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The most popular baby names of 1977

SSA recorded 3,176,366 births in 1977 across all reported names — 1,533,146 girls and 1,643,220 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1977

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1976.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +83
64 Tonya 4,263 -6
65 Leslie 4,250 —
66 Allison 4,205 +1
67 Tanya 4,085 -6
68 Kristy 4,045 +45
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 +16
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 +17
98 Theresa 2,914 -9
99 Linda 2,912 -9
100 Diana 2,846 +1

Top 100 boys' names in 1977

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1976.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +53
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 +1
96 Alexander 2,704 +11
97 Rodney 2,703 -9
98 Jimmy 2,637 +3
99 Carl 2,615 -4
100 Curtis 2,605 +5

Names that climbed fastest in 1977

Ranked by places gained against 1976, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1977Rank 1976Change
Jaclyn girls 148 537 +389
Jillian girls 236 612 +376
Selina girls 479 732 +253
Jamila girls 468 714 +246
Briana girls 514 736 +222
Aisha girls 175 379 +204
Shaun boys 103 296 +193
Jocelyn girls 267 455 +188
Rashida girls 535 723 +188
Taryn girls 391 577 +186
Rory boys 335 519 +184
Rhiannon girls 418 593 +175
Maya girls 531 696 +165
Shanna girls 167 325 +158
Shauna girls 251 381 +130

Names that fell fastest in 1977

NameRank 1977Rank 1976Change
Tennille girls 462 300 -162
Carie girls 695 549 -146
Anitra girls 484 355 -129
Sunny girls 672 552 -120
Gwen girls 710 590 -120
Brandee girls 748 632 -116
Tessa girls 636 522 -114
Dora girls 584 471 -113
Rico boys 546 436 -110
Jamison boys 594 486 -108
Gabrielle girls 599 493 -106
Mona girls 710 608 -102
Shonda girls 557 458 -99
Mildred girls 748 649 -99
Chastity girls 406 308 -98

Names that first appear in 1977

1977 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1977

For these names, 1977 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.