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Top Names of 1979

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Top 100 girls

  1. 1Jennifer56,712 babies
  2. 2Melissa34,050 babies
  3. 3Amanda31,924 babies
  4. 4Jessica27,780 babies
  5. 5Amy21,609 babies
  6. 6Sarah21,015 babies
  7. 7Heather20,834 babies
  8. 8Angela20,256 babies
  9. 9Nicole19,510 babies
  10. 10Michelle19,266 babies
  11. 11Elizabeth18,073 babies
  12. 12Kimberly17,635 babies
  13. 13Lisa17,286 babies
  14. 14Christina16,454 babies
  15. 15Stephanie16,204 babies
  16. 16Kelly15,296 babies
  17. 17Rebecca14,548 babies
  18. 18Crystal13,467 babies
  19. 19Jamie12,156 babies
  20. 20Laura11,880 babies
  21. 21Erin11,259 babies
  22. 22Amber11,079 babies
  23. 23April10,902 babies
  24. 24Mary10,555 babies
  25. 25Shannon10,370 babies
  26. 26Andrea10,336 babies
  27. 27Rachel10,230 babies
  28. 28Tiffany9,611 babies
  29. 29Julie9,254 babies
  30. 30Sara8,654 babies
  31. 31Megan8,293 babies
  32. 32Erica8,178 babies
  33. 33Danielle7,981 babies
  34. 34Emily7,971 babies
  35. 35Christine7,689 babies
  36. 36Katherine7,464 babies
  37. 37Maria7,339 babies
  38. 38Tara6,806 babies
  39. 39Brandy6,775 babies
  40. 40Monica6,585 babies
  41. 41Carrie6,354 babies
  42. 42Misty5,785 babies
  43. 43Stacy5,708 babies
  44. 44Patricia5,650 babies
  45. 45Lauren5,625 babies
  46. 46Karen5,599 babies
  47. 47Alicia5,547 babies
  48. 48Holly5,488 babies
  49. 49Tracy5,389 babies
  50. 50Kathryn5,312 babies
  51. 51Susan5,196 babies
  52. 52Jill5,192 babies
  53. 53Melanie5,021 babies
  54. 54Dana4,948 babies
  55. 55Cynthia4,931 babies
  56. 56Kristy4,880 babies
  57. 57Dawn4,725 babies
  58. 58Tina4,677 babies
  59. 59Anna4,670 babies
  60. 60Stacey4,613 babies
  61. 61Brandi4,609 babies
  62. 62Kristen4,568 babies
  63. 63Katie4,512 babies
  64. 64Wendy4,500 babies
  65. 65Leslie4,497 babies
  66. 66Samantha4,461 babies
  67. 67Ashley4,448 babies
  68. 68Natalie4,445 babies
  69. 69Lori4,432 babies
  70. 70Allison4,406 babies
  71. 71Courtney4,321 babies
  72. 72Christy4,286 babies
  73. 73Kristin4,264 babies
  74. 74Kristina4,130 babies
  75. 75Vanessa4,102 babies
  76. 76Veronica4,062 babies
  77. 77Sandra3,995 babies
  78. 78Catherine3,878 babies
  79. 79Tammy3,758 babies
  80. 80Jacqueline3,740 babies
  81. 81Mindy3,712 babies
  82. 82Melinda3,705 babies
  83. 83Heidi3,670 babies
  84. 84Kathleen3,641 babies
  85. 85Brooke3,505 babies
  86. 86Tonya3,495 babies
  87. 87Teresa3,481 babies
  88. 88Lindsay3,466 babies
  89. 89Valerie3,407 babies
  90. 90Pamela3,365 babies
  91. 91Erika3,316 babies
  92. 92Denise3,267 babies
  93. 93Tanya3,225 babies
  94. 94Cheryl3,210 babies
  95. 95Robin3,209 babies
  96. 96Gina3,116 babies
  97. 97Jaime3,086 babies
  98. 98Leah3,075 babies
  99. 99Katrina2,998 babies
  100. 100Theresa2,995 babies
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Top 100 boys

  1. 1Michael67,713 babies
  2. 2Christopher50,659 babies
  3. 3Jason50,369 babies
  4. 4David42,053 babies
  5. 5James39,351 babies
  6. 6Matthew35,621 babies
  7. 7John35,410 babies
  8. 8Robert34,015 babies
  9. 9Joshua31,120 babies
  10. 10Brian28,659 babies
  11. 11Joseph28,654 babies
  12. 12Daniel28,521 babies
  13. 13William24,676 babies
  14. 14Ryan23,212 babies
  15. 15Nicholas21,344 babies
  16. 16Jeremy21,005 babies
  17. 17Eric20,268 babies
  18. 18Timothy19,077 babies
  19. 19Kevin18,733 babies
  20. 20Andrew18,618 babies
  21. 21Anthony17,513 babies
  22. 22Justin17,390 babies
  23. 23Adam17,046 babies
  24. 24Jeffrey16,865 babies
  25. 25Richard16,713 babies
  26. 26Thomas16,454 babies
  27. 27Steven16,331 babies
  28. 28Charles14,806 babies
  29. 29Scott14,440 babies
  30. 30Mark14,386 babies
  31. 31Jonathan14,331 babies
  32. 32Aaron13,076 babies
  33. 33Benjamin12,512 babies
  34. 34Paul11,630 babies
  35. 35Brandon11,302 babies
  36. 36Travis11,037 babies
  37. 37Nathan10,719 babies
  38. 38Chad10,161 babies
  39. 39Patrick9,979 babies
  40. 40Stephen9,903 babies
  41. 41Kenneth9,236 babies
  42. 42Gregory9,109 babies
  43. 43Shawn7,910 babies
  44. 44Jose7,848 babies
  45. 45Jacob7,545 babies
  46. 46Bryan7,441 babies
  47. 47Bradley6,923 babies
  48. 48Edward6,877 babies
  49. 49Sean6,850 babies
  50. 50Jesse6,679 babies
  51. 51Donald6,508 babies
  52. 52Keith6,186 babies
  53. 53Peter6,079 babies
  54. 54Ronald5,694 babies
  55. 55Samuel5,687 babies
  56. 56Kyle5,449 babies
  57. 57George5,263 babies
  58. 58Douglas5,167 babies
  59. 59Gary5,038 babies
  60. 60Todd4,984 babies
  61. 61Juan4,946 babies
  62. 62Dustin4,899 babies
  63. 63Corey4,738 babies
  64. 64Shaun4,736 babies
  65. 65Jared4,670 babies
  66. 66Erik4,640 babies
  67. 67Shane4,482 babies
  68. 68Phillip4,422 babies
  69. 69Larry4,393 babies
  70. 70Raymond4,335 babies
  71. 71Joel4,216 babies
  72. 72Derek4,200 babies
  73. 73Carlos4,165 babies
  74. 74Zachary4,156 babies
  75. 75Dennis4,080 babies
  76. 76Marcus4,048 babies
  77. 77Craig4,029 babies
  78. 78Frank3,928 babies
  79. 79Antonio3,801 babies
  80. 80Derrick3,729 babies
  81. 81Jeremiah3,719 babies
  82. 82Cory3,587 babies
  83. 83Philip3,460 babies
  84. 84Brent3,455 babies
  85. 85Jerry3,446 babies
  86. 86Randy3,416 babies
  87. 87Jeffery3,357 babies
  88. 88Jamie3,240 babies
  89. 89Wesley3,237 babies
  90. 90Gabriel3,235 babies
  91. 91Curtis3,200 babies
  92. 92Russell3,132 babies
  93. 93Casey3,082 babies
  94. 94Alexander3,058 babies
  95. 95Nathaniel3,040 babies
  96. 95Terry3,040 babies
  97. 97Billy2,998 babies
  98. 98Brett2,997 babies
  99. 99Troy2,964 babies
  100. 100Carl2,898 babies
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