New York ★ 1978

Top names in New York, 1978

Jennifer led for girls with 3,747 babies ; Michael for boys with 5,853. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,747
2	Jessica	2,193
3	Melissa	2,051
4	Nicole	1,796
5	Michelle	1,474
6	Lisa	1,415
7	Elizabeth	1,271
8	Kelly	1,244
9	Amy	1,159
10	Danielle	1,135
11	Heather	1,100
12	Christine	1,097
13	Sarah	1,081
14	Christina	1,043
15	Kimberly	992
16	Stephanie	818
17	Laura	768
18	Rebecca	759
19	Erin	757
20	Amanda	697
21	Angela	656
21	Maria	656
23	Rachel	628
24	Andrea	624
25	Karen	622
26	Tara	596
27	Erica	583
28	Julie	570
29	Lauren	564
30	Shannon	560
31	Mary	539
32	Jamie	514
33	Sara	498
34	Katherine	488
35	Michele	476
36	Patricia	468
37	Kathleen	435
38	Susan	422
39	Jacqueline	413
40	Vanessa	412
41	Denise	408
42	Crystal	407
43	Kristen	405
44	Dawn	398
44	Jill	398
46	Cynthia	392
47	Catherine	384
48	Emily	383
49	Carrie	375
50	Tiffany	370
51	Allison	347
52	Stacey	344
53	Kristy	343
54	Diana	333
54	Tracy	333
56	Melanie	332
57	Gina	329
58	Tanya	327
58	Tina	327
60	April	325
61	Jaime	319
61	Megan	319
63	Kathryn	311
64	Dana	310
65	Samantha	306
66	Kristin	301
67	Sabrina	293
68	Stacy	289
69	Renee	284
69	Sandra	284
71	Cheryl	282
72	Wendy	279
73	Colleen	275
73	Suzanne	275
75	Alicia	274
75	Lori	274
77	Nancy	269
78	Erika	266
79	Theresa	261
80	Tammy	258
81	Monica	253
82	Natasha	252
83	Kristina	246
84	Melinda	245
84	Natalie	245
86	Sharon	243
87	Anna	242
88	Linda	240
89	Deborah	239
90	Barbara	238
91	Valerie	235
92	Jaclyn	233
93	Alison	230
94	Latoya	227
95	Beth	224
96	Donna	222
97	Victoria	207
98	Diane	206
98	Monique	206
100	Brenda	203

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,853
2	Jason	3,253
3	Christopher	3,245
4	David	3,112
5	John	2,690
6	Joseph	2,659
7	James	2,580
8	Robert	2,389
9	Brian	2,218
10	Daniel	2,202
11	Matthew	2,108
12	Anthony	1,772
13	William	1,622
14	Thomas	1,559
15	Kevin	1,469
16	Richard	1,454
17	Eric	1,352
18	Steven	1,249
19	Andrew	1,248
20	Jeffrey	1,219
21	Timothy	1,162
22	Paul	1,069
23	Mark	1,062
24	Nicholas	1,049
25	Joshua	993
26	Adam	990
27	Scott	947
28	Peter	897
29	Ryan	849
30	Charles	822
31	Jonathan	799
32	Stephen	765
33	Gregory	757
34	Jose	751
35	Sean	723
36	Justin	708
37	Jeremy	686
38	Patrick	682
39	Edward	652
40	Shawn	621
41	Kenneth	581
42	Keith	564
43	Benjamin	529
44	Aaron	521
45	Frank	496
46	George	492
47	Luis	481
48	Carlos	443
49	Raymond	439
50	Vincent	420
51	Shaun	419
52	Craig	413
53	Juan	377
54	Dennis	376
55	Donald	375
56	Ronald	373
57	Bryan	371
58	Todd	362
59	Chad	353
60	Alexander	347
61	Douglas	339
62	Philip	334
63	Samuel	331
64	Gary	323
65	Marc	322
66	Edwin	314
67	Angel	308
68	Christian	307
69	Jesse	306
70	Victor	299
71	Nathan	278
72	Louis	275
73	Erik	273
74	Corey	264
75	Jacob	253
76	Omar	238
77	Lawrence	234
78	Cory	225
79	Ian	217
80	Andre	215
81	Joel	214
82	Miguel	207
83	Bradley	206
84	Shane	195
85	Rafael	191
86	Kyle	190
87	Antonio	188
87	Derek	188
89	Randy	187
90	Jared	186
91	Roberto	182
92	Phillip	180
93	Brandon	178
93	Carl	178
93	Gabriel	178
96	Alan	175
97	Hector	172
97	Seth	172
99	Alex	170
99	Henry	170