Top names of the 1970s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1970s. 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 17,110,377 male births and 16,462,536 female births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,588 Jennifer 581,759
2 Christopher 475,597 Amy 269,000
3 Jason 462,916 Melissa 253,285
4 David 445,926 Michelle 249,143
5 James 444,900 Kimberly 229,108
6 John 402,813 Lisa 228,689
7 Robert 397,376 Angela 225,261
8 Brian 322,803 Heather 203,917
9 William 283,522 Stephanie 160,469
10 Matthew 277,918 Nicole 144,668
11 Joseph 244,922 Jessica 143,503
12 Daniel 244,557 Elizabeth 142,853
13 Kevin 212,331 Rebecca 137,295
14 Eric 211,554 Kelly 133,558
15 Jeffrey 202,926 Mary 126,262
16 Richard 202,861 Christina 125,748
17 Scott 194,640 Amanda 123,935
18 Mark 194,389 Julie 121,936
19 Steven 188,148 Sarah 118,831
20 Thomas 186,852 Laura 118,213
21 Timothy 181,320 Shannon 113,807
22 Anthony 174,925 Christine 103,237
23 Charles 163,100 Tammy 98,828
24 Joshua 140,386 Tracy 95,533
25 Ryan 139,724 Karen 95,185
26 Jeremy 139,361 Dawn 92,449
27 Paul 136,453 Susan 88,316
28 Andrew 133,018 Andrea 86,433
29 Gregory 115,613 Tina 84,766
30 Chad 113,572 Patricia 81,108
31 Kenneth 111,520 Cynthia 80,207
32 Jonathan 107,977 Lori 77,780
33 Stephen 107,862 Rachel 77,754
34 Shawn 105,813 April 76,945
35 Aaron 101,521 Maria 76,311
36 Adam 91,800 Wendy 74,186
37 Patrick 91,298 Crystal 73,766
38 Justin 86,586 Stacy 69,902
39 Sean 83,904 Erin 67,894
40 Edward 83,481 Jamie 67,847
41 Todd 83,363 Carrie 66,829
42 Donald 82,459 Tiffany 65,159
43 Ronald 81,763 Tara 65,072
44 Benjamin 81,378 Sandra 64,335
45 Keith 76,724 Monica 61,676
46 Bryan 71,386 Danielle 60,921
47 Gary 68,284 Stacey 59,214
48 Jose 66,385 Pamela 58,041
49 Nathan 65,904 Tonya 57,790
50 Douglas 65,195 Sara 56,965
51 Nicholas 65,101 Michele 56,559
52 Brandon 65,079 Teresa 56,034
53 George 64,775 Denise 55,875
54 Travis 64,137 Jill 55,074
55 Peter 62,359 Katherine 54,062
56 Craig 58,821 Melanie 53,323
57 Bradley 58,720 Dana 51,361
58 Larry 58,148 Holly 50,466
59 Dennis 50,575 Erica 49,606
60 Shane 50,297 Brenda 48,592
61 Raymond 49,365 Deborah 47,857
62 Troy 48,861 Tanya 47,827
63 Jerry 48,363 Sharon 47,777
64 Samuel 48,108 Donna 47,348
65 Frank 46,940 Amber 47,070
66 Jesse 44,907 Emily 46,851
67 Jeffery 44,574 Robin 45,943
68 Juan 43,401 Linda 45,904
69 Terry 42,434 Kathleen 44,847
70 Corey 41,013 Leslie 44,835
71 Phillip 39,854 Christy 44,591
72 Marcus 39,489 Kristen 44,213
73 Derek 38,348 Catherine 43,863
74 Rodney 37,470 Kristin 42,384
75 Joel 37,241 Misty 42,376
76 Carlos 36,959 Barbara 42,240
77 Randy 36,547 Heidi 42,226
78 Jacob 36,387 Nancy 41,852
79 Jamie 36,300 Cheryl 40,394
80 Tony 35,698 Theresa 40,081
81 Russell 35,481 Brandy 40,071
82 Brent 35,396 Alicia 39,251
83 Antonio 33,278 Veronica 38,795
84 Billy 33,226 Gina 38,119
85 Derrick 32,866 Jacqueline 37,964
86 Kyle 32,664 Rhonda 37,948
87 Erik 32,102 Anna 37,805
88 Johnny 32,035 Renee 37,596
89 Marc 31,843 Megan 37,368
90 Philip 31,385 Tamara 37,075
91 Carl 31,381 Melinda 36,439
92 Roger 29,725 Kathryn 36,435
93 Bobby 29,078 Debra 34,609
94 Brett 28,936 Sherry 34,207
95 Danny 28,868 Allison 34,172
96 Curtis 28,818 Valerie 33,816
97 Jon 28,702 Diana 33,348
98 Vincent 27,654 Paula 32,726
99 Cory 27,515 Kristina 32,649
100 Jimmy 27,110 Ann 32,030
101 Victor 26,747 Margaret 31,955
102 Lawrence 26,666 Victoria 30,889
103 Dustin 26,579 Cindy 30,881
104 Gerald 26,159 Jodi 30,353
105 Walter 25,733 Natalie 29,804
106 Alexander 24,962 Brandi 29,076
107 Joe 24,947 Kristi 29,036
108 Christian 24,926 Suzanne 29,034
109 Chris 24,878 Samantha 28,920
110 Alan 24,819 Beth 28,863
111 Shannon 24,648 Tracey 28,749
112 Wayne 24,622 Regina 28,318
113 Jared 24,424 Vanessa 28,078
114 Gabriel 24,405 Kristy 27,777
115 Martin 24,283 Carolyn 27,053
116 Jay 23,987 Yolanda 27,032
117 Luis 23,972 Deanna 26,982
118 Willie 23,971 Carla 26,847
119 Micheal 23,796 Sheila 26,509
120 Henry 23,522 Laurie 26,106
121 Wesley 23,264 Anne 25,602
122 Randall 23,039 Shelly 25,534
123 Brad 22,622 Diane 25,324
124 Darren 22,587 Sabrina 24,495
125 Roy 22,355 Janet 24,451
126 Albert 22,121 Erika 24,307
127 Arthur 22,107 Katrina 24,292
128 Ricky 22,074 Courtney 23,997
129 Lance 21,813 Colleen 23,762
130 Allen 21,688 Carol 23,478
131 Lee 21,565 Julia 23,422
132 Andre 21,146 Jenny 22,905
133 Bruce 21,132 Jaime 22,777
134 Mario 20,954 Kathy 22,707
135 Frederick 20,731 Felicia 22,331
136 Louis 20,159 Alison 22,075
137 Darrell 20,077 Lauren 21,842
138 Damon 20,058 Kelli 21,542
139 Shaun 19,321 Leah 21,149
140 Nathaniel 19,192 Ashley 21,063
141 Zachary 19,081 Kim 20,696
142 Casey 18,986 Traci 20,677
143 Adrian 18,919 Kristine 20,545
144 Jesus 18,809 Tricia 20,521
145 Jeremiah 18,783 Joy 20,119
146 Jack 18,590 Krista 19,811
147 Ronnie 18,275 Kara 19,762
148 Dale 18,078 Terri 19,603
149 Tyrone 17,918 Sonya 19,470
150 Manuel 17,700 Aimee 19,408
151 Ricardo 17,667 Natasha 19,331
152 Harold 17,591 Cassandra 19,019
153 Kelly 17,323 Bridget 18,873
154 Barry 17,253 Anita 18,832
155 Ian 17,208 Kari 18,753
156 Reginald 17,199 Nichole 18,520
157 Glenn 16,892 Christie 18,177
158 Ernest 16,759 Marie 18,133
159 Steve 16,666 Virginia 18,051
160 Seth 16,590 Connie 17,959
161 Eugene 16,545 Martha 17,920
162 Clinton 16,352 Carmen 17,875
163 Miguel 16,320 Stacie 17,832
164 Tommy 16,179 Lynn 17,613
165 Eddie 15,872 Katie 17,480
166 Leonard 15,803 Monique 17,473
167 Maurice 15,235 Kristie 17,369
168 Roberto 15,157 Shelley 17,284
169 Dwayne 14,811 Sherri 17,084
170 Jerome 14,788 Angel 16,817
171 Ralph 14,759 Bonnie 16,674
172 Marvin 14,733 Mandy 16,246
173 Francisco 14,644 Jody 16,222
174 Jorge 14,644 Shawna 16,182
175 Neil 14,048 Kerry 16,126
176 Alex 14,023 Annette 16,057
177 Dean 13,903 Yvonne 15,994
178 Kristopher 13,886 Toni 15,899
179 Calvin 13,821 Meredith 15,840
180 Kurt 13,674 Molly 15,723
181 Theodore 13,579 Kendra 15,665
182 Ruben 13,545 Joanna 15,281
183 Jermaine 13,527 Sonia 15,202
184 Tracy 13,420 Janice 14,835
185 Edwin 13,368 Robyn 14,686
186 Stanley 13,228 Brooke 14,518
187 Melvin 13,127 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,987 Sheri 14,396
189 Mitchell 12,978 Becky 14,311
190 Duane 12,409 Gloria 14,224
191 Trevor 12,354 Mindy 14,023
192 Jeff 12,259 Tracie 13,794
193 Geoffrey 12,185 Angie 13,784
194 Hector 12,134 Kellie 13,670
195 Terrence 11,904 Claudia 13,608
196 Terrance 11,890 Ruth 13,428
197 Oscar 11,853 Wanda 13,280
198 Jaime 11,808 Jeanette 12,970
199 Clifford 11,766 Cathy 12,944
200 Harry 11,654 Adrienne 12,798
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source.