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

#20,306
Malkie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,310
Sola
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,311
Umika
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,312
Ulla
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,314
Tanille
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,315
Miosha
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,316
Geanie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,317
Kwanita
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,318
Hakima
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,319
Daiquiri
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,320
Lilyan
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,321
Julayne
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,325
Rossanna
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,326
Grethel
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,328
Shariann
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,330
Kimily
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,331
Shulamis
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,332
Catessa
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,333
Shaunee
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,334
Sylva
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,335
Maret
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,336
Maple
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,338
Kenra
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,339
Ravenna
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,340
Edelia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,341
Deisy
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,343
Deshona
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,344
Carinna
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,345
Elanie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,346
Jincy
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,347
Zakiyya
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,348
Illona
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,352
Irine
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,356
Esmeraldo
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,358
Cherylee
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,359
Chitra
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,361
Lisl
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,363
Linsy
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,364
Antoninette
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,365
Anite
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,370
Nilza
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,371
Adelfa
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,372
Neera
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,374
Ayona
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,377
Rosyln
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,379
Folashade
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,380
Basha
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,381
Tanai
10 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.