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

#22,174
Meliah
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,177
Caleen
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,180
Mischel
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,184
Korinn
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,185
Roylene
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,187
Keyetta
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,189
Nisreen
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,190
Kyeshia
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,191
Kanoelani
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,192
Shaqueta
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,196
Shaundrea
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,197
Elmina
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,200
Arnice
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,201
Marshana
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,204
Eura
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,205
Inocencia
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,207
Chaquana
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,208
Jazma
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,209
Aminda
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,210
Tyshika
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,211
Tiaira
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,212
Tequia
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,214
Rogene
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,216
Jahira
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,218
Denesa
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,219
Libertie
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,221
Camilya
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,222
Destany
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,223
Steffi
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,224
Candence
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,225
Ellia
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,228
Otila
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,229
Malesha
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,230
Tynise
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,232
Shakinah
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,233
Sanam
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,234
Iwana
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,235
Quincie
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,237
Keirston
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,238
Yolette
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,239
Daneshia
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,241
Monea
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,243
Gertrudis
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,244
Laurenda
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,245
Waunita
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,246
Geraldene
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,247
Anali
6 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#22,249
Oneta
6 in the 1970s 1 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.