Name.Baby Names by year 1970s 1977 Most Popular Baby Names of 1977 Social Security has card records for 3,354,648 people born in the U.S. in 1977. Jennifer was the top girl name (58,964 babies) and Michael the top boy name (67,587).
Top 100 names of 1977 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1977, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 58,964 #586 2 Melissa 26,879 #419 3 Amy 26,729 #257 4 Jessica 24,846 #665 5 Heather 23,773 #1,261 6 Angela 20,998 #408 7 Michelle 19,540 #465 8 Kimberly 18,286 #302 9 Amanda 18,278 #493 10 Kelly 18,234 #851 11 Sarah 18,096 #90 12 Lisa 17,014 #987 13 Elizabeth 16,431 #17 14 Stephanie 15,417 #557 15 Nicole 15,247 #382 16 Christina 14,501 #770 17 Rebecca 14,196 #349 18 Jamie 12,895 #857 19 Shannon 12,518 #2,387 20 Laura 11,318 #379 21 Mary 10,656 #125 22 Julie 10,204 #872 23 Erin 10,198 #833 24 Andrea 9,782 #235 25 Crystal 9,724 #1,144 26 Rachel 8,976 #250 27 Sara 8,709 #198 28 Carrie 8,661 #2,719 29 April 8,068 #542 30 Christine 7,886 #1,272 31 Danielle 7,616 #549 32 Karen 7,441 #1,279 33 Amber 7,207 #520 34 Tiffany 7,205 #878 35 Tara 7,198 #844 36 Maria 7,094 #87 37 Emily 6,879 #34 38 Erica 6,624 #1,396 39 Monica 6,366 #736 40 Misty 6,315 #4,067 41 Jill 6,238 #5,722 42 Stacy 6,154 #1,652 43 Dawn 6,096 #2,173 44 Katherine 6,030 #186 45 Susan 5,961 #1,085 46 Jaime 5,906 #4,067 47 Patricia 5,903 #1,334 48 Cynthia 5,782 #1,013 49 Wendy 5,764 #1,341 50 Tracy 5,756 #2,153
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1977, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Brandy 5,477 #3,067 52 Holly 5,463 #416 53 Melanie 5,373 #142 54 Megan 5,320 #887 55 Tammy 5,310 #3,645 56 Stacey 5,206 #3,067 57 Lori 5,072 #1,721 58 Tina 4,951 #2,778 59 Christy 4,602 #4,172 60 Alicia 4,400 #460 61 Sandra 4,373 #1,207 62 Dana 4,339 #1,027 63 Sabrina 4,305 #321 64 Tonya 4,263 #8,860 65 Leslie 4,250 #712 66 Allison 4,205 #103 67 Tanya 4,085 #3,712 68 Kristy 4,045 #5,099 69 Natalie 4,043 #89 70 Kathryn 3,964 #729 71 Brandi 3,885 #4,758 72 Kristen 3,861 #1,990 73 Veronica 3,853 #427 74 Anna 3,851 #107 75 Catherine 3,840 #313 76 Courtney 3,808 #2,326 77 Michele 3,711 #4,758 78 Denise 3,681 #1,673 79 Teresa 3,654 #908 80 Kathleen 3,649 #1,150 81 Heidi 3,640 #340 82 Kristin 3,605 #4,661 83 Kristina 3,539 #1,721 84 Robin 3,428 #704 85 Samantha 3,284 #151 86 Valerie 3,266 #127 87 Renee 3,259 #1,098 88 Gina 3,231 #2,076 89 Nancy 3,222 #965 90 Vanessa 3,209 #377 91 Brenda 3,151 #1,525 92 Jacqueline 3,148 #558 93 Tamara 3,126 #1,808 94 Mandy 3,100 #4,460 95 Sharon 3,089 #1,250 96 Melinda 3,044 #1,981 97 Beth 2,967 #3,389 98 Theresa 2,914 #1,548 99 Linda 2,912 #902 100 Diana 2,846 #244
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1977, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 67,587 #21 2 Jason 55,631 #165 3 Christopher 46,721 #68 4 David 40,515 #35 5 James 40,040 #6 6 Robert 34,214 #92 7 John 34,195 #23 8 Brian 32,492 #339 9 Matthew 31,965 #32 10 Joseph 26,483 #29 11 Daniel 26,073 #22 12 William 24,758 #9 13 Kevin 22,463 #221 14 Joshua 22,068 #66 15 Jeremy 21,610 #292 16 Ryan 21,246 #99 17 Eric 20,745 #273 18 Timothy 17,977 #203 19 Jeffrey 17,481 #552 20 Richard 17,442 #234 21 Anthony 16,804 #46 22 Thomas 16,586 #34 23 Steven 16,484 #271 24 Andrew 16,017 #73 25 Mark 15,418 #244 26 Charles 14,743 #48 27 Scott 14,203 #534 28 Jonathan 12,319 #89 29 Benjamin 12,106 #11 30 Justin 12,008 #233 31 Paul 11,798 #262 32 Aaron 11,631 #80 33 Adam 11,030 #101 34 Chad 10,831 #1,699 35 Gregory 10,052 #593 36 Nathan 9,886 #63 37 Shawn 9,865 #681 38 Stephen 9,635 #383 39 Kenneth 9,452 #294 40 Patrick 8,305 #235 41 Brandon 8,272 #261 42 Bryan 7,886 #336 43 Sean 7,625 #489 44 Travis 7,277 #434 45 Jose 6,919 #95 46 Donald 6,866 #690 47 Edward 6,840 #224 48 Keith 6,597 #800 49 Bradley 6,431 #403 50 Todd 6,276 #1,609
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1977, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Nicholas 6,071 #112 52 Corey 6,041 #778 53 Ronald 6,026 #637 54 Jesse 5,823 #184 55 Peter 5,821 #187 56 Jacob 5,788 #43 57 George 5,606 #126 58 Gary 5,447 #1,073 59 Douglas 5,297 #807 60 Samuel 5,257 #18 61 Shane 4,868 #635 62 Larry 4,837 #1,084 63 Juan 4,562 #159 64 Craig 4,560 #1,644 65 Raymond 4,372 #394 66 Wesley 4,302 #52 67 Cory 4,259 #1,244 68 Dennis 4,152 #707 69 Jeremiah 4,151 #88 70 Phillip 3,967 #651 71 Frank 3,894 #513 72 Marcus 3,846 #258 73 Joel 3,824 #219 74 Carlos 3,795 #150 75 Jerry 3,745 #906 76 Jared 3,738 #396 77 Antonio 3,662 #176 78 Jeffery 3,564 #1,554 79 Kyle 3,505 #508 80 Derrick 3,481 #850 81 Dustin 3,477 #728 82 Jamie 3,447 #577 83 Terry 3,443 #1,115 84 Derek 3,441 #284 85 Brent 3,423 #1,509 86 Randy 3,397 #1,084 87 Gabriel 3,346 #37 88 Troy 3,307 #532 89 Russell 3,124 #345 90 Philip 3,093 #527 91 Billy 2,950 #1,068 92 Tony 2,938 #783 93 Johnny 2,801 #457 94 Erik 2,786 #545 95 Zachary 2,777 #216 96 Alexander 2,704 #30 97 Rodney 2,703 #1,091 98 Jimmy 2,637 #846 99 Carl 2,615 #1,132 100 Curtis 2,605 #984
Entered the top 100 in 1977
