1970s Baby Names

14,967 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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Rankings for

#9,402
Sherisse
80 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,404
Nakiya
79 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#9,405
Dwanda
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,409
Idania
79 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#9,410
Sangeeta
79 in the 1970s
#9,411
Joyann
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,412
Letia
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,415
Devi
79 in the 1970s
#9,416
Cheria
79 in the 1970s
#9,417
Charnette
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,418
Felesha
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,419
Lashuna
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,420
Anesia
79 in the 1970s
#9,421
Terrilynn
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,422
Michaella
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,423
Shandel
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,425
Sallyann
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,426
Montina
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,427
Kalina
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,428
Medea
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,430
Marilin
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,431
Tamasha
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,433
Lehua
79 in the 1970s
#9,434
Kelie
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,436
Retina
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,437
Jil
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,438
Fancy
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,439
Kimbly
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,441
Jaynie
79 in the 1970s
#9,442
Rubina
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,443
Laretha
79 in the 1970s
#9,444
Huong
79 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#9,445
Aneshia
79 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#9,446
Lovetta
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,449
Chariti
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,451
Nickia
79 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#9,452
Helaine
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,453
Milly
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,455
Elene
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,456
Genette
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,457
Libbie
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,458
Tenise
79 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#9,459
Trang
79 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#9,460
Iola
79 in the 1970s
#9,461
Demita
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,462
Latorsha
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,464
Zenda
79 in the 1970s 9 of 10 years
#9,466
Katheleen
79 in the 1970s 9 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.