1970s Baby Names

1,976 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

#20,719
Jolen
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,730
Nilam
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,753
Damarie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,756
Jaree
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,760
Terrian
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,764
Danila
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,799
Bryann
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,804
Khai
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,807
Bentura
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,826
Malin
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,836
Erike
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,848
Zenith
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,878
Senna
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,879
Columba
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,893
Dushon
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,905
Dare
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,913
Demarie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,918
Kapri
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,955
Emine
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,960
Miel
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,969
Nickita
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,982
Bianco
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,988
Everest
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,997
Anoop
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,013
Choice
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,015
Canice
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,025
Saman
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,039
Argie
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,045
Jezreel
9 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,054
Shamim
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,057
Terren
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,059
Shiraz
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,132
Devann
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,141
Artha
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,164
Shale
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,174
Torii
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,201
Ran
8 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,246
Shammah
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,254
Carmi
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,265
Charlot
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,285
Esa
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,286
Jeriah
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,299
Suan
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,315
Noor Noor is a name of Arabic origin meaning "light."
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,349
Jarrah
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,366
Rane
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,395
Asiah
7 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#21,408
Merit
7 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.