Most popular US names of 1979
The 100 most given girl names and boy names in 1979, by count of births. Source: US Social Security Administration.
♀ Girls
- Jennifer
- Melissa
- Amanda
- Jessica
- Amy
- Sarah
- Heather
- Angela
- Nicole
- Michelle
- Elizabeth
- Kimberly
- Lisa
- Christina
- Stephanie
- Kelly
- Rebecca
- Crystal
- Jamie
- Laura
- Erin
- Amber
- April
- Mary
- Shannon
- Andrea
- Rachel
- Tiffany
- Julie
- Sara
- Megan
- Erica
- Danielle
- Emily
- Christine
- Katherine
- Maria
- Tara
- Brandy
- Monica
- Carrie
- Misty
- Stacy
- Patricia
- Lauren
- Karen
- Alicia
- Holly
- Tracy
- Kathryn
- Susan
- Jill
- Melanie
- Dana
- Cynthia
- Kristy
- Dawn
- Tina
- Anna
- Stacey
- Brandi
- Kristen
- Katie
- Wendy
- Leslie
- Samantha
- Ashley
- Natalie
- Lori
- Allison
- Courtney
- Christy
- Kristin
- Kristina
- Vanessa
- Veronica
- Sandra
- Catherine
- Tammy
- Jacqueline
- Mindy
- Melinda
- Heidi
- Kathleen
- Brooke
- Tonya
- Teresa
- Lindsay
- Valerie
- Pamela
- Erika
- Denise
- Tanya
- Cheryl
- Robin
- Gina
- Jaime
- Leah
- Katrina
- Theresa
♂ Boys
- Michael
- Christopher
- Jason
- David
- James
- Matthew
- John
- Robert
- Joshua
- Brian
- Joseph
- Daniel
- William
- Ryan
- Nicholas
- Jeremy
- Eric
- Timothy
- Kevin
- Andrew
- Anthony
- Justin
- Adam
- Jeffrey
- Richard
- Thomas
- Steven
- Charles
- Scott
- Mark
- Jonathan
- Aaron
- Benjamin
- Paul
- Brandon
- Travis
- Nathan
- Chad
- Patrick
- Stephen
- Kenneth
- Gregory
- Shawn
- Jose
- Jacob
- Bryan
- Bradley
- Edward
- Sean
- Jesse
- Donald
- Keith
- Peter
- Ronald
- Samuel
- Kyle
- George
- Douglas
- Gary
- Todd
- Juan
- Dustin
- Corey
- Shaun
- Jared
- Erik
- Shane
- Phillip
- Larry
- Raymond
- Joel
- Derek
- Carlos
- Zachary
- Dennis
- Marcus
- Craig
- Frank
- Antonio
- Derrick
- Jeremiah
- Cory
- Philip
- Brent
- Jerry
- Randy
- Jeffery
- Jamie
- Wesley
- Gabriel
- Curtis
- Russell
- Casey
- Alexander
- Nathaniel
- Terry
- Billy
- Brett
- Troy
- Carl