Baby names come and go, and some always remain in style. Do you ever wonder what names were popular the year you were born?

Here are the most popular baby names of the past 40 years. If you’re older than 40, you can go check out what the favorite names were from the year you were born HERE and flip through the years.

1978

Michael, Jason, Christopher, Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica.

1979

Michael, Christopher, Jason, Jennifer, Melissa and Amanda.

1980

Michael, Christopher, and Jason, Jennifer, Jessica and Amanda.

1981

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jennifer, Jessica, and Amanda.

1982

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jennifer, Jessica, and Amanda.

1983

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jennifer, Jessica, and Amanda.

1984

Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Michael, Christopher, and Matthew.

1985

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley, and Jennifer.

1986

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley and Amanda.

1987

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley, and Amanda.

1988

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley, and Amanda.

1989

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley and Brittany.

1990

Michael, Christopher, and Matthew, Jessica, Ashley, and Brittany

1991

Brittany, Ashley, Jessica, Michael, Christopher, and Matthew.

1992

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Ashley, Jessica and Amanda.

1993

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley and Sarah.

1994

Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jessica, Ashley, and Emily.

1995

Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Jessica, Ashley, and Emily.

1996

Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Emily, Jessica, and Ashley.

1997

Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Emily, Jessica, and Ashley.

1998

Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Emily, Hannah, and Samantha.

1999

Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Emily, Hannah, and Alexis.

2000

Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Emily, Hannah, and Madison.

2001

Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Emily, Madison, and Hannah.

2002

Emily, Madison, Hannah, Jacob, Michael, and Joshua.

2003

Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Emily, Emma, and Madison

2004

Anthony, Christopher, Joseph, Emily, Emma, and Madison.

2005

Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Emma, Emily and Madison.

2006

Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Emily, Emma and Madison.

2007

Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Emily, Isabella, and Emma.

2008

Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Emma, Isabella, and Emily

2009

Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Isabella, Emma, Olivia.

2010

Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Isabella, Sophia and Emma.

2011

Jacob, Ethan, William, Sophia, Isabella and Emma.

2012

Jacob, Mason, Ethan, Sophia, Emma, and Isabella.

2013

Noah, Liam, Jacob, Sophia, Emma and Olivia.

2014

Noah, Liam, Mason, Emma, Olivia, and Sophia.

2015

Liam, Noah, Ethan, Emma, Olivia and Sophia.

2016

Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Ava, Jackson, Alden, Lucas, and Liam.

2017

Sophia, Olivia, Emma, Ava, Jackson, Liam, Noah and Alden.