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.

All Girls Boys Unisex

Rankings for

#20,708
Briza
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,709
Marrie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,711
Jasmaine
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,712
Crystl
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,714
Genya
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,715
Tabbie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,716
Shaniquia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,717
Nisaa
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,720
Yobana
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,721
Ortensia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,723
Tarryn
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,725
Jelaine
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,731
Keonda
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,732
Shekena
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,733
Shaylin
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,735
Jamei
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,737
Lalia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,739
Jameila
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,740
Sarajean
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,744
Valary
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,746
Charnese
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,749
Ikeisha
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,750
Kaiesha
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,757
Johnella
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,758
Jessicaann
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,759
Deedre
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,761
Kailey
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,765
Fidencia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,767
Serrena
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,768
Munirah
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,769
Semika
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,770
Jenesa
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,771
Arna
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,772
Shanet
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,773
Shareeta
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,774
Velita
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,776
Pallavi
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,777
Laiya
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,778
Georgenia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,780
Jannica
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,781
Wilona
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,787
Chenika
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,788
Lizete
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,789
Allysen
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,792
Panda
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,793
Kathya
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,795
Arlecia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,797
Krissandra
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.