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.

All Girls Boys Unisex

Rankings for

#12,163
Afiya
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,165
Jalena
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,166
Cesilia
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,167
Carnetta
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,169
Sangita
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,173
Breeann
48 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#12,174
Bernardette
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,175
Yaffa
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,177
Soo
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,179
Meesha
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,183
Alsha
48 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#12,184
Audri
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,186
Katerine
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,191
Arah
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,192
Joyanne
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,194
Trinika
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,196
Felcia
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,197
Ulrica
48 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#12,199
Tanicia
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,200
Nataya
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,201
Levita
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,203
Shawnika
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,204
Raynetta
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,208
Kamia
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,209
Lyndsy
48 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#12,210
Bernedette
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,213
Dawnna
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,217
Torra
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,218
Kennita
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,219
Mischell
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,220
Tanny
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,224
Orit
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,225
Tametha
48 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,227
Irmalinda
48 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,228
Nickola
48 in the 1970s 8 of 10 years
#12,230
Gioia
47 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,231
Domini
47 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#12,235
Danean
47 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,236
Jacquita
47 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,238
Brigetta
47 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,241
Andreya
47 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,244
Twanya
47 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,245
Sadonna
47 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,247
Hesper
47 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,250
Mahasin
47 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#12,251
Erinne
47 in the 1970s 7 of 10 years
#12,252
Gwenette
47 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#12,253
Prisilla
47 in the 1970s 5 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.