Top 100 baby names 1978

Rank	Name	Gender	Count
1	Michael	male	1,964
2	Matthew	male	1,809
3	David	male	1,758
4	Daniel	male	1,626
5	Andrew	male	1,559
6	Benjamin	male	1,423
7	Rebecca	female	1,362
8	Christopher	male	1,315
9	Mark	male	1,265
10	Adam	male	1,125
11	Michelle	female	1,122
12	Peter	male	1,024
13	Melissa	female	1,020
14	Paul	male	1,018
15	Jason	male	1,015
16	Scott	male	1,000
17	Nicole	female	936
18	Nathan	male	916
19	Amanda	female	907
20	Robert	male	861
21	Lisa	female	842
22	Steven	male	834
23	Kylie	female	829
24	Sarah	female	815
25	John	male	807
26	James	male	794
27	Belinda	female	792
28	Shane	male	768
29	Luke	male	767
30	Anthony	male	738
31	Kelly	female	735
32	Timothy	male	712
33	Craig	male	684
34	Bradley	male	662
35	Stephen	male	594
36	Natalie	female	580
37	Aaron	male	565
38	Jennifer	female	550
39	Brett	male	545
40	Kristy	female	542
41	Angela	female	540
42	Emma	female	525
43	Renee	female	494
44	Troy	male	479
45	Melanie	female	476
46	Karen	female	448
47	Simon	male	435
48	Gregory	male	433
49	Elizabeth	female	430
50	Danielle	female	413
51	Rachel	female	409
52	Justin	male	405
53	Nicholas	male	403
54	Samantha	female	400
55	Amy	female	392
56	Joanne	female	390
57	Katrina	female	380
58	Jodie	female	374
59	Alison	female	372
60	Kate	female	369
61	Tanya	female	361
62	Joshua	male	341
63	Fiona	female	339
64	Julie	female	337
65	Kim	female	336
66	Katherine	female	330
67	Vanessa	female	327
68	Megan	female	322
69	Adrian	male	312
70	Richard	male	311
71	Darren	male	307
72	Mathew	male	305
73	Tracey	female	301
74	Ryan	male	298
75	Brendan	male	298
76	Damien	male	296
77	Catherine	female	290
78	Shaun	male	289
79	Jamie	male	283
80	Dean	male	282
81	Trent	male	280
82	Cameron	male	278
83	William	male	277
84	Grant	male	275
85	Natasha	female	274
86	Wayne	male	274
87	Leanne	female	273
88	Kathryn	female	272
89	Joseph	male	270
90	Ian	male	270
91	Christine	female	269
92	Kellie	female	264
93	Anna	female	262
94	Sharon	female	259
95	Linda	female	258
96	Susan	female	254
97	Sally	female	239
98	Louise	female	234
99	Stacey	female	233
100	Donna	female	231