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.

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Rankings for

#15,816
Norell
25 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#15,817
Lorren
25 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#15,832
Quyen
25 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#15,837
Nery
25 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#15,838
Nakoma
25 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#15,899
Tu
25 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#15,927
Chandar
25 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#15,951
Jaylyn
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#15,954
Timber
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#15,961
Sutton Sutton is a name of Old English origin meaning "southern settlement."
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#15,980
Alisan
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#15,985
Tery
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#15,986
Myca
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,012
Tameron
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,017
Reilly
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,028
Raeshawn
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,040
Jeffie
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,046
Mico
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,055
Shiva
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,060
Malon
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,117
Karn
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,118
Grier
24 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,121
Jeris
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,135
Reeve
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,140
Cristan
24 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,160
Jamice
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,183
Ki
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,218
Devlyn
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,221
Shaundell
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,227
Tiann
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,230
Shadow
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,240
Gaby
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,242
Elis
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,243
Devine
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,295
Gaylin
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,306
Jacquese
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,308
Troye
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,314
Destine
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,316
Ehrin
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,344
Fate
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,350
Donyea
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,355
Arlee
23 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#16,356
Farren
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,361
Darrie
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,367
Mega
23 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,427
Bradie
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,438
Panya
22 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#16,443
Chea
22 in the 1970s 4 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.