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

#17,527
Janya
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,528
Dezra
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,529
Ricquel
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,530
Ladean
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,532
Cynthis
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,533
Jaine
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,536
Shalea
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,538
Mykia
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,540
Marcelia
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,541
Lorrina
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,542
Nyeshia
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,544
Cristol
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,545
Nyia
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,546
Janeece
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,548
Jillana
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,550
Sapphira
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,551
Marhta
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,553
Bethney
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,554
Sydni
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,555
Joanelle
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,557
Wylene
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,558
Tammyjo
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,561
Chalet
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,562
Librada
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,563
Quatina
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,565
Cierra
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,566
Dorathy
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,570
Likita
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,571
Jessina
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,572
Meara
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,573
Cherida
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,574
Moreen
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,575
Circe
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,577
Genese
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,578
Devetta
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,579
Marlean
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,581
Syria
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,582
Abigal
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,583
Shandora
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,584
Gerianne
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,586
Valeta
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,588
Tasneem
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,589
Lakieta
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,590
Azeneth
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,591
Tamsin
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,593
Margrett
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,594
Sharvon
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,595
Annell
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.