Popular Names of 1977

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1977, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1977
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Jennifer	58,964	586
2	Melissa	26,879	420
3	Amy	26,729	257
4	Jessica	24,846	665
5	Heather	23,773	1,264
6	Angela	20,998	408
7	Michelle	19,540	465
8	Kimberly	18,286	303
9	Amanda	18,278	493
10	Kelly	18,234	852
11	Sarah	18,096	90
12	Lisa	17,014	991
13	Elizabeth	16,431	17
14	Stephanie	15,417	557
15	Nicole	15,247	383
16	Christina	14,501	770
17	Rebecca	14,196	350
18	Jamie	12,895	858
19	Shannon	12,518	2,405
20	Laura	11,318	379

Table 2. Male names, 1977
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.