Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1978. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1978, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 58024 | Jennifer | 50856 |
| 2 | Jason | 47131 | Melissa | 24870 |
| 3 | Christopher | 41558 | Jessica | 22990 |
| 4 | David | 36133 | Heather | 21367 |
| 5 | James | 35105 | Amy | 21141 |
| 6 | Matthew | 32694 | Angela | 19690 |
| 7 | Robert | 29481 | Sarah | 19450 |
| 8 | John | 29387 | Amanda | 18984 |
| 9 | Brian | 26535 | Michelle | 17406 |
| 10 | Joshua | 25558 | Nicole | 15561 |
| 11 | Daniel | 24227 | Kimberly | 15340 |
| 12 | Joseph | 23175 | Lisa | 15181 |
| 13 | Ryan | 22389 | Kelly | 14877 |
| 14 | William | 20868 | Elizabeth | 14847 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 19596 | Christina | 14770 |
| 16 | Eric | 18042 | Stephanie | 14743 |
| 17 | Kevin | 17791 | Rebecca | 12637 |
| 18 | Timothy | 17740 | Crystal | 11209 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 16338 | Jamie | 10704 |
| 20 | Andrew | 15896 | Erin | 10135 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 15880 | Andrea | 10001 |
| 22 | Anthony | 15295 | Shannon | 9993 |
| 23 | Richard | 14997 | Laura | 9971 |
| 24 | Steven | 14886 | April | 9486 |
| 25 | Thomas | 13828 | Julie | 9325 |
| 26 | Justin | 13703 | Rachel | 9266 |
| 27 | Adam | 13408 | Mary | 8924 |
| 28 | Mark | 13025 | Amber | 8535 |
| 29 | Scott | 13015 | Sara | 8443 |
| 30 | Charles | 12780 | Tiffany | 7089 |
| 31 | Aaron | 12391 | Carrie | 7020 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 11406 | Emily | 6925 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 11230 | Christine | 6519 |
| 34 | Paul | 10058 | Erica | 6495 |
| 35 | Nathan | 9904 | Brandy | 6370 |
| 36 | Chad | 9720 | Danielle | 6331 |
| 37 | Brandon | 9405 | Maria | 6166 |
| 38 | Shawn | 8521 | Katherine | 5807 |
| 39 | Gregory | 8251 | Megan | 5552 |
| 40 | Stephen | 8173 | Tara | 5531 |
| 41 | Patrick | 7943 | Monica | 5463 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 7937 | Karen | 5393 |
| 43 | Travis | 7495 | Misty | 5376 |
| 44 | Bryan | 6733 | Stacy | 5225 |
| 45 | Jose | 6287 | Tracy | 5109 |
| 46 | Jacob | 6196 | Jill | 5097 |
| 47 | Sean | 6080 | Tina | 4977 |
| 48 | Donald | 5947 | Patricia | 4867 |
| 49 | Jesse | 5735 | Kristy | 4780 |
| 50 | Edward | 5452 | Holly | 4735 |
| 51 | Shaun | 5444 | Cynthia | 4712 |
| 52 | Bradley | 5182 | Alicia | 4675 |
| 53 | Ronald | 5157 | Wendy | 4621 |
| 54 | Keith | 5065 | Stacey | 4619 |
| 55 | Samuel | 4972 | Susan | 4560 |
| 56 | Todd | 4707 | Dawn | 4420 |
| 57 | Douglas | 4702 | Melanie | 4372 |
| 58 | Shane | 4453 | Brandi | 4328 |
| 59 | Peter | 4244 | Kathryn | 4219 |
| 60 | Gary | 4241 | Anna | 3886 |
| 61 | Phillip | 4106 | Natalie | 3736 |
| 62 | Corey | 4100 | Leslie | 3723 |
| 63 | Kyle | 4095 | Lori | 3648 |
| 64 | George | 4074 | Kristina | 3635 |
| 65 | Larry | 3990 | Christy | 3539 |
| 66 | Dustin | 3965 | Jaime | 3514 |
| 67 | Joel | 3798 | Heidi | 3337 |
| 68 | Juan | 3636 | Allison | 3313 |
| 69 | Jeremiah | 3455 | Catherine | 3100 |
| 70 | Jared | 3316 | Kristin | 3084 |
| 71 | Cory | 3199 | Kristen | 3060 |
| 72 | Craig | 3091 | Sandra | 3042 |
| 73 | Raymond | 3081 | Courtney | 3041 |
| 74 | Marcus | 2988 | Teresa | 2956 |
| 75 | Antonio | 2981 | Tammy | 2948 |
| 76 | Carlos | 2939 | Tonya | 2929 |
| 77 | Derek | 2881 | Veronica | 2791 |
| 78 | Jeffery | 2761 | Lindsay | 2757 |
| 79 | Erik | 2719 | Samantha | 2588 |
| 80 | Derrick | 2530 | Dana | 2530 |
| 81 | Troy | 2400 | Robin | 2508 |
| 82 | Terry | 2392 | Ashley | 2476 |
| 83 | Brent | 2387 | Kathleen | 2466 |
| 84 | Frank | 2363 | Jacqueline | 2439 |
| 85 | Dennis | 2302 | Melinda | 2353 |
| 86 | Randy | 2252 | Mandy | 2349 |
| 87 | Wesley | 2180 | Tanya | 2269 |
| 88 | Zachary | 2178 | Katie | 2266 |
| 89 | Gabriel | 2138 | Vanessa | 2254 |
| 90 | Casey | 2115 | Sabrina | 2243 |
| 91 | Jerry | 2073 | Valerie | 2198 |
| 92 | Curtis | 1954 | Denise | 2151 |
| 93 | Philip | 1852 | Renee | 2139 |
| 94 | Russell | 1835 | Gina | 2114 |
| 95 | Jesus | 1741 | Michele | 2085 |
| 96 | Mario | 1645 | Tamara | 1714 |
| 97 | Alexander | 1632 | Beth | 1712 |
| 98 | Seth | 1605 | Kristi | 1680 |
| 99 | Luis | 1593 | Linda | 1622 |
| 100 | Nathaniel | 1559 | Nichole | 1595 |
| 101 | Tony | 1559 | Erika | 1535 |
| 102 | Victor | 1553 | Nancy | 1527 |
| 103 | Jamie | 1522 | Cheryl | 1519 |
| 104 | Manuel | 1443 | Theresa | 1491 |
| 105 | Brett | 1426 | Brenda | 1479 |
| 106 | Ricardo | 1401 | Julia | 1352 |
| 107 | Billy | 1389 | Diana | 1328 |
| 108 | Willie | 1382 | Jodi | 1209 |
| 109 | Jorge | 1378 | Anne | 1196 |
| 110 | Adrian | 1359 | Lauren | 1139 |
| 111 | Miguel | 1330 | Margaret | 1124 |
| 112 | Brad | 1314 | Victoria | 1101 |
| 113 | Francisco | 1304 | Brooke | 1070 |
| 114 | Rodney | 1285 | Tabitha | 1066 |
| 115 | Kristopher | 1146 | Jenny | 1061 |
| 116 | Johnny | 1138 | Katrina | 1051 |
| 117 | Tyler | 1111 | Desiree | 1016 |
| 118 | Carl | 1107 | Leah | 982 |
| 119 | Bobby | 1103 | Sharon | 969 |
| 120 | Vincent | 1089 | Pamela | 950 |
| 121 | Ruben | 1068 | Angelica | 920 |
| 122 | Roberto | 1028 | Kelli | 911 |
| 123 | Oscar | 1008 | Claudia | 900 |
| 124 | Jaime | 1007 | Felicia | 899 |
| 125 | Alejandro | 986 | Natasha | 871 |
| 126 | Lucas | 982 | Latoya | 869 |
| 127 | Fernando | 957 | Kara | 846 |
| 128 | Cody | 925 | Donna | 818 |
| 129 | Jimmy | 924 | Monique | 813 |
| 130 | Javier | 880 | Ana | 808 |
| 131 | Sergio | 846 | Kari | 806 |
| 132 | Eduardo | 830 | Leticia | 790 |
| 133 | Jon | 778 | Sonia | 766 |
| 134 | Hector | 766 | Molly | 746 |
| 135 | Marc | 751 | Rosa | 720 |
| 136 | Shannon | 750 | Adriana | 714 |
| 137 | Cesar | 746 | Angel | 702 |
| 138 | Armando | 728 | Bethany | 668 |
| 139 | Ian | 708 | Colleen | 659 |
| 140 | Salvador | 706 | Kendra | 582 |
| 141 | Raul | 692 | Barbara | 571 |
| 142 | Luke | 684 | Regina | 564 |
| 143 | Lance | 654 | Tamika | 552 |
| 144 | Roger | 648 | Ann | 541 |
| 145 | Reginald | 611 | Rhonda | 472 |
| 146 | Trevor | 604 | Latasha | 458 |
| 147 | Walter | 569 | Summer | 456 |
| 148 | Randall | 556 | Lindsey | 435 |
| 149 | Ricky | 537 | Latonya | 407 |
| 150 | Jay | 534 | Yolanda | 389 |
| 151 | Clinton | 531 | Shawna | 382 |
| 152 | Maurice | 505 | Sherry | 345 |
| 153 | Damon | 484 | Jami | 322 |
| 154 | Kelly | 458 | Aimee | 318 |
| 155 | Lawrence | 457 | Alison | 300 |
| 156 | Danny | 417 | Jaclyn | 291 |
| 157 | Henry | 404 | Suzanne | 288 |
| 158 | Kelvin | 401 | Ginger | 279 |
| 159 | Micheal | 347 | Cassandra | 243 |
| 160 | Tommy | 336 | Mindy | 237 |
| 161 | Lee | 334 | Lakisha | 223 |
| 162 | Cedric | 327 | Kate | 222 |
| 163 | Gerald | 311 | Michaela | 220 |
| 164 | Alan | 301 | Krista | 219 |
| 165 | Tyson | 292 | Jody | 213 |
| 166 | Andre | 285 | Rachael | 202 |
| 167 | Wayne | 285 | Kristine | 201 |
| 168 | Ronnie | 279 | Sonya | 198 |
| 169 | Christian | 269 | Meredith | 188 |
| 170 | Mathew | 256 | Tameka | 177 |
| 171 | Frederick | 254 | Trisha | 176 |
| 172 | Louis | 233 | Cindy | 175 |
| 173 | Cameron | 224 | Meghan | 173 |
| 174 | Demetrius | 222 | Deborah | 166 |
| 175 | Trent | 216 | Leigh | 150 |
| 176 | Martin | 211 | Kristie | 149 |
| 177 | Mitchell | 208 | Chasity | 148 |
| 178 | Francis | 206 | Carla | 146 |
| 179 | Joe | 205 | Keisha | 142 |
| 180 | Dwayne | 191 | Laurie | 142 |
| 181 | Jeff | 184 | Christie | 137 |
| 182 | Arthur | 180 | Shanna | 132 |
| 183 | Roderick | 177 | Shelly | 130 |
| 184 | Tyrone | 175 | Candace | 118 |
| 185 | Bruce | 153 | Lynn | 115 |
| 186 | Albert | 152 | Angie | 108 |
| 187 | Heath | 146 | Alisha | 100 |
| 188 | Spencer | 142 | Ebony | 100 |
| 189 | Jermaine | 122 | Bridget | 100 |
| 190 | Isaac | 118 | Casey | 93 |
| 191 | Dana | 108 | Virginia | 90 |
| 192 | Terrance | 104 | Krystal | 86 |
| 193 | Joey | 102 | Joy | 80 |
| 194 | Clint | 101 | Brittany | 67 |
| 195 | Colin | 98 | Camille | 64 |
| 196 | Harold | 90 | Shauna | 57 |
| 197 | Darren | 83 | Stacie | 57 |
| 198 | Bryce | 80 | Malia | 54 |
| 199 | Neil | 79 | Yvonne | 50 |
| 200 | Kurt | 77 | Keri | 50 |
| 201 | Damien | 76 | Jennie | 49 |
| 202 | Kendrick | 73 | Kellie | 47 |
| 203 | Roy | 72 | Toni | 46 |
| 204 | Jarrod | 72 | Carolyn | 45 |
| 205 | Dale | 72 | Deanna | 43 |
| 206 | Byron | 71 | Marie | 43 |
| 207 | Alvin | 71 | Leilani | 40 |
| 208 | Clayton | 53 | Autumn | 39 |
| 209 | Levi | 49 | Priscilla | 38 |
| 210 | Geoffrey | 45 | Miranda | 38 |
| 211 | Dominic | 44 | Candice | 37 |
| 212 | Brady | 44 | Robyn | 37 |
| 213 | Angel | 41 | Kerri | 37 |
| 214 | Jordan | 39 | Hannah | 35 |
| 215 | Blake | 37 | Lacey | 32 |
| 216 | Jack | 34 | Jana | 30 |
| 217 | Grant | 34 | Maile | 27 |
| 218 | Allen | 32 | Janet | 24 |
| 219 | Gavin | 32 | Devon | 24 |
| 220 | Barry | 24 | Jessie | 22 |
| 221 | Caleb | 24 | Jolene | 22 |
| 222 | Glenn | 24 | Abigail | 20 |
| 223 | Harry | 20 | Cara | 20 |
| 224 | Clarence | 20 | Becky | 20 |
| 225 | Ernest | 18 | Janelle | 20 |
| 226 | Ethan | 18 | Alexis | 16 |
| 227 | Franklin | 18 | Jillian | 16 |
| 228 | Reid | 17 | Jasmine | 16 |
| 229 | Jayson | 17 | Naomi | 16 |
| 230 | Donovan | 17 | Sheila | 16 |
| 231 | Kirk | 16 | Marissa | 15 |
| 232 | Roland | 16 | Diane | 15 |
| 233 | Keola | 16 | Joanna | 14 |
| 234 | Jerome | 16 | Hillary | 14 |
| 235 | Kawika | 16 | Marisa | 13 |
| 236 | Keoni | 15 | Rochelle | 13 |
| 237 | Micah | 15 | Mariah | 12 |
| 238 | Brendan | 13 | Ellen | 12 |
| 239 | Evan | 12 | Martha | 12 |
| 240 | Bradford | 10 | Allyson | 12 |
| 241 | Damian | 10 | Jodie | 12 |
| 242 | Leonard | 9 | Sherri | 11 |
| 243 | Theodore | 9 | Tracey | 11 |
| 244 | Nelson | 9 | Sheri | 11 |
| 245 | Alfred | 8 | Misti | 8 |