1970s Baby Names

2,155 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

#13,920
Amil
35 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#13,921
Lynden
35 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#13,933
Trine
35 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#13,949
Kitt
35 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#13,982
Ly
35 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,008
Sher
35 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,010
Kaylon
35 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,027
Olayinka
34 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,031
Jari
34 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#14,047
Roshun
34 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,049
Jorden
34 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,070
Mishael
34 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,106
Jerre
34 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,107
Jung
34 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#14,149
Nazareth
34 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,162
Dorey
34 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#14,179
Murl
34 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#14,185
Cayle
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,199
Uhuru
33 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,211
Kodie
33 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,220
Carle
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,229
Rivers
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,246
Domenique
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,256
Jonquil
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,265
Mickell
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,273
Xan
33 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,274
Zan
33 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#14,301
Angy
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,303
Karem
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,307
Alyn
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,334
Trea
33 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,339
Elham
33 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#14,356
Linzy
33 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#14,358
Ren
33 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,360
Rayme
33 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#14,384
Levie
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,391
Carliss
32 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#14,425
Shondel
32 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,427
Glendell
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,448
Shenan
32 in the 1970s 6 of 10 years
#14,452
Mozell
32 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,457
Jaton
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,458
Neko
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,471
Rajah
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,486
Jeany
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,490
Garrie
32 in the 1970s 5 of 10 years
#14,497
Dorean
32 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#14,508
Amiri Amiri is a unisex name of Arabic origin meaning "princely" or "of a commander".
32 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years

What made a 1970s name

Nothing about the sound of it. A name is on this page because children in the United States were registered with it between 1970 and 1979, and its position is simply how many. Every list of "1970s names" you will find elsewhere is somebody's sense of the period; this one is the register.

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.