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

#16,813
Kadisha
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,814
Kassey
21 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,815
Jevonne
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,816
Reine
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,817
Lavren
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,818
Donnika
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,820
Elberta
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,827
Charmika
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,829
Karema
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,830
Elsbeth
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,831
Shekila
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,833
Neika
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,835
Jassica
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,836
Jerlene
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,837
Dutchess
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,842
Verina
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,843
Veranda
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,845
Breeanna
21 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,851
Carlean
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,856
Karolynn
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,859
Tiphani
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,860
Adabel
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,861
Taneia
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,862
Tryna
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,865
Kamica
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,867
Hiroko
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,869
Evonna
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,870
Marlane
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,872
Chiqueta
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,873
Kiriaki
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,874
Tacie
21 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,876
Bonney
21 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,877
Chrisanna
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,878
Taneal
20 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,879
Kimeka
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,881
Trinese
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,882
Charae
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,883
Tyona
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,888
Jilene
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,891
Veva
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,893
Shirlyn
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,896
Marysue
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,898
Aislynn
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,899
Avie
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,900
Seleste
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,901
Shatanya
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,902
Tyia
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,904
Lorea
20 in the 1970s 4 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.