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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#1,459Liliana Liliana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily," an elaborated form of Lily from lilium.1,638 in the 1970s
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#1,502Alexa Alexa did not simply collapse when Amazon launched the Echo — it rose first.1,564 in the 1970s
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#1,515Maxine Maxine is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," a feminine form of Maximus.1,541 in the 1970s
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#1,528Hazel Hazel is a girl's name of English origin naming the hazel tree, from the Old English hæsel.1,513 in the 1970s
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#1,529Pearl Pearl is a girl's name taken from the gem, and it charts in all seven markets.1,505 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.