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

#18,773
Lameisha
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,775
Jovonda
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,776
Cadie
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,777
Peni
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,778
Marykathleen
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,779
Zeta
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,780
Keyatta
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,781
Loribeth
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,782
Camia
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,787
Khalisha
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,788
Jeannean
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,789
Jolette
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,791
Saraann
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,792
Latalia
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,793
Lakela
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,794
Raisha
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,797
Veretta
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,798
Chanty
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,799
Syreta
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,800
Bahar
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,804
Karrissa
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,805
Kenyanna
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,808
Winda
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,809
Lakeidra
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,811
Maresha
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,812
Shanai
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,813
Ledonna
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,814
Jillane
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,815
Yuvonne
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,819
Carlise
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,820
Breea
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,821
Parthena
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,822
Pollyann
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,824
Chyla
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,825
Sekina
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,827
Philena
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,828
Lanesia
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,830
Latacia
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,834
Valeda
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,835
Jamira
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,836
Candid
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,837
Linelle
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,838
Kanetha
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,839
Shaguana
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,841
Keera
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,844
Danalyn
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,845
Nefretiri
14 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#18,846
Kearsten
14 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.