1970s Baby Names

25,022 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

#20,209
Raechell
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,210
Lowana
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,211
Matthe
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,212
Carolos
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,213
Javed
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,214
Sheelah
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,215
Georginia
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,216
Korynn
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,217
Meridee
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,218
Leno
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,219
Damir
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,220
Dakin
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,221
Kippie
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,222
Robertha
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,223
Kellis
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,224
Oluwatoyin
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,225
Bell
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,226
Fatime
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,227
Laela
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,228
Arsha
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,229
Soctt
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,230
Kathlee
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,231
Lynnel
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,232
Cashawn
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,233
Nemiah
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,234
Carvis
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,235
Dywan
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,236
Maurya
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,237
Esthela
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,238
Aranda
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,239
Ainslie
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,240
Barbarann
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,241
Yuette
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,242
Curby
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,243
Akasha
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,244
Dezaray
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,245
Zelphia
11 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,246
Jamieann
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,247
Winson
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,248
Chrysanthemum
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,249
Karenann
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,250
Lorah
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,251
Ivica
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,252
Sunee
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,253
Ac
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,254
Markitta
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,255
Lowery
11 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,256
Lem
11 in the 1970s 2 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.