Popular names of 1977, and how old they are now

People born in 1977 turn 49 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.2 million births in 1977 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 93% of them are still alive: about 3 million people.

The year's top names were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Gen Xers (see Gen X names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1977: Jason, Jeremy, Carrie, Misty, Jenny, Aimee, Shawna, Aisha, Farrah, Lakisha, Jami and Keisha.

Top girl names of 1977

Most popular girl names of 1977
#	Name	Born 1977	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jennifer	58,964	56,000	46
2	Melissa	26,879	26,000	46
3	Amy	26,729	25,000	47
4	Jessica	24,846	24,000	38
5	Heather	23,773	23,000	45
6	Angela	20,998	20,000	49
7	Michelle	19,540	19,000	48
8	Kimberly	18,286	17,000	48
9	Amanda	18,278	17,000	39
10	Kelly	18,234	17,000	48
11	Sarah	18,096	17,000	39
12	Lisa	17,014	16,000	56
13	Elizabeth	16,431	16,000	44
14	Stephanie	15,417	15,000	43
15	Nicole	15,247	14,000	39
16	Christina	14,501	14,000	44
17	Rebecca	14,196	13,000	48
18	Jamie	12,895	12,000	43
19	Shannon	12,518	12,000	46
20	Laura	11,318	11,000	51
21	Mary	10,656	10,000	66
22	Julie	10,204	9,700	55
23	Erin	10,198	9,700	39
24	Andrea	9,782	9,300	42
25	Crystal	9,724	9,200	43
26	Rachel	8,976	8,500	38
27	Sara	8,709	8,300	40
28	Carrie	8,661	8,200	52
29	April	8,068	7,700	45
30	Christine	7,886	7,500	57
31	Danielle	7,616	7,200	38
32	Karen	7,441	7,100	63
33	Amber	7,207	6,800	37
34	Tiffany	7,205	6,800	40
35	Tara	7,198	6,800	44
36	Maria	7,094	6,700	45
37	Emily	6,879	6,500	29
38	Erica	6,624	6,300	40
39	Monica	6,366	6,000	46
40	Misty	6,315	6,000	46
41	Jill	6,238	5,900	57
42	Stacy	6,154	5,800	50
43	Dawn	6,096	5,800	57
44	Katherine	6,030	5,700	43
45	Susan	5,961	5,700	66
46	Jaime	5,906	5,600	39
47	Patricia	5,903	5,600	68
48	Cynthia	5,782	5,500	60
49	Wendy	5,764	5,500	55
50	Tracy	5,756	5,500	55

Top boy names of 1977

Most popular boy names of 1977
#	Name	Born 1977	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	67,587	62,000	49
2	Jason	55,631	51,000	42
3	Christopher	46,721	43,000	41
4	David	40,515	37,000	52
5	James	40,040	37,000	54
6	Robert	34,214	31,000	58
7	John	34,195	31,000	55
8	Brian	32,492	30,000	48
9	Matthew	31,965	29,000	36
10	Joseph	26,483	24,000	45
11	Daniel	26,073	24,000	42
12	William	24,758	23,000	51
13	Kevin	22,463	21,000	45
14	Joshua	22,068	20,000	33
15	Jeremy	21,610	20,000	39
16	Ryan	21,246	19,000	33
17	Eric	20,745	19,000	44
18	Timothy	17,977	16,000	50
19	Jeffrey	17,481	16,000	53
20	Richard	17,442	16,000	60
21	Anthony	16,804	15,000	40
22	Thomas	16,586	15,000	53
23	Steven	16,484	15,000	52
24	Andrew	16,017	15,000	36
25	Mark	15,418	14,000	56
26	Charles	14,743	13,000	54
27	Scott	14,203	13,000	53
28	Jonathan	12,319	11,000	35
29	Benjamin	12,106	11,000	30
30	Justin	12,008	11,000	34
31	Paul	11,798	11,000	57
32	Aaron	11,631	11,000	34
33	Adam	11,030	10,000	35
34	Chad	10,831	9,900	45
35	Gregory	10,052	9,200	54
36	Nathan	9,886	9,000	30
37	Shawn	9,865	9,000	45
38	Stephen	9,635	8,800	54
39	Kenneth	9,452	8,600	57
40	Patrick	8,305	7,600	47
41	Brandon	8,272	7,600	33
42	Bryan	7,886	7,200	39
43	Sean	7,625	7,000	38
44	Travis	7,277	6,600	39
45	Jose	6,919	6,300	34
46	Donald	6,866	6,300	64
47	Edward	6,840	6,200	56
48	Keith	6,597	6,000	54
49	Bradley	6,431	5,900	42
50	Todd	6,276	5,700	54

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1977, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1977. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1977 babies. How we calculate this