Top names of the 1970s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1970 - 1979. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 17,108,133 male births and 16,459,329 female births.

**Popular names of the 1970s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	707,651	Jennifer	581,749
2	Christopher	475,640	Amy	268,998
3	Jason	462,890	Melissa	253,281
4	David	445,907	Michelle	249,121
5	James	444,935	Kimberly	229,104
6	John	402,810	Lisa	228,650
7	Robert	397,420	Angela	225,204
8	Brian	322,844	Heather	203,917
9	William	283,557	Stephanie	160,451
10	Matthew	277,964	Nicole	144,652
11	Joseph	244,888	Jessica	143,489
12	Daniel	244,540	Elizabeth	142,860
13	Kevin	212,386	Rebecca	137,304
14	Eric	211,585	Kelly	133,557
15	Jeffrey	202,950	Mary	126,288
16	Richard	202,904	Christina	125,737
17	Scott	194,674	Amanda	123,924
18	Mark	194,381	Julie	121,945
19	Steven	188,185	Sarah	118,829
20	Thomas	186,888	Laura	118,206
21	Timothy	181,326	Shannon	113,797
22	Anthony	174,918	Christine	103,230
23	Charles	163,101	Tammy	98,827
24	Joshua	140,375	Tracy	95,527
25	Ryan	139,727	Karen	95,193
26	Jeremy	139,347	Dawn	92,437
27	Paul	136,473	Susan	88,333
28	Andrew	133,065	Andrea	86,432
29	Gregory	115,627	Tina	84,756
30	Chad	113,587	Patricia	81,129
31	Kenneth	111,535	Cynthia	80,214
32	Jonathan	107,983	Lori	77,784
33	Stephen	107,846	Rachel	77,769
34	Shawn	105,819	April	76,932
35	Aaron	101,521	Maria	76,089
36	Adam	91,809	Wendy	74,193
37	Patrick	91,298	Crystal	73,753
38	Justin	86,568	Stacy	69,907
39	Sean	83,946	Erin	67,911
40	Edward	83,511	Jamie	67,854
41	Todd	83,383	Carrie	66,835
42	Donald	82,464	Tiffany	65,163
43	Ronald	81,770	Tara	65,070
44	Benjamin	81,369	Sandra	64,324
45	Keith	76,730	Monica	61,672
46	Bryan	71,391	Danielle	60,924
47	Gary	68,294	Stacey	59,223
48	Jose	66,343	Pamela	58,071
49	Nathan	65,939	Tonya	57,785
50	Douglas	65,208	Sara	56,955
51	Brandon	65,104	Michele	56,561
52	Nicholas	65,095	Teresa	56,024
53	George	64,742	Denise	55,870
54	Travis	64,133	Jill	55,078
55	Peter	62,367	Katherine	54,067
56	Craig	58,823	Melanie	53,315
57	Bradley	58,710	Dana	51,354
58	Larry	58,152	Holly	50,462
59	Dennis	50,564	Erica	49,604
60	Shane	50,290	Brenda	48,597
61	Raymond	49,352	Deborah	47,893
62	Troy	48,856	Tanya	47,833
63	Jerry	48,360	Sharon	47,779
64	Samuel	48,102	Donna	47,361
65	Frank	46,911	Amber	47,063
66	Jesse	44,902	Emily	46,856
67	Jeffery	44,582	Robin	45,953
68	Juan	43,359	Linda	45,945
69	Terry	42,429	Kathleen	44,870
70	Corey	41,026	Leslie	44,834
71	Phillip	39,853	Christy	44,592
72	Marcus	39,485	Kristen	44,217
73	Derek	38,356	Catherine	43,864
74	Rodney	37,479	Kristin	42,392
75	Joel	37,235	Misty	42,373
76	Carlos	36,928	Barbara	42,242
77	Randy	36,550	Heidi	42,224
78	Jacob	36,380	Nancy	41,871
79	Jamie	36,303	Cheryl	40,404
80	Tony	35,686	Theresa	40,080
81	Russell	35,482	Brandy	40,066
82	Brent	35,404	Alicia	39,243
83	Antonio	33,225	Veronica	38,795
84	Billy	33,220	Gina	38,118
85	Derrick	32,867	Jacqueline	37,961
86	Kyle	32,671	Rhonda	37,949
87	Erik	32,106	Anna	37,749
88	Johnny	32,036	Renee	37,599
89	Marc	31,841	Megan	37,371
90	Carl	31,390	Tamara	37,072
91	Philip	31,380	Melinda	36,443
92	Roger	29,737	Kathryn	36,441
93	Bobby	29,080	Debra	34,632
94	Brett	28,945	Sherry	34,203
95	Danny	28,851	Allison	34,177
96	Curtis	28,823	Valerie	33,817
97	Jon	28,703	Diana	33,348
98	Vincent	27,646	Paula	32,725
99	Cory	27,524	Kristina	32,649
100	Jimmy	27,094	Ann	32,030
101	Victor	26,739	Margaret	31,962
102	Lawrence	26,676	Cindy	30,881
103	Dustin	26,577	Victoria	30,875
104	Gerald	26,161	Jodi	30,348
105	Walter	25,730	Natalie	29,806
106	Alexander	24,977	Brandi	29,069
107	Joe	24,937	Suzanne	29,037
108	Christian	24,917	Kristi	29,033
109	Chris	24,880	Samantha	28,929
110	Alan	24,823	Beth	28,868
111	Shannon	24,654	Tracey	28,753
112	Wayne	24,622	Regina	28,312
113	Jared	24,419	Vanessa	28,072
114	Gabriel	24,399	Kristy	27,771
115	Martin	24,289	Carolyn	27,058
116	Jay	23,995	Yolanda	27,028
117	Willie	23,967	Deanna	26,986
118	Luis	23,965	Carla	26,845
119	Micheal	23,797	Sheila	26,511
120	Henry	23,509	Laurie	26,100
121	Wesley	23,263	Anne	25,600
122	Randall	23,033	Shelly	25,536
123	Brad	22,634	Diane	25,335
124	Darren	22,587	Sabrina	24,485
125	Roy	22,358	Janet	24,463
126	Albert	22,117	Katrina	24,303
127	Arthur	22,113	Erika	24,302
128	Ricky	22,069	Courtney	23,999
129	Lance	21,812	Colleen	23,767
130	Allen	21,686	Carol	23,491
131	Lee	21,573	Julia	23,427
132	Bruce	21,145	Jenny	22,899
133	Andre	21,131	Jaime	22,774
134	Mario	20,945	Kathy	22,713
135	Frederick	20,743	Felicia	22,326
136	Louis	20,160	Alison	22,079
137	Darrell	20,081	Lauren	21,842
138	Damon	20,061	Kelli	21,541
139	Shaun	19,319	Leah	21,156
140	Nathaniel	19,193	Ashley	21,067
141	Zachary	19,074	Kim	20,698
142	Casey	18,997	Traci	20,677
143	Adrian	18,910	Kristine	20,548
144	Jesus	18,800	Tricia	20,522
145	Jeremiah	18,778	Joy	20,120
146	Jack	18,595	Krista	19,810
147	Ronnie	18,266	Kara	19,766
148	Dale	18,081	Terri	19,596
149	Tyrone	17,919	Sonya	19,471
150	Manuel	17,670	Aimee	19,404
151	Ricardo	17,647	Natasha	19,330
152	Harold	17,605	Cassandra	19,026
153	Kelly	17,326	Bridget	18,870
154	Barry	17,267	Anita	18,831
155	Ian	17,209	Kari	18,750
156	Reginald	17,194	Nichole	18,513
157	Glenn	16,897	Christie	18,178
158	Ernest	16,767	Marie	18,118
159	Steve	16,656	Virginia	18,054
160	Seth	16,587	Connie	17,968
161	Eugene	16,547	Martha	17,916
162	Clinton	16,349	Carmen	17,873
163	Miguel	16,313	Stacie	17,832
164	Tommy	16,177	Lynn	17,620
165	Eddie	15,876	Monique	17,474
166	Leonard	15,813	Katie	17,469
167	Maurice	15,229	Kristie	17,371
168	Roberto	15,126	Shelley	17,284
169	Dwayne	14,807	Sherri	17,088
170	Jerome	14,792	Angel	16,816
171	Ralph	14,755	Bonnie	16,683
172	Marvin	14,738	Mandy	16,245
173	Francisco	14,639	Jody	16,225
174	Jorge	14,630	Shawna	16,182
175	Neil	14,053	Kerry	16,126
176	Alex	14,023	Annette	16,050
177	Dean	13,907	Yvonne	15,991
178	Kristopher	13,893	Toni	15,901
179	Calvin	13,822	Meredith	15,846
180	Kurt	13,673	Molly	15,722
181	Theodore	13,572	Kendra	15,664
182	Ruben	13,539	Joanna	15,271
183	Jermaine	13,521	Sonia	15,200
184	Tracy	13,420	Janice	14,840
185	Edwin	13,360	Robyn	14,684
186	Stanley	13,221	Brooke	14,519
187	Melvin	13,134	Kerri	14,449
188	Howard	12,994	Sheri	14,396
189	Mitchell	12,984	Becky	14,308
190	Duane	12,409	Gloria	14,216
191	Trevor	12,374	Mindy	14,020
192	Jeff	12,271	Tracie	13,792
193	Geoffrey	12,191	Angie	13,783
194	Hector	12,133	Kellie	13,669
195	Terrence	11,913	Claudia	13,600
196	Terrance	11,889	Ruth	13,428
197	Oscar	11,846	Wanda	13,288
198	Jaime	11,796	Jeanette	12,972
199	Clifford	11,763	Cathy	12,947
200	Harry	11,661	Adrienne	12,794
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.