58Brandon12,620
- 59Travis12,338
- 60Mary12,248
- 61Shannon12,032
- 62Andrea11,996
- 63Nathan11,982
- 64Rachel11,876
- 65Chad11,344
- 66Tiffany11,160
- 67Patrick11,146
- 68Stephen11,046
- 69Julie10,746
- 70Kenneth10,318
- 71Gregory10,176
- 72Sara10,038
- 73Megan9,630
- 74Erica9,492
- 75Danielle9,268
- 76Emily9,260
- 77Christine8,922
- 78Shawn8,842
- 79Jose8,750
- 80Katherine8,668
- 81Maria8,496
- 82Jacob8,420
- 83Bryan8,314
- 84Tara7,906
- 85Brandy7,870
- 86Bradley7,730
- 87Edward7,680
- 88Monica7,644
- 89Sean7,644
- 90Jesse7,470
- 91Carrie7,382
- 92Misty6,718
- 93Stacy6,632
- 94Patricia6,556
- 95Lauren6,526
- 96Karen6,506
- 97Alicia6,438
- 98Holly6,374
- 99Tracy6,264
- 100Kathryn6,166