Popular baby names of 1977

In 1977, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (58,964 babies) and Michael for boys (67,587). Social Security records show 3,176,366 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 11,329 girls' names and 6,861 boys' names.

1977 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.7% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 24.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Sabrina, Kristy, Vanessa, Beth, Diana.
New in the boys' top 100: Wesley, Alexander, Jimmy, Curtis.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976
1	Jennifer	58,964	–
2	Melissa	26,879	↑1
3	Amy	26,729	↓1
4	Jessica	24,846	↑4
5	Heather	23,773	↓1
6	Angela	20,998	↓1
7	Michelle	19,540	↓1
8	Kimberly	18,286	↓1
9	Amanda	18,278	↑1
10	Kelly	18,234	↑9
11	Sarah	18,096	↑4
12	Lisa	17,014	↓3
13	Elizabeth	16,431	↑3
14	Stephanie	15,417	↓3
15	Nicole	15,247	↓2
16	Christina	14,501	↓2
17	Rebecca	14,196	↓5
18	Jamie	12,895	–
19	Shannon	12,518	↓2
20	Laura	11,318	–
21	Mary	10,656	↑1
22	Julie	10,204	↓1
23	Erin	10,198	↑1
24	Andrea	9,782	↑1
25	Crystal	9,724	↑11
26	Rachel	8,976	↓3
27	Sara	8,709	–
28	Carrie	8,661	–
29	April	8,068	↑1
30	Christine	7,886	↓4
31	Danielle	7,616	↑2
32	Karen	7,441	↓1
33	Amber	7,207	↑16
34	Tiffany	7,205	↓2
35	Tara	7,198	↑7
36	Maria	7,094	↓2
37	Emily	6,879	↑13
38	Erica	6,624	↑16
39	Monica	6,366	↑6
40	Misty	6,315	↑6
41	Jill	6,238	↑11
42	Stacy	6,154	↓4
43	Dawn	6,096	↓8
44	Katherine	6,030	↑13
45	Susan	5,961	↓5
46	Jaime	5,906	↓17
47	Patricia	5,903	↓4
48	Cynthia	5,782	↓4
49	Wendy	5,764	↓10
50	Tracy	5,756	↓13
51	Brandy	5,477	↑4
52	Holly	5,463	↑4
53	Melanie	5,373	–
54	Megan	5,320	↑8
55	Tammy	5,310	↓14
56	Stacey	5,206	↓5
57	Lori	5,072	↓10
58	Tina	4,951	↓10
59	Christy	4,602	↑1
60	Alicia	4,400	↑11
61	Sandra	4,373	↓2
62	Dana	4,339	↑2
63	Sabrina	4,305	new
64	Tonya	4,263	↓6
65	Leslie	4,250	–
66	Allison	4,205	↑1
67	Tanya	4,085	↓6
68	Kristy	4,045	new
69	Natalie	4,043	↑11
70	Kathryn	3,964	↑18
71	Brandi	3,885	↑8
72	Kristen	3,861	↑1
73	Veronica	3,853	↓5
74	Anna	3,851	↑4
75	Catherine	3,840	↓3
76	Courtney	3,808	–
77	Michele	3,711	↓14
78	Denise	3,681	↓9
79	Teresa	3,654	↓13
80	Kathleen	3,649	↑2
81	Heidi	3,640	↓11
82	Kristin	3,605	↓8
83	Kristina	3,539	↑14
84	Robin	3,428	↓9
85	Samantha	3,284	–
86	Valerie	3,266	↓3
87	Renee	3,259	↓1
88	Gina	3,231	↑6
89	Nancy	3,222	↓2
90	Vanessa	3,209	new
91	Brenda	3,151	↓14
92	Jacqueline	3,148	↑7
93	Tamara	3,126	↓2
94	Mandy	3,100	↑6
95	Sharon	3,089	↓14
96	Melinda	3,044	↓1
97	Beth	2,967	new
98	Theresa	2,914	↓9
99	Linda	2,912	↓9
100	Diana	2,846	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976
1	Michael	67,587	–
2	Jason	55,631	–
3	Christopher	46,721	–
4	David	40,515	–
5	James	40,040	–
6	Robert	34,214	↑1
7	John	34,195	↓1
8	Brian	32,492	–
9	Matthew	31,965	–
10	Joseph	26,483	↑2
11	Daniel	26,073	↓1
12	William	24,758	↓1
13	Kevin	22,463	↑2
14	Joshua	22,068	↑4
15	Jeremy	21,610	↓1
16	Ryan	21,246	–
17	Eric	20,745	↓4
18	Timothy	17,977	↑3
19	Jeffrey	17,481	↓2
20	Richard	17,442	↓1
21	Anthony	16,804	↑1
22	Thomas	16,586	↑1
23	Steven	16,484	↓3
24	Andrew	16,017	↑3
25	Mark	15,418	–
26	Charles	14,743	–
27	Scott	14,203	↓3
28	Jonathan	12,319	↑3
29	Benjamin	12,106	↑3
30	Justin	12,008	↑3
31	Paul	11,798	↓3
32	Aaron	11,631	↓2
33	Adam	11,030	↑3
34	Chad	10,831	↓5
35	Gregory	10,052	–
36	Nathan	9,886	↑3
37	Shawn	9,865	↓3
38	Stephen	9,635	↓1
39	Kenneth	9,452	↓1
40	Patrick	8,305	↑1
41	Brandon	8,272	↓1
42	Bryan	7,886	↑1
43	Sean	7,625	↓1
44	Travis	7,277	↑2
45	Jose	6,919	↓1
46	Donald	6,866	↑1
47	Edward	6,840	↓2
48	Keith	6,597	–
49	Bradley	6,431	↑2
50	Todd	6,276	–
51	Nicholas	6,071	↑26
52	Corey	6,041	↑12
53	Ronald	6,026	↓4
54	Jesse	5,823	↑1
55	Peter	5,821	↓1
56	Jacob	5,788	↑7
57	George	5,606	↓4
58	Gary	5,447	↓6
59	Douglas	5,297	↓3
60	Samuel	5,257	↓1
61	Shane	4,868	↓4
62	Larry	4,837	↓2
63	Juan	4,562	↓5
64	Craig	4,560	↓3
65	Raymond	4,372	–
66	Wesley	4,302	new
67	Cory	4,259	↑16
68	Dennis	4,152	↓2
69	Jeremiah	4,151	↑24
70	Phillip	3,967	↓1
71	Frank	3,894	↓3
72	Marcus	3,846	↑2
73	Joel	3,824	↓1
74	Carlos	3,795	↓4
75	Jerry	3,745	↓8
76	Jared	3,738	↑14
77	Antonio	3,662	↓6
78	Jeffery	3,564	↓2
79	Kyle	3,505	↑1
80	Derrick	3,481	↑11
81	Dustin	3,477	↑1
82	Jamie	3,447	↓20
83	Terry	3,443	↓8
84	Derek	3,441	–
85	Brent	3,423	↓7
86	Randy	3,397	↓7
87	Gabriel	3,346	↓6
88	Troy	3,307	↓15
89	Russell	3,124	↓2
90	Philip	3,093	↓1
91	Billy	2,950	↓6
92	Tony	2,938	↓6
93	Johnny	2,801	↓1
94	Erik	2,786	–
95	Zachary	2,777	↑2
96	Alexander	2,704	new
97	Rodney	2,703	↓9
98	Jimmy	2,637	new
99	Carl	2,615	↓4
100	Curtis	2,605	new

Every name given in 1977

All 18,190 names Social Security recorded for 1977, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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