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

#17,293
Wafa
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,296
Vernique
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,297
Lalana
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,299
Kashanda
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,300
Tanjanika
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,303
Nanyamka
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,305
Sheera
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,308
Alynn
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,309
Sandrina
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,310
Sarahbeth
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,311
Clarissia
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,315
Lonnetta
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,316
Juanisha
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,317
Allis
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,318
Naoma
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,321
Alfreida
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,322
Trinka
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,324
Romeka
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,325
Tarissa
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,326
Hydee
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,328
Jemila
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,330
Darsey
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,331
Mamta
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,332
Earica
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,333
Mardee
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,334
Bandi
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,336
Marshia
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,338
Arpil
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,340
Susen
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,341
Andreal
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,343
Francella
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,344
Milissia
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,345
Symone
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,346
Olevia
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,351
Nakesia
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,352
Shondrika
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,359
Glendaly
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,360
Nechole
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,361
Metta
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,363
Takeyla
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,364
Reanne
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,365
Shandolyn
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,367
Vicktoria
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,370
Hara
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,371
Kajal
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,376
Jone
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,377
Alitha
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,380
Chanele
18 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.