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

#17,668
Rhonna
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,669
Lawona
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,671
Alis
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,672
Arhonda
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,673
Grecia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,674
Chelse
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,675
Magdalina
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,677
Lakinya
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,678
Kisten
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,679
Deby
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,680
Coralyn
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,681
Kelsea
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,682
Nikiesha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,683
Mandolyn
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,684
Shirah
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,685
Daronda
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,687
Zada
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,688
Ysela
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,689
Alizabeth
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,690
Macarena
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,692
Juanika
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,693
Larosa
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,694
Ressie
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,699
Laquata
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,701
Apolonia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,703
Merianne
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,704
Wendella
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,708
Bijal
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,709
Javette
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,710
Jerlyn
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,711
Mandana
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,712
Manica
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,714
Margarida
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,715
Lekiesha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,717
Cinamon
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,718
Claritza
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,719
Latrinda
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,721
Elania
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,722
Glennette
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,724
Reesha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,727
Jennnifer
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,730
Marianita
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,731
Ethelyn
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,737
Basilia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,738
Avigail
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,739
Keeshia
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,740
Kourtni
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,741
Tayana
17 in the 1970s 2 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.