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

#16,907
Jovina
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,908
Starlynn
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,909
Shadawn
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,914
Suhey
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,915
Landi
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,916
Nieshia
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,917
Leketa
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,918
Margene
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,919
Marcelline
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,921
Fayetta
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,924
Shaneice
20 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,925
Cheril
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,927
Maytee
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,928
Naureen
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,933
Becci
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,934
Teila
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,936
Nuala
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,937
Reshell
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,940
Marcilla
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,941
Rosellen
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,943
Tristana
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,945
Chelisa
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,946
Devera
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,947
Donja
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,948
Arnissa
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,949
Judianne
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,950
Dequita
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,953
Eilleen
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,954
Rhapsody
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,955
Julena
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,957
Latroya
20 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,958
Nyeisha
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,962
Shadana
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,964
Jisela
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,967
Diannah
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,968
Shannone
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,972
Ceola
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,973
Kathyann
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,974
Kanetra
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,975
Wanika
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,977
Nikelle
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,980
Alvena
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,983
Kristl
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,985
Chelsia
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,986
Sabah
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,987
Shandale
20 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#16,988
Sephora
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,990
Kyia
20 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.