Top 200 baby girl names in the USA during year 1979

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
101101Renee2,977
102102Alison2,936
103103Nichole2,905
104104Tamara2,885
105105Michele2,878
106106Sabrina2,868
107107Nancy2,865
108108Margaret2,830
109109Kristi2,798
110110Natasha2,793
111111Diana2,779
112112Brenda2,771
113113Lindsey2,760
114114Linda2,739
115115Anne2,734
116116Mandy2,723
117117Sharon2,691
118118Beth2,687
119119Victoria2,673
120120Jenny2,628
121121Meghan2,571
122122Julia2,567
123123Barbara2,491
124124Jaclyn2,302
125125Kara2,300
126126Ann2,266
127127Suzanne2,243
128128Candice2,227
129129Kelli2,217
130130Krista2,214
131131Donna2,199
132132Deborah2,181
133133Colleen2,134
134134Regina2,121
135135Bethany2,093
136136Cindy2,086
137137Kendra2,069
138138Carolyn2,055
139139Molly2,024
140140Monique1,977
141141Jodi1,976
142142Carla1,971
143143Meredith1,963
144144Casey1,957
145145Deanna1,950
146146Cassandra1,945
147147Yolanda1,935
148148Latoya1,880
149149Marie1,879
150150Summer1,861
151151Rachael1,853
152152Felicia1,852
153153Kari1,852
154154Joy1,820
155155Tabitha1,818
156156Aimee1,815
157157Shanna1,794
158158Adrienne1,781
159159Trisha1,777
160160Janet1,745
161161Bridget1,734
162162Alisha1,721
163163Rhonda1,716
164164Angel1,697
165165Paula1,694
166166Debra1,690
167167Latasha1,686
168168Brianne1,662
169169Virginia1,657
170170Desiree1,635
171171Bonnie1,626
172172Carmen1,610
173173Candace1,594
174174Miranda1,594
175175Sherry1,589
176176Laurie1,581
177177Shawna1,548
178178Rebekah1,519
179179Jillian1,508
180180Autumn1,499
181181Christie1,458
182182Shelly1,458
183183Kristine1,455
184184Ebony1,444
185185Martha1,442
186186Janelle1,415
187187Tamika1,414
188188Kristie1,407
189189Shauna1,402
190190Tasha1,401
191191Toni1,398
192192Robyn1,397
193193Joanna1,389
194194Marissa1,387
195195Sheila1,369
196196Angie1,367
197197Melody1,364
198198Caroline1,352
199199Diane1,330
200200Kellie1,326

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

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