Top 200 baby girl names in the USA during year 1978

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
101101Theresa2,922
102102Diana2,884
103103Brenda2,870
104104Erika2,826
105105Tamara2,799
106106Sharon2,757
107107Beth2,743
108108Leah2,712
109109Pamela2,691
110110Margaret2,634
111111Jenny2,619
112112Julia2,594
113113Barbara2,578
114114Natasha2,556
115115Brooke2,533
116116Nichole2,511
117117Suzanne2,509
118118Deborah2,479
119119Anne2,469
120120Donna2,461
121121Victoria2,452
122122Katrina2,441
123123Alison2,433
124124Kelli2,327
125125Ann2,318
126126Tabitha2,310
127127Kara2,290
128128Jodi2,266
129129Regina2,187
130130Carolyn2,175
131131Jaclyn2,129
132132Carla2,101
133133Colleen2,057
134134Cindy2,044
135135Latoya2,039
136136Deanna2,032
137137Kari1,968
138138Yolanda1,951
139139Joy1,947
140140Felicia1,938
141141Angel1,935
142142Molly1,933
143143Summer1,917
144144Aimee1,905
145145Kendra1,904
146146Meredith1,881
147147Debra1,874
148148Marie1,863
149149Shanna1,844
150150Sherry1,829
151151Paula1,827
152152Cassandra1,813
153153Lindsey1,813
154154Desiree1,809
155155Bethany1,766
156156Krista1,734
157157Adrienne1,733
158158Kristine1,732
159159Janet1,731
160160Rhonda1,725
161161Shawna1,703
162162Rachael1,695
163163Bridget1,685
164164Meghan1,681
165165Virginia1,653
166166Tamika1,635
167167Kristie1,618
168168Candice1,614
169169Laurie1,614
170170Mindy1,596
171171Trisha1,581
172172Monique1,573
173173Casey1,534
174174Christie1,534
175175Shelly1,501
176176Martha1,484
177177Stacie1,466
178178Toni1,457
179179Tracey1,450
180180Kellie1,446
181181Diane1,432
182182Carmen1,426
183183Miranda1,415
184184Sheila1,414
185185Latasha1,397
186186Janelle1,384
187187Robyn1,378
188188Alisha1,377
189189Kelley1,364
190190Joanna1,348
191191Cara1,346
192192Shana1,345
193193Rebekah1,343
194194Jillian1,341
195195Melody1,330
196196Candace1,327
197197Keri1,323
198198Ebony1,318
199199Olivia1,310
200200Caroline1,308

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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