1970s Baby Names

8,079 names were given to children in the United States between 1970 and 1979, ranked below by how many.

A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.

All Girls Boys Unisex

Rankings for

#16,562
Kiron
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,564
Thaddeaus
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,574
Delance
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,575
Filip
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,578
Prem
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,580
Tarun
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,583
Joshus
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,598
Jadrien
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,601
Dyon
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,605
Telesforo
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,606
Payam
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,610
Delawrence
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,612
Joeph
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,617
Hatim
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,620
Jearld
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,621
Romando
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,623
Dallen
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,625
Derak
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,628
Lizandro
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,632
Wyeth
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,634
Lynard
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,635
Demarrio
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,637
Ched
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,638
Shakim
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,640
Trev
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,645
Gardiner
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,646
Rigel
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,649
Aleck
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,650
Strider
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,651
Tilmon
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,652
Armad
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,654
Nole
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,657
Colonel
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,658
Yaw
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,670
Aquiles
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,678
Ervey
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,680
Orpheus
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,681
Lacedric
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,687
Elric
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,688
Kanoa
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,689
Jerren
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,690
Nacoma
21 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,694
Recco
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,695
Loranzo
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,697
Trevar
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,704
Romaldo
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,705
Lian Lian is a unisex name with several unrelated sources.
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,708
Ashwin
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years

What Made a 1970s Name

Children in the United States were registered with it between 1970 and 1979. A name's position here is how many of them were.

Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade

A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.

Where to Go Next

Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.