Popular Baby Names in 1978

The most popular baby names in 1978.

All Girls Boys
Rank Name Gender Count
1 Michael Boy 67,133
2 Jason Boy 51,604
3 Christopher Boy 47,236
4 David Boy 40,684
5 James Boy 39,902
6 Matthew Boy 34,285
7 John Boy 34,018
8 Robert Boy 33,379
9 Brian Boy 29,435
10 Joseph Boy 26,667
11 Daniel Boy 26,442
12 Joshua Boy 25,206
13 William Boy 24,174
14 Ryan Boy 21,322
15 Kevin Boy 20,096
16 Eric Boy 19,763
17 Timothy Boy 19,597
18 Jeremy Boy 19,510
19 Jeffrey Boy 16,993
20 Anthony Boy 16,809
21 Richard Boy 16,733
22 Andrew Boy 16,722
23 Thomas Boy 16,483
24 Steven Boy 16,391
25 Nicholas Boy 16,343
26 Mark Boy 14,854
27 Charles Boy 14,845
28 Justin Boy 14,184
29 Adam Boy 13,919
30 Scott Boy 13,540
31 Jonathan Boy 12,514
32 Aaron Boy 12,298
33 Paul Boy 11,733
34 Benjamin Boy 11,414
35 Chad Boy 10,108
36 Nathan Boy 9,892
37 Stephen Boy 9,855
38 Gregory Boy 9,342
39 Shawn Boy 9,290
40 Brandon Boy 9,241
41 Kenneth Boy 9,021
42 Patrick Boy 8,831
43 Bryan Boy 7,291
44 Jose Boy 7,147
45 Sean Boy 7,062
46 Travis Boy 6,955
47 Edward Boy 6,480
48 Donald Boy 6,423
49 Keith Boy 6,172
50 Jacob Boy 6,162
51 Jesse Boy 6,107
52 Shaun Boy 6,105
53 Bradley Boy 6,096
54 Peter Boy 5,874
55 Ronald Boy 5,759
56 Todd Boy 5,497
57 Samuel Boy 5,393
58 George Boy 5,299
59 Douglas Boy 5,150
60 Gary Boy 5,112
61 Corey Boy 4,942
62 Juan Boy 4,837
63 Kyle Boy 4,517
64 Larry Boy 4,514
65 Shane Boy 4,480
66 Craig Boy 4,473
67 Phillip Boy 4,362
68 Dustin Boy 4,177
69 Raymond Boy 4,134
70 Marcus Boy 3,996
71 Dennis Boy 3,860
72 Jared Boy 3,847
73 Cory Boy 3,843
74 Joel Boy 3,810
75 Derek Boy 3,801
76 Derrick Boy 3,786
77 Frank Boy 3,776
78 Carlos Boy 3,729
79 Antonio Boy 3,677
80 Jeffery Boy 3,543
81 Jeremiah Boy 3,445
82 Jerry Boy 3,427
83 Wesley Boy 3,306
84 Philip Boy 3,298
85 Erik Boy 3,262
86 Randy Boy 3,220
87 Brent Boy 3,181
88 Troy Boy 3,153
89 Zachary Boy 3,129
90 Gabriel Boy 3,126
91 Terry Boy 3,089
92 Casey Boy 3,003
93 Russell Boy 2,984
94 Nathaniel Boy 2,925
95 Jamie Boy 2,865
96 Curtis Boy 2,825
97 Tony Boy 2,772
98 Alexander Boy 2,739
99 Billy Boy 2,695
100 Carl Boy 2,606