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

#20,737
Lalia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,738
Anastasio
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,739
Jameila
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,740
Sarajean
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,741
Ferguson
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,742
Hassel
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,743
Arafat
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,744
Valary
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,745
Toderick
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,746
Charnese
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,747
Garrell
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,748
Clayburn
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,749
Ikeisha
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,750
Kaiesha
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,751
Detroy
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,752
Alphonsus
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,753
Damarie
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,754
Raymound
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,755
Hiran
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,756
Jaree
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,757
Johnella
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,758
Jessicaann
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,759
Deedre
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,760
Terrian
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,761
Kailey
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,762
Jachin
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,763
Cardale
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,764
Danila
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,765
Fidencia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,766
Obdulio
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,767
Serrena
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,768
Munirah
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,769
Semika
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,770
Jenesa
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,771
Arna
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,772
Shanet
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,773
Shareeta
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,774
Velita
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,775
Lancy
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,776
Pallavi
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,777
Laiya
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,778
Georgenia
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,779
Raysean
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,780
Jannica
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,781
Wilona
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,782
Dionysios
10 in the 1970s 2 of 10 years
#20,783
Azad
10 in the 1970s 1 of 10 years
#20,784
Prakash
10 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.