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

#16,486
Shekima
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,488
Shaletta
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,490
Karonda
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,492
Kishana
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,493
Reeda
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,494
Cassady
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,495
Lucynda
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,497
Jolonda
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,498
Trevina
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,500
Deanette
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,501
Shaunell
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,503
Tenessa
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,504
Antina
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,507
Loresa
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,508
Rosena
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,509
Italia
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,510
Kendyl
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,513
Voncile
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,514
Shonique
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,515
Shammara
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,516
Shawnelle
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,523
Carmenlita
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,525
Tyrah
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,527
Keneshia
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,529
Deshundra
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,533
Vernadette
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,534
Janyce
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,535
Kinyatta
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,540
Lorelie
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,541
Ronice
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,542
Rashele
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,545
Cheryln
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,546
Belisa
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,547
Pollie
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,550
Magaret
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,552
Aisa
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,553
Nastasha
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,555
Lyza
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,557
Milana
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,559
Dawniel
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,560
Nikeia
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,563
Blakeley
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,565
Efthimia
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,566
Aracelli
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,567
Lanai
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,568
Tarmara
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,569
Bryana
22 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,570
Monda
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.