100 Most popular girl names of 1979, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular female names in US prevalent in 1979 with their respective percentage. View girl name from popular names trending in America in 1979.

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Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
56719
3.29
-
2
34054
1.98
-
3
31928
1.85
+3
4
27782
1.61
-1
5
21612
1.25
-1
6
21016
1.22
+2
7
20838
1.21
-2
8
20259
1.18
-1
9
19509
1.13
+1
10
19269
1.12
-1
11
18077
1.05
+3
12
17639
1.02
+1
13
17285
1
-2
14
16454
0.95
+1
15
16203
0.94
+1
16
15298
0.89
-4
17
14549
0.84
-
18
13467
0.78
-
19
12157
0.71
+1
20
11882
0.69
-1
21
11256
0.65
-
22
11082
0.64
+8
23
10904
0.63
+4
24
10563
0.61
-
25
10369
0.6
-3
26
10339
0.6
-3
27
10231
0.59
-2
28
9612
0.56
+4
29
9253
0.54
-3
30
8654
0.5
-2
31
8294
0.48
+10
32
8179
0.47
+2
33
7979
0.46
-2
34
7972
0.46
-1
35
7689
0.45
-6
36
7467
0.43
+2
37
7334
0.43
-1
38
6808
0.4
+2
39
6777
0.39
-2
40
6586
0.38
+2
41
6356
0.37
-6
42
5785
0.34
+1
43
5708
0.33
+1
44
5651
0.33
+4
45
5628
0.33
+35
46
5601
0.33
-7
47
5547
0.32
+11
48
5487
0.32
+7
49
5389
0.31
-2
50
5312
0.31
+7
51
5200
0.3
-2
52
5193
0.3
-6
53
5020
0.29
-
54
4951
0.29
+16
55
4933
0.29
-5
56
4881
0.28
-5
57
4725
0.27
-5
58
4677
0.27
-13
59
4669
0.27
+6
60
4614
0.27
-7
61
4609
0.27
-
62
4570
0.27
-
63
4510
0.26
+27
64
4500
0.26
-8
65
4497
0.26
-2
66
4461
0.26
+8
67
4450
0.26
+20
68
4442
0.26
-2
69
4432
0.26
-9
70
4411
0.26
+5
71
4324
0.25
-3
72
4286
0.25
-13
73
4263
0.25
+5
74
4129
0.24
-10
75
4101
0.24
+1
76
4063
0.24
-3
77
3996
0.23
-8
78
3878
0.23
-6
79
3758
0.22
-12
80
3741
0.22
+1
81
3711
0.22
+89
82
3706
0.22
+2
83
3671
0.21
-
84
3645
0.21
-5
85
3509
0.2
+30
86
3495
0.2
-9
87
3481
0.2
+1
88
3466
0.2
+7
89
3407
0.2
+3
90
3366
0.2
+19
91
3317
0.19
+13
92
3266
0.19
-7
93
3225
0.19
-11
94
3210
0.19
-
95
3205
0.19
-6
96
3115
0.18
-3
97
3086
0.18
-27
98
3078
0.18
+10
99
2998
0.17
+23
100
2995
0.17
+1
101
2979
0.17
-2
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Sources

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