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

#17,069
Jonnell
20 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,081
Avin
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#17,089
Terrice
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#17,105
Monserrate
20 in the 1970s 4 of 10 years
#17,169
Mercer
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,190
Venis
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,192
Lafrance
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,213
Yamel
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,225
Tay
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,226
Keelin
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,236
Marzell
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,247
Kindell
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,266
Jentry
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,272
Linzie
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,278
Shawntrell
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,280
Varnell
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,281
Tavi
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,283
Mearl
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,312
Videl
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,313
Andrel
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,357
Richel
19 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,361
Kamali
19 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,380
Royale
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,386
Latrail
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,388
Li
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,398
Niger
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,420
Nehal
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,436
Pal
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,439
Maiko
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,456
Anice
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,466
Karime
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,476
Sharn
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,486
Gem
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,503
Dorain
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,541
Gabriell
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,548
Ferron
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,558
Eri
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,561
Verlyn
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,562
Bee
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,576
Lyndal
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,585
Sumeet
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,605
Glennie
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,618
Jacquay
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,624
Lanel
18 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,630
Deaven
18 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#17,684
Angelin
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,685
Kehinde
17 in the 1970s 3 of 10 years
#17,717
Kore
17 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.