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 17,111,782 male births and 16,461,739 female births.

**Popular names of the 1970s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	707,702	Jennifer	581,786
2	Christopher	475,663	Amy	269,006
3	Jason	462,947	Melissa	253,288
4	David	445,981	Michelle	249,136
5	James	444,964	Kimberly	229,114
6	John	402,850	Lisa	228,681
7	Robert	397,427	Angela	225,231
8	Brian	322,856	Heather	203,937
9	William	283,568	Stephanie	160,475
10	Matthew	277,986	Nicole	144,672
11	Joseph	244,935	Jessica	143,493
12	Daniel	244,570	Elizabeth	142,861
13	Kevin	212,406	Rebecca	137,305
14	Eric	211,594	Kelly	133,565
15	Jeffrey	202,955	Mary	126,273
16	Richard	202,913	Christina	125,743
17	Scott	194,694	Amanda	123,939
18	Mark	194,418	Julie	121,951
19	Steven	188,195	Sarah	118,841
20	Thomas	186,898	Laura	118,219
21	Timothy	181,356	Shannon	113,807
22	Anthony	174,951	Christine	103,238
23	Charles	163,119	Tammy	98,831
24	Joshua	140,404	Tracy	95,540
25	Ryan	139,749	Karen	95,188
26	Jeremy	139,356	Dawn	92,444
27	Paul	136,491	Susan	88,329
28	Andrew	133,089	Andrea	86,431
29	Gregory	115,639	Tina	84,757
30	Chad	113,597	Patricia	81,111
31	Kenneth	111,544	Cynthia	80,213
32	Jonathan	107,986	Lori	77,784
33	Stephen	107,875	Rachel	77,771
34	Shawn	105,830	April	76,938
35	Aaron	101,539	Maria	76,184
36	Adam	91,821	Wendy	74,188
37	Patrick	91,306	Crystal	73,765
38	Justin	86,580	Stacy	69,906
39	Sean	83,943	Erin	67,909
40	Edward	83,522	Jamie	67,853
41	Todd	83,378	Carrie	66,835
42	Donald	82,474	Tiffany	65,162
43	Ronald	81,776	Tara	65,071
44	Benjamin	81,392	Sandra	64,336
45	Keith	76,737	Monica	61,676
46	Bryan	71,402	Danielle	60,924
47	Gary	68,301	Stacey	59,219
48	Jose	66,367	Pamela	58,050
49	Nathan	65,939	Tonya	57,793
50	Douglas	65,208	Sara	56,961
51	Brandon	65,115	Michele	56,565
52	Nicholas	65,115	Teresa	56,029
53	George	64,763	Denise	55,879
54	Travis	64,148	Jill	55,078
55	Peter	62,376	Katherine	54,063
56	Craig	58,831	Melanie	53,326
57	Bradley	58,717	Dana	51,358
58	Larry	58,161	Holly	50,470
59	Dennis	50,576	Erica	49,609
60	Shane	50,296	Brenda	48,598
61	Raymond	49,366	Deborah	47,876
62	Troy	48,862	Tanya	47,834
63	Jerry	48,366	Sharon	47,778
64	Samuel	48,121	Donna	47,355
65	Frank	46,930	Amber	47,070
66	Jesse	44,909	Emily	46,862
67	Jeffery	44,582	Robin	45,950
68	Juan	43,390	Linda	45,915
69	Terry	42,436	Kathleen	44,854
70	Corey	41,025	Leslie	44,837
71	Phillip	39,858	Christy	44,592
72	Marcus	39,498	Kristen	44,223
73	Derek	38,358	Catherine	43,872
74	Rodney	37,481	Kristin	42,390
75	Joel	37,241	Misty	42,376
76	Carlos	36,944	Barbara	42,245
77	Randy	36,552	Heidi	42,231
78	Jacob	36,393	Nancy	41,862
79	Jamie	36,302	Cheryl	40,404
80	Tony	35,696	Theresa	40,086
81	Russell	35,483	Brandy	40,070
82	Brent	35,410	Alicia	39,253
83	Antonio	33,251	Veronica	38,801
84	Billy	33,224	Gina	38,121
85	Derrick	32,870	Jacqueline	37,970
86	Kyle	32,680	Rhonda	37,947
87	Erik	32,106	Anna	37,768
88	Johnny	32,035	Renee	37,604
89	Marc	31,847	Megan	37,371
90	Carl	31,384	Tamara	37,071
91	Philip	31,384	Melinda	36,441
92	Roger	29,735	Kathryn	36,438
93	Bobby	29,080	Debra	34,625
94	Brett	28,950	Sherry	34,204
95	Danny	28,860	Allison	34,180
96	Curtis	28,822	Valerie	33,824
97	Jon	28,709	Diana	33,350
98	Vincent	27,657	Paula	32,732
99	Cory	27,524	Kristina	32,650
100	Jimmy	27,103	Ann	32,031
101	Victor	26,756	Margaret	31,956
102	Lawrence	26,676	Cindy	30,881
103	Dustin	26,579	Victoria	30,879
104	Gerald	26,174	Jodi	30,348
105	Walter	25,741	Natalie	29,812
106	Alexander	24,999	Brandi	29,073
107	Joe	24,945	Suzanne	29,039
108	Christian	24,929	Kristi	29,033
109	Chris	24,885	Samantha	28,929
110	Alan	24,821	Beth	28,864
111	Shannon	24,653	Tracey	28,752
112	Wayne	24,626	Regina	28,317
113	Jared	24,428	Vanessa	28,085
114	Gabriel	24,408	Kristy	27,774
115	Martin	24,292	Carolyn	27,057
116	Jay	23,996	Yolanda	27,031
117	Luis	23,973	Deanna	26,984
118	Willie	23,971	Carla	26,849
119	Micheal	23,796	Sheila	26,511
120	Henry	23,517	Laurie	26,104
121	Wesley	23,272	Anne	25,602
122	Randall	23,039	Shelly	25,538
123	Brad	22,628	Diane	25,329
124	Darren	22,589	Sabrina	24,491
125	Roy	22,362	Janet	24,459
126	Albert	22,123	Erika	24,306
127	Arthur	22,115	Katrina	24,300
128	Ricky	22,071	Courtney	23,999
129	Lance	21,823	Colleen	23,766
130	Allen	21,690	Carol	23,481
131	Lee	21,573	Julia	23,426
132	Bruce	21,143	Jenny	22,903
133	Andre	21,140	Jaime	22,772
134	Mario	20,951	Kathy	22,708
135	Frederick	20,739	Felicia	22,331
136	Louis	20,166	Alison	22,075
137	Darrell	20,081	Lauren	21,849
138	Damon	20,063	Kelli	21,542
139	Shaun	19,321	Leah	21,156
140	Nathaniel	19,197	Ashley	21,069
141	Zachary	19,086	Kim	20,696
142	Casey	18,990	Traci	20,678
143	Adrian	18,918	Kristine	20,546
144	Jesus	18,806	Tricia	20,523
145	Jeremiah	18,783	Joy	20,119
146	Jack	18,607	Krista	19,810
147	Ronnie	18,270	Kara	19,763
148	Dale	18,076	Terri	19,601
149	Tyrone	17,919	Sonya	19,473
150	Manuel	17,689	Aimee	19,407
151	Ricardo	17,655	Natasha	19,331
152	Harold	17,606	Cassandra	19,025
153	Kelly	17,325	Bridget	18,869
154	Barry	17,264	Anita	18,833
155	Ian	17,211	Kari	18,749
156	Reginald	17,198	Nichole	18,518
157	Glenn	16,895	Christie	18,178
158	Ernest	16,765	Marie	18,135
159	Steve	16,668	Virginia	18,051
160	Seth	16,591	Connie	17,957
161	Eugene	16,552	Martha	17,918
162	Clinton	16,353	Carmen	17,873
163	Miguel	16,324	Stacie	17,833
164	Tommy	16,177	Lynn	17,616
165	Eddie	15,873	Katie	17,474
166	Leonard	15,814	Monique	17,472
167	Maurice	15,233	Kristie	17,370
168	Roberto	15,143	Shelley	17,285
169	Dwayne	14,809	Sherri	17,086
170	Jerome	14,792	Angel	16,816
171	Ralph	14,758	Bonnie	16,675
172	Marvin	14,738	Mandy	16,246
173	Francisco	14,649	Jody	16,227
174	Jorge	14,640	Shawna	16,184
175	Neil	14,054	Kerry	16,127
176	Alex	14,029	Annette	16,058
177	Dean	13,906	Yvonne	15,995
178	Kristopher	13,890	Toni	15,901
179	Calvin	13,823	Meredith	15,850
180	Kurt	13,673	Molly	15,727
181	Theodore	13,577	Kendra	15,666
182	Ruben	13,549	Joanna	15,272
183	Jermaine	13,527	Sonia	15,208
184	Tracy	13,421	Janice	14,838
185	Edwin	13,365	Robyn	14,685
186	Stanley	13,224	Brooke	14,519
187	Melvin	13,132	Kerri	14,448
188	Howard	12,993	Sheri	14,396
189	Mitchell	12,990	Becky	14,310
190	Duane	12,412	Gloria	14,216
191	Trevor	12,362	Mindy	14,022
192	Jeff	12,266	Tracie	13,795
193	Geoffrey	12,187	Angie	13,785
194	Hector	12,136	Kellie	13,670
195	Terrence	11,913	Claudia	13,607
196	Terrance	11,892	Ruth	13,429
197	Oscar	11,849	Wanda	13,285
198	Jaime	11,805	Jeanette	12,972
199	Clifford	11,763	Cathy	12,944
200	Harry	11,658	Adrienne	12,797
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2017. See the limitations of this data source.