100 Most popular boy names of 1978, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1978 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1978.

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Boy
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
67158
4.09
-
2
51626
3.14
-
3
47250
2.87
-
4
40706
2.48
-
5
39913
2.43
-
6
34311
2.09
+3
7
34032
2.07
-1
8
33385
2.03
-1
9
29450
1.79
-1
10
26669
1.62
-
11
26450
1.61
-
12
25216
1.53
+2
13
24189
1.47
-1
14
21337
1.3
+2
15
20105
1.22
-2
16
19781
1.2
+1
17
19600
1.19
+1
18
19512
1.19
-3
19
17001
1.03
-
20
16813
1.02
+1
21
16736
1.02
+3
22
16733
1.02
-2
23
16492
1
-1
24
16402
1
-1
25
16350
0.99
+26
26
14872
0.9
-1
27
14856
0.9
-1
28
14192
0.86
+2
29
13922
0.85
+4
30
13547
0.82
-3
31
12522
0.76
-3
32
12307
0.75
-
33
11737
0.71
-2
34
11417
0.69
-5
35
10113
0.62
-1
36
9893
0.6
-
37
9859
0.6
+1
38
9348
0.57
-3
39
9293
0.57
-2
40
9241
0.56
+1
41
9024
0.55
-2
42
8843
0.54
-2
43
7294
0.44
-1
44
7146
0.43
+1
45
7071
0.43
-2
46
6956
0.42
-2
47
6484
0.39
-
48
6426
0.39
-2
49
6174
0.38
-1
50
6167
0.38
+6
51
6109
0.37
+3
52
6106
0.37
+51
53
6099
0.37
-4
54
5881
0.36
-
55
5759
0.35
-2
56
5501
0.33
-6
57
5394
0.33
+3
58
5304
0.32
-1
59
5152
0.31
-
60
5113
0.31
-2
61
4942
0.3
-9
62
4834
0.29
+1
63
4519
0.27
+16
64
4515
0.27
-2
65
4481
0.27
-4
66
4476
0.27
-3
67
4364
0.27
+3
68
4178
0.25
+13
69
4135
0.25
-4
70
3999
0.24
+2
71
3861
0.23
-3
72
3847
0.23
+4
73
3846
0.23
-6
74
3810
0.23
-1
75
3803
0.23
+7
76
3785
0.23
+4
77
3776
0.23
-6
78
3730
0.23
-4
79
3680
0.22
-2
80
3543
0.22
-2
81
3445
0.21
-12
82
3433
0.21
-7
83
3309
0.2
-17
84
3300
0.2
+6
85
3265
0.2
+9
86
3217
0.2
-
87
3181
0.19
-2
88
3155
0.19
-
89
3133
0.19
+6
90
3132
0.19
-3
91
3089
0.19
-7
92
3003
0.18
+10
93
2985
0.18
-4
94
2926
0.18
+13
95
2865
0.17
-12
96
2826
0.17
+4
97
2777
0.17
-5
98
2742
0.17
-1
99
2695
0.16
-8
100
2605
0.16
-1
101
2562
0.16
-8
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Sources

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