100 Most popular girl names of 1977, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular female names in US prevalent in 1977 with their respective percentage. View girl name from popular names trending in America in 1977.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Jennifer
58966
3.58
-
2
Melissa
26881
1.63
+1
3
Amy
26732
1.63
-1
4
Jessica
24846
1.51
+4
5
Heather
23776
1.45
-1
6
Angela
20997
1.28
-1
7
Michelle
19539
1.19
-1
8
Kimberly
18287
1.11
-1
9
Amanda
18280
1.11
+1
10
Kelly
18234
1.11
+9
11
Sarah
18096
1.1
+4
12
Lisa
17015
1.03
-3
13
Elizabeth
16429
1
+3
14
Stephanie
15417
0.94
-3
15
Nicole
15248
0.93
-2
16
Christina
14500
0.88
-2
17
Rebecca
14194
0.86
-5
18
Jamie
12897
0.78
-
19
Shannon
12518
0.76
-2
20
Laura
11320
0.69
-
21
Mary
10656
0.65
+1
22
Julie
10204
0.62
-1
23
Erin
10198
0.62
+1
24
Andrea
9785
0.59
+1
25
Crystal
9728
0.59
+11
26
Rachel
8975
0.55
-3
27
Sara
8711
0.53
-
28
Carrie
8662
0.53
-
29
April
8068
0.49
+1
30
Christine
7887
0.48
-4
31
Danielle
7615
0.46
+2
32
Karen
7443
0.45
-1
33
Amber
7207
0.44
+16
34
Tiffany
7206
0.44
-2
35
Tara
7197
0.44
+7
36
Maria
7092
0.43
-2
37
Emily
6879
0.42
+13
38
Erica
6623
0.4
+16
39
Monica
6365
0.39
+6
40
Misty
6314
0.38
+6
41
Jill
6238
0.38
+11
42
Stacy
6154
0.37
-4
43
Dawn
6095
0.37
-8
44
Katherine
6031
0.37
+13
45
Susan
5959
0.36
-5
46
Jaime
5907
0.36
-17
47
Patricia
5905
0.36
-4
48
Cynthia
5782
0.35
-4
49
Wendy
5762
0.35
-10
50
Tracy
5756
0.35
-13
51
Brandy
5477
0.33
+4
52
Holly
5463
0.33
+4
53
Melanie
5373
0.33
-
54
Megan
5322
0.32
+8
55
Tammy
5309
0.32
-14
56
Stacey
5208
0.32
-5
57
Lori
5072
0.31
-10
58
Tina
4950
0.3
-10
59
Christy
4602
0.28
+1
60
Alicia
4400
0.27
+11
61
Sandra
4372
0.27
-2
62
Dana
4340
0.26
+2
63
Sabrina
4303
0.26
+83
64
Tonya
4266
0.26
-6
65
Leslie
4250
0.26
-
66
Allison
4206
0.26
+1
67
Tanya
4085
0.25
-6
68
Kristy
4045
0.25
+45
69
Natalie
4041
0.25
+11
70
Kathryn
3965
0.24
+18
71
Brandi
3884
0.24
+8
72
Kristen
3861
0.23
+1
73
Veronica
3854
0.23
-5
74
Anna
3852
0.23
+3
75
Catherine
3841
0.23
-3
76
Courtney
3809
0.23
-
77
Michele
3712
0.23
-14
78
Denise
3682
0.22
-9
79
Teresa
3655
0.22
-13
80
Kathleen
3649
0.22
+2
81
Heidi
3641
0.22
-11
82
Kristin
3605
0.22
-8
83
Kristina
3539
0.22
+14
84
Robin
3428
0.21
-9
85
Samantha
3287
0.2
-
86
Valerie
3268
0.2
-3
87
Renee
3259
0.2
-1
88
Gina
3230
0.2
+6
89
Nancy
3221
0.2
-2
90
Vanessa
3209
0.2
+16
91
Brenda
3152
0.19
-13
92
Jacqueline
3147
0.19
+7
93
Tamara
3125
0.19
-2
94
Mandy
3100
0.19
+6
95
Sharon
3089
0.19
-14
96
Melinda
3044
0.19
-1
97
Beth
2967
0.18
+17
98
Theresa
2915
0.18
-9
99
Linda
2910
0.18
-9
100
Diana
2845
0.17
+1
101
Barbara
2844
0.17
-3
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100 Most Popular Boy Names in USA (1977)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html