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

#17,891
Aneisha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,892
Jeniene
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,893
Sylvania
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,896
Kimika
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,897
Britnie
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,898
Maylee
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,900
Stasi
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,901
Naticia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,902
Yasemin
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,903
Satira
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,904
Blanch
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,906
Arminta
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,910
Shanetra
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,911
Chakia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,912
Tavonna
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,914
Roena
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,915
Tremika
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,916
Karlisha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,917
Nelle
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,918
Nealie
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,919
Desdemona
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,921
Cintia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,922
Chystal
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,923
Drita
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,928
Miwa
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,929
Latwana
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,930
Tabaitha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,933
Rosalynd
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,936
Shonie
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,938
Michaeleen
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,940
Demeshia
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,945
Christinea
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,946
Delmy
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,948
Rozlynn
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,950
Vertina
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,951
Elisheba
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,953
Farida
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,955
Llana
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,956
Altina
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,957
Amna
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,958
Assata
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,960
Caycee
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,961
Vanecia
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,962
Cherlene
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,967
Tennisha
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,970
Jadine
17 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,972
Kashima
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,973
Lameika
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.