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

#16,325
Anesa
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,329
Abi
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,330
Carre
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,331
Macaria
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,335
Tenea
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,336
Marria
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,340
Janal
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,342
Eurydice
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,343
Shevaun
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,346
Lauraine
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,347
Monisa
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,349
Uyen
23 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,351
Kathleena
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,352
Laquasha
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,353
Katha
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,354
Laquina
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,355
Rokisha
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,356
Surena
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,358
Tenesa
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,359
Cristella
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,361
Lynzee
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,362
Nickisha
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,363
Ragena
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,365
Chrisoula
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,366
Lovey
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,367
Treacy
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,368
Channelle
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,369
Renaye
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,371
Sharlett
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,372
Leiloni
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,376
Netta
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,377
Lenisha
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,379
Kathreen
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,380
Lesile
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,381
Nekeia
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,382
Crickett
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,383
Rilla
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,385
Darnice
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,387
Shahla
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,390
Carlyon
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,392
Gaylyn
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,393
Darshana
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,398
Belina
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,400
Amandy
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,404
Dustee
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,405
Madina
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,406
Caralynn
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,407
Kalila
22 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.