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 17,110,802 male births and 16,462,180 female births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,619 Jennifer 581,768
2 Christopher 475,613 Amy 269,004
3 Jason 462,934 Melissa 253,284
4 David 445,939 Michelle 249,146
5 James 444,920 Kimberly 229,110
6 John 402,837 Lisa 228,688
7 Robert 397,402 Angela 225,254
8 Brian 322,825 Heather 203,918
9 William 283,554 Stephanie 160,476
10 Matthew 277,933 Nicole 144,667
11 Joseph 244,937 Jessica 143,501
12 Daniel 244,560 Elizabeth 142,857
13 Kevin 212,346 Rebecca 137,295
14 Eric 211,557 Kelly 133,558
15 Jeffrey 202,937 Mary 126,259
16 Richard 202,878 Christina 125,744
17 Scott 194,655 Amanda 123,934
18 Mark 194,391 Julie 121,939
19 Steven 188,169 Sarah 118,833
20 Thomas 186,863 Laura 118,212
21 Timothy 181,330 Shannon 113,805
22 Anthony 174,929 Christine 103,237
23 Charles 163,105 Tammy 98,828
24 Joshua 140,389 Tracy 95,537
25 Ryan 139,735 Karen 95,183
26 Jeremy 139,361 Dawn 92,449
27 Paul 136,465 Susan 88,314
28 Andrew 133,035 Andrea 86,431
29 Gregory 115,620 Tina 84,766
30 Chad 113,577 Patricia 81,102
31 Kenneth 111,532 Cynthia 80,208
32 Jonathan 107,977 Lori 77,779
33 Stephen 107,866 Rachel 77,755
34 Shawn 105,821 April 76,942
35 Aaron 101,521 Maria 76,275
36 Adam 91,806 Wendy 74,187
37 Patrick 91,305 Crystal 73,767
38 Justin 86,584 Stacy 69,902
39 Sean 83,912 Erin 67,894
40 Edward 83,489 Jamie 67,849
41 Todd 83,369 Carrie 66,833
42 Donald 82,464 Tiffany 65,158
43 Ronald 81,768 Tara 65,071
44 Benjamin 81,379 Sandra 64,332
45 Keith 76,723 Monica 61,675
46 Bryan 71,395 Danielle 60,923
47 Gary 68,284 Stacey 59,214
48 Jose 66,385 Pamela 58,041
49 Nathan 65,912 Tonya 57,791
50 Douglas 65,197 Sara 56,968
51 Nicholas 65,099 Michele 56,560
52 Brandon 65,084 Teresa 56,029
53 George 64,773 Denise 55,874
54 Travis 64,133 Jill 55,074
55 Peter 62,370 Katherine 54,062
56 Craig 58,823 Melanie 53,323
57 Bradley 58,716 Dana 51,363
58 Larry 58,148 Holly 50,468
59 Dennis 50,578 Erica 49,604
60 Shane 50,298 Brenda 48,590
61 Raymond 49,366 Deborah 47,858
62 Troy 48,859 Tanya 47,828
63 Jerry 48,363 Sharon 47,777
64 Samuel 48,113 Donna 47,348
65 Frank 46,938 Amber 47,071
66 Jesse 44,906 Emily 46,851
67 Jeffery 44,577 Robin 45,943
68 Juan 43,400 Linda 45,904
69 Terry 42,435 Kathleen 44,848
70 Corey 41,016 Leslie 44,838
71 Phillip 39,854 Christy 44,591
72 Marcus 39,490 Kristen 44,216
73 Derek 38,352 Catherine 43,865
74 Rodney 37,474 Kristin 42,384
75 Joel 37,243 Misty 42,376
76 Carlos 36,961 Barbara 42,242
77 Randy 36,547 Heidi 42,231
78 Jacob 36,387 Nancy 41,855
79 Jamie 36,300 Cheryl 40,393
80 Tony 35,700 Theresa 40,081
81 Russell 35,481 Brandy 40,072
82 Brent 35,398 Alicia 39,252
83 Antonio 33,277 Veronica 38,796
84 Billy 33,228 Gina 38,118
85 Derrick 32,864 Jacqueline 37,967
86 Kyle 32,666 Rhonda 37,948
87 Erik 32,106 Anna 37,800
88 Johnny 32,035 Renee 37,597
89 Marc 31,844 Megan 37,369
90 Philip 31,382 Tamara 37,074
91 Carl 31,378 Melinda 36,439
92 Roger 29,727 Kathryn 36,437
93 Bobby 29,080 Debra 34,609
94 Brett 28,939 Sherry 34,206
95 Danny 28,867 Allison 34,173
96 Curtis 28,817 Valerie 33,819
97 Jon 28,704 Diana 33,348
98 Vincent 27,654 Paula 32,729
99 Cory 27,514 Kristina 32,649
100 Jimmy 27,109 Ann 32,032
101 Victor 26,749 Margaret 31,953
102 Lawrence 26,668 Victoria 30,887
103 Dustin 26,579 Cindy 30,881
104 Gerald 26,160 Jodi 30,352
105 Walter 25,737 Natalie 29,805
106 Alexander 24,965 Brandi 29,075
107 Joe 24,948 Kristi 29,035
108 Christian 24,930 Suzanne 29,034
109 Chris 24,882 Samantha 28,919
110 Alan 24,824 Beth 28,863
111 Shannon 24,649 Tracey 28,750
112 Wayne 24,622 Regina 28,317
113 Jared 24,425 Vanessa 28,079
114 Gabriel 24,407 Kristy 27,776
115 Martin 24,285 Carolyn 27,054
116 Jay 23,994 Yolanda 27,030
117 Willie 23,972 Deanna 26,982
118 Luis 23,971 Carla 26,848
119 Micheal 23,796 Sheila 26,509
120 Henry 23,524 Laurie 26,106
121 Wesley 23,265 Anne 25,600
122 Randall 23,040 Shelly 25,536
123 Brad 22,624 Diane 25,323
124 Darren 22,589 Sabrina 24,493
125 Roy 22,357 Janet 24,452
126 Albert 22,123 Erika 24,308
127 Arthur 22,110 Katrina 24,293
128 Ricky 22,074 Courtney 23,996
129 Lance 21,814 Colleen 23,763
130 Allen 21,686 Carol 23,478
131 Lee 21,567 Julia 23,422
132 Andre 21,145 Jenny 22,904
133 Bruce 21,132 Jaime 22,776
134 Mario 20,955 Kathy 22,704
135 Frederick 20,732 Felicia 22,331
136 Louis 20,160 Alison 22,076
137 Darrell 20,078 Lauren 21,845
138 Damon 20,058 Kelli 21,542
139 Shaun 19,324 Leah 21,150
140 Nathaniel 19,192 Ashley 21,064
141 Zachary 19,081 Kim 20,699
142 Casey 18,986 Traci 20,677
143 Adrian 18,921 Kristine 20,547
144 Jesus 18,808 Tricia 20,522
145 Jeremiah 18,784 Joy 20,118
146 Jack 18,597 Krista 19,811
147 Ronnie 18,274 Kara 19,762
148 Dale 18,079 Terri 19,602
149 Tyrone 17,917 Sonya 19,470
150 Manuel 17,698 Aimee 19,408
151 Ricardo 17,666 Natasha 19,330
152 Harold 17,592 Cassandra 19,021
153 Kelly 17,322 Bridget 18,873
154 Barry 17,253 Anita 18,831
155 Ian 17,209 Kari 18,753
156 Reginald 17,198 Nichole 18,521
157 Glenn 16,893 Christie 18,178
158 Ernest 16,759 Marie 18,131
159 Steve 16,671 Virginia 18,050
160 Seth 16,590 Connie 17,959
161 Eugene 16,545 Martha 17,920
162 Clinton 16,352 Carmen 17,874
163 Miguel 16,317 Stacie 17,833
164 Tommy 16,180 Lynn 17,613
165 Eddie 15,872 Katie 17,478
166 Leonard 15,804 Monique 17,472
167 Maurice 15,235 Kristie 17,369
168 Roberto 15,156 Shelley 17,284
169 Dwayne 14,808 Sherri 17,085
170 Jerome 14,788 Angel 16,817
171 Ralph 14,759 Bonnie 16,674
172 Marvin 14,733 Mandy 16,245
173 Jorge 14,644 Jody 16,221
174 Francisco 14,643 Shawna 16,183
175 Neil 14,047 Kerry 16,126
176 Alex 14,022 Annette 16,056
177 Dean 13,903 Yvonne 15,995
178 Kristopher 13,886 Toni 15,898
179 Calvin 13,819 Meredith 15,841
180 Kurt 13,673 Molly 15,724
181 Theodore 13,579 Kendra 15,664
182 Ruben 13,545 Joanna 15,275
183 Jermaine 13,527 Sonia 15,202
184 Tracy 13,420 Janice 14,835
185 Edwin 13,369 Robyn 14,686
186 Stanley 13,227 Brooke 14,518
187 Melvin 13,126 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,987 Sheri 14,395
189 Mitchell 12,978 Becky 14,311
190 Duane 12,409 Gloria 14,221
191 Trevor 12,352 Mindy 14,023
192 Jeff 12,264 Tracie 13,794
193 Geoffrey 12,184 Angie 13,783
194 Hector 12,134 Kellie 13,670
195 Terrence 11,905 Claudia 13,604
196 Terrance 11,890 Ruth 13,428
197 Oscar 11,853 Wanda 13,281
198 Jaime 11,808 Jeanette 12,971
199 Clifford 11,766 Cathy 12,944
200 Harry 11,654 Adrienne 12,797
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2021. See the limitations of this data source.