Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1979

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,640
2	Melissa	2,504
3	Jessica	2,206
4	Nicole	1,876
5	Michelle	1,461
6	Lisa	1,381
7	Elizabeth	1,313
8	Amanda	1,127
8	Kelly	1,127
10	Sarah	1,107
11	Amy	1,103
12	Kimberly	1,077
13	Christina	1,074
14	Danielle	1,060
15	Heather	1,051
16	Christine	977
17	Rebecca	814
18	Lauren	754
19	Laura	740
20	Erin	737
21	Stephanie	736
22	Angela	700
23	Tara	663
24	Rachel	654
25	Maria	613

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrea	584
27	Erica	572
28	Mary	571
29	Jamie	569
30	Karen	536
31	Shannon	533
32	Katherine	499
33	Julie	495
34	Sara	480
35	Megan	469
36	Kristen	468
37	Vanessa	452
38	Jacqueline	443
39	Patricia	442
40	Tiffany	416
41	Kathleen	410
42	Denise	405
43	Michele	404
44	Emily	400
45	Susan	387
46	Crystal	385
47	April	377
48	Dawn	375
49	Jill	373
50	Catherine	360
51	Allison	353
52	Tracy	351
53	Dana	349
54	Cynthia	347
55	Stacey	327
56	Carrie	322
57	Diana	320
58	Kristy	317
59	Kristin	316
60	Cheryl	315
61	Gina	310
62	Kathryn	303
63	Melanie	297
63	Sandra	297
65	Samantha	294
66	Alison	289
67	Wendy	286
68	Meghan	283
69	Theresa	281
70	Alicia	279
71	Colleen	277
72	Jaclyn	276
73	Tanya	273
74	Tina	270
75	Courtney	264
76	Anna	263
77	Renee	261
78	Stacy	253
79	Natalie	249
80	Natasha	247
81	Monica	246
82	Lori	245
83	Erika	244
83	Suzanne	244
85	Sabrina	242
86	Victoria	241
87	Amber	240
88	Cindy	238
88	Sharon	238
88	Tammy	238
91	Valerie	237
92	Melinda	236
93	Ebony	234
94	Barbara	229
94	Jaime	229
94	Linda	229
97	Margaret	221
98	Nancy	219
99	Anne	215
100	Kristina	210