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

#18,220
Shantavia
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,221
Doralee
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,224
Licet
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,225
Trenae
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,226
Jeannelle
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,228
Sybrina
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,232
Lyzette
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,233
Dinesha
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,235
Jequetta
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,236
Allisen
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,237
Jia
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,238
Demetriss
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,239
Marijean
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,240
Hilde
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,241
Iretha
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,246
Shankia
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,249
Lorrene
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,251
Dorcus
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,252
Shenel
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,253
Ronnika
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,254
Andrya
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,255
Dorotea
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,258
Tomeshia
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,259
Sophina
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,261
Pricella
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,264
Talishia
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,265
Caprecia
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,267
Elisse
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,269
Lislie
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,270
Tysa
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,271
Aqua
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,273
Iyanna
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,275
Roza
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,276
Karmella
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,277
Sheindel
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,278
Janara
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,279
Mairi
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,280
Irisha
16 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,282
Leeah
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,285
Yuka
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,286
Michaelina
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,288
Anabella
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,289
Tamilyn
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,290
Keyonda
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,291
Jamise
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,292
Niva
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,297
Corla
16 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#18,299
Kayte
16 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.