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 17,110,539 male births and 16,461,437 female births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,647 Jennifer 581,763
2 Christopher 475,606 Amy 268,999
3 Jason 462,935 Melissa 253,283
4 David 445,949 Michelle 249,144
5 James 444,946 Kimberly 229,107
6 John 402,839 Lisa 228,684
7 Robert 397,410 Angela 225,242
8 Brian 322,827 Heather 203,923
9 William 283,556 Stephanie 160,471
10 Matthew 277,940 Nicole 144,672
11 Joseph 244,940 Jessica 143,491
12 Daniel 244,553 Elizabeth 142,856
13 Kevin 212,357 Rebecca 137,295
14 Eric 211,568 Kelly 133,556
15 Jeffrey 202,950 Mary 126,263
16 Richard 202,880 Christina 125,740
17 Scott 194,659 Amanda 123,932
18 Mark 194,410 Julie 121,940
19 Steven 188,168 Sarah 118,831
20 Thomas 186,883 Laura 118,210
21 Timothy 181,332 Shannon 113,804
22 Anthony 174,930 Christine 103,236
23 Charles 163,099 Tammy 98,832
24 Joshua 140,398 Tracy 95,539
25 Ryan 139,731 Karen 95,186
26 Jeremy 139,357 Dawn 92,443
27 Paul 136,474 Susan 88,311
28 Andrew 133,045 Andrea 86,430
29 Gregory 115,618 Tina 84,760
30 Chad 113,571 Patricia 81,102
31 Kenneth 111,537 Cynthia 80,210
32 Jonathan 107,975 Lori 77,780
33 Stephen 107,874 Rachel 77,758
34 Shawn 105,826 April 76,941
35 Aaron 101,521 Maria 76,244
36 Adam 91,809 Wendy 74,188
37 Patrick 91,293 Crystal 73,764
38 Justin 86,584 Stacy 69,903
39 Sean 83,921 Erin 67,896
40 Edward 83,496 Jamie 67,851
41 Todd 83,367 Carrie 66,832
42 Donald 82,466 Tiffany 65,158
43 Ronald 81,770 Tara 65,070
44 Benjamin 81,384 Sandra 64,328
45 Keith 76,729 Monica 61,674
46 Bryan 71,394 Danielle 60,922
47 Gary 68,286 Stacey 59,214
48 Jose 66,378 Pamela 58,044
49 Nathan 65,920 Tonya 57,791
50 Douglas 65,198 Sara 56,965
51 Nicholas 65,105 Michele 56,562
52 Brandon 65,095 Teresa 56,029
53 George 64,760 Denise 55,874
54 Travis 64,136 Jill 55,074
55 Peter 62,373 Katherine 54,061
56 Craig 58,821 Melanie 53,322
57 Bradley 58,712 Dana 51,360
58 Larry 58,151 Holly 50,470
59 Dennis 50,575 Erica 49,603
60 Shane 50,294 Brenda 48,593
61 Raymond 49,360 Deborah 47,858
62 Troy 48,860 Tanya 47,831
63 Jerry 48,364 Sharon 47,776
64 Samuel 48,110 Donna 47,349
65 Frank 46,936 Amber 47,072
66 Jesse 44,906 Emily 46,847
67 Jeffery 44,578 Robin 45,946
68 Juan 43,394 Linda 45,905
69 Terry 42,435 Kathleen 44,844
70 Corey 41,021 Leslie 44,834
71 Phillip 39,857 Christy 44,591
72 Marcus 39,491 Kristen 44,219
73 Derek 38,353 Catherine 43,861
74 Rodney 37,476 Kristin 42,384
75 Joel 37,241 Misty 42,376
76 Carlos 36,954 Barbara 42,239
77 Randy 36,551 Heidi 42,231
78 Jacob 36,385 Nancy 41,854
79 Jamie 36,303 Cheryl 40,400
80 Tony 35,701 Theresa 40,082
81 Russell 35,482 Brandy 40,069
82 Brent 35,399 Alicia 39,254
83 Antonio 33,263 Veronica 38,792
84 Billy 33,227 Gina 38,118
85 Derrick 32,865 Jacqueline 37,968
86 Kyle 32,672 Rhonda 37,948
87 Erik 32,106 Anna 37,777
88 Johnny 32,035 Renee 37,601
89 Marc 31,840 Megan 37,369
90 Philip 31,383 Tamara 37,071
91 Carl 31,377 Melinda 36,437
92 Roger 29,731 Kathryn 36,432
93 Bobby 29,080 Debra 34,616
94 Brett 28,941 Sherry 34,203
95 Danny 28,866 Allison 34,172
96 Curtis 28,819 Valerie 33,819
97 Jon 28,704 Diana 33,346
98 Vincent 27,648 Paula 32,726
99 Cory 27,518 Kristina 32,648
100 Jimmy 27,109 Ann 32,033
101 Victor 26,748 Margaret 31,952
102 Lawrence 26,667 Victoria 30,885
103 Dustin 26,580 Cindy 30,880
104 Gerald 26,165 Jodi 30,350
105 Walter 25,735 Natalie 29,805
106 Alexander 24,965 Brandi 29,075
107 Joe 24,946 Suzanne 29,036
108 Christian 24,924 Kristi 29,035
109 Chris 24,886 Samantha 28,917
110 Alan 24,820 Beth 28,863
111 Shannon 24,651 Tracey 28,750
112 Wayne 24,621 Regina 28,316
113 Jared 24,425 Vanessa 28,084
114 Gabriel 24,406 Kristy 27,774
115 Martin 24,288 Carolyn 27,053
116 Jay 23,988 Yolanda 27,030
117 Luis 23,976 Deanna 26,982
118 Willie 23,971 Carla 26,847
119 Micheal 23,796 Sheila 26,508
120 Henry 23,516 Laurie 26,107
121 Wesley 23,264 Anne 25,598
122 Randall 23,038 Shelly 25,535
123 Brad 22,625 Diane 25,321
124 Darren 22,584 Sabrina 24,490
125 Roy 22,361 Janet 24,451
126 Albert 22,121 Erika 24,307
127 Arthur 22,110 Katrina 24,293
128 Ricky 22,071 Courtney 23,997
129 Lance 21,819 Colleen 23,764
130 Allen 21,682 Carol 23,477
131 Lee 21,565 Julia 23,421
132 Andre 21,140 Jenny 22,903
133 Bruce 21,134 Jaime 22,775
134 Mario 20,950 Kathy 22,707
135 Frederick 20,730 Felicia 22,331
136 Louis 20,160 Alison 22,075
137 Darrell 20,078 Lauren 21,844
138 Damon 20,059 Kelli 21,542
139 Shaun 19,326 Leah 21,151
140 Nathaniel 19,191 Ashley 21,067
141 Zachary 19,082 Kim 20,696
142 Casey 18,986 Traci 20,677
143 Adrian 18,918 Kristine 20,546
144 Jesus 18,805 Tricia 20,521
145 Jeremiah 18,784 Joy 20,118
146 Jack 18,599 Krista 19,811
147 Ronnie 18,273 Kara 19,760
148 Dale 18,077 Terri 19,599
149 Tyrone 17,918 Sonya 19,470
150 Manuel 17,691 Aimee 19,408
151 Ricardo 17,661 Natasha 19,329
152 Harold 17,595 Cassandra 19,021
153 Kelly 17,324 Bridget 18,872
154 Barry 17,255 Anita 18,832
155 Ian 17,204 Kari 18,752
156 Reginald 17,197 Nichole 18,520
157 Glenn 16,894 Christie 18,179
158 Ernest 16,761 Marie 18,132
159 Steve 16,674 Virginia 18,047
160 Seth 16,589 Connie 17,956
161 Eugene 16,548 Martha 17,920
162 Clinton 16,353 Carmen 17,875
163 Miguel 16,320 Stacie 17,832
164 Tommy 16,178 Lynn 17,613
165 Eddie 15,874 Katie 17,474
166 Leonard 15,805 Monique 17,472
167 Maurice 15,236 Kristie 17,370
168 Roberto 15,150 Shelley 17,285
169 Dwayne 14,808 Sherri 17,087
170 Jerome 14,792 Angel 16,817
171 Ralph 14,757 Bonnie 16,673
172 Marvin 14,731 Mandy 16,244
173 Jorge 14,645 Jody 16,222
174 Francisco 14,641 Shawna 16,183
175 Neil 14,050 Kerry 16,126
176 Alex 14,024 Annette 16,056
177 Dean 13,904 Yvonne 15,995
178 Kristopher 13,888 Toni 15,897
179 Calvin 13,820 Meredith 15,843
180 Kurt 13,676 Molly 15,724
181 Theodore 13,579 Kendra 15,664
182 Ruben 13,545 Joanna 15,270
183 Jermaine 13,529 Sonia 15,206
184 Tracy 13,422 Janice 14,836
185 Edwin 13,367 Robyn 14,684
186 Stanley 13,224 Brooke 14,519
187 Melvin 13,129 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,986 Sheri 14,395
189 Mitchell 12,980 Becky 14,310
190 Duane 12,409 Gloria 14,217
191 Trevor 12,355 Mindy 14,021
192 Jeff 12,265 Tracie 13,794
193 Geoffrey 12,184 Angie 13,783
194 Hector 12,134 Kellie 13,670
195 Terrence 11,907 Claudia 13,601
196 Terrance 11,890 Ruth 13,427
197 Oscar 11,851 Wanda 13,280
198 Jaime 11,806 Jeanette 12,969
199 Clifford 11,764 Cathy 12,943
200 Harry 11,655 Adrienne 12,797
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2019. See the limitations of this data source.