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.
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#1,492Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.1,583 in the 1970s
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#1,527Rhett Rhett is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "advice" or "counsel."1,521 in the 1970s
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#1,533Giovanni Giovanni is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is gracious," the Italian form of John.1,501 in the 1970s
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#1,546Adan Adan is a boy's name and the Spanish form of Adam, written Adán, from the Hebrew adamah, "earth."1,475 in the 1970s
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#1,558Rodrigo Rodrigo is a Spanish and Portuguese boy's name meaning "famous ruler."1,462 in the 1970s
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#1,560Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."1,457 in the 1970s
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#1,569Cole Cole is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "coal-black" or "swarthy."1,444 in the 1970s
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#1,588Rocco Rocco is a boy's name of Germanic origin, generally read from a root meaning rest or repose.1,415 in the 1970s
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.