100 Most popular boy names of 1977, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

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

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
67606
4.11
-
2
Jason
55652
3.38
-
3
Christopher
46742
2.84
-
4
David
40536
2.46
-
5
James
40051
2.43
-
6
John
34221
2.08
-
7
Robert
34219
2.08
-
8
Brian
32501
1.98
-
9
Matthew
31975
1.94
-
10
Joseph
26496
1.61
+2
11
Daniel
26078
1.59
-1
12
William
24766
1.51
-1
13
Kevin
22471
1.37
+2
14
Joshua
22076
1.34
+4
15
Jeremy
21614
1.31
-1
16
Ryan
21260
1.29
-
17
Eric
20747
1.26
-4
18
Timothy
17983
1.09
+3
19
Jeffrey
17484
1.06
-2
20
Richard
17446
1.06
-1
21
Anthony
16804
1.02
+1
22
Thomas
16592
1.01
+1
23
Steven
16491
1
-3
24
Andrew
16032
0.97
+3
25
Mark
15437
0.94
-
26
Charles
14742
0.9
-
27
Scott
14214
0.86
-3
28
Jonathan
12325
0.75
+3
29
Benjamin
12108
0.74
+3
30
Justin
12020
0.73
+3
31
Paul
11806
0.72
-3
32
Aaron
11636
0.71
-2
33
Adam
11037
0.67
+3
34
Chad
10833
0.66
-5
35
Gregory
10055
0.61
-
36
Nathan
9889
0.6
+3
37
Shawn
9863
0.6
-3
38
Stephen
9638
0.59
-1
39
Kenneth
9453
0.57
-1
40
Patrick
8310
0.51
+1
41
Brandon
8282
0.5
-1
42
Bryan
7890
0.48
+1
43
Sean
7637
0.46
-1
44
Travis
7278
0.44
+2
45
Jose
6916
0.42
-1
46
Donald
6864
0.42
+1
47
Edward
6844
0.42
-2
48
Keith
6601
0.4
-
49
Bradley
6437
0.39
+2
50
Todd
6278
0.38
-
51
Nicholas
6081
0.37
+26
52
Corey
6044
0.37
+12
53
Ronald
6030
0.37
-4
54
Jesse
5822
0.35
+1
54
Peter
5822
0.35
-
56
Jacob
5793
0.35
+7
57
George
5603
0.34
-4
58
Gary
5446
0.33
-6
59
Douglas
5301
0.32
-3
60
Samuel
5260
0.32
-1
61
Shane
4871
0.3
-4
62
Larry
4838
0.29
-2
63
Craig
4563
0.28
-2
63
Juan
4563
0.28
-5
65
Raymond
4378
0.27
-
66
Wesley
4305
0.26
+53
67
Cory
4258
0.26
+16
68
Dennis
4154
0.25
-2
69
Jeremiah
4151
0.25
+24
70
Phillip
3967
0.24
-1
71
Frank
3896
0.24
-3
72
Marcus
3852
0.23
+2
73
Joel
3823
0.23
-1
74
Carlos
3794
0.23
-5
75
Jerry
3747
0.23
-8
76
Jared
3739
0.23
+14
77
Antonio
3660
0.22
-6
78
Jeffery
3564
0.22
-2
79
Kyle
3510
0.21
+1
80
Derrick
3484
0.21
+11
81
Dustin
3477
0.21
+1
82
Derek
3451
0.21
+2
83
Jamie
3447
0.21
-21
84
Terry
3444
0.21
-9
85
Brent
3423
0.21
-7
86
Randy
3396
0.21
-7
87
Gabriel
3349
0.2
-6
88
Troy
3308
0.2
-15
89
Russell
3127
0.19
-2
90
Philip
3092
0.19
-1
91
Billy
2952
0.18
-6
92
Tony
2941
0.18
-6
93
Johnny
2802
0.17
-1
94
Erik
2788
0.17
-
95
Zachary
2780
0.17
+1
96
Rodney
2712
0.16
-8
97
Alexander
2707
0.16
+10
98
Jimmy
2637
0.16
+3
99
Carl
2618
0.16
-4
100
Curtis
2606
0.16
+6
101
Marc
2604
0.16
-2
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1977)

Sources

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