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 17,110,666 male births and 16,461,341 female births.

**Popular names of the 1970s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	707,647	Jennifer	581,772
2	Christopher	475,614	Amy	269,001
3	Jason	462,928	Melissa	253,282
4	David	445,955	Michelle	249,133
5	James	444,948	Kimberly	229,109
6	John	402,841	Lisa	228,684
7	Robert	397,407	Angela	225,241
8	Brian	322,841	Heather	203,929
9	William	283,564	Stephanie	160,466
10	Matthew	277,959	Nicole	144,672
11	Joseph	244,925	Jessica	143,491
12	Daniel	244,557	Elizabeth	142,858
13	Kevin	212,367	Rebecca	137,298
14	Eric	211,569	Kelly	133,563
15	Jeffrey	202,952	Mary	126,267
16	Richard	202,880	Christina	125,737
17	Scott	194,671	Amanda	123,935
18	Mark	194,415	Julie	121,941
19	Steven	188,174	Sarah	118,832
20	Thomas	186,880	Laura	118,212
21	Timothy	181,340	Shannon	113,804
22	Anthony	174,941	Christine	103,233
23	Charles	163,110	Tammy	98,832
24	Joshua	140,396	Tracy	95,539
25	Ryan	139,734	Karen	95,186
26	Jeremy	139,353	Dawn	92,443
27	Paul	136,473	Susan	88,315
28	Andrew	133,061	Andrea	86,426
29	Gregory	115,625	Tina	84,758
30	Chad	113,579	Patricia	81,104
31	Kenneth	111,542	Cynthia	80,211
32	Jonathan	107,983	Lori	77,780
33	Stephen	107,871	Rachel	77,765
34	Shawn	105,824	April	76,940
35	Aaron	101,528	Maria	76,224
36	Adam	91,812	Wendy	74,190
37	Patrick	91,297	Crystal	73,766
38	Justin	86,580	Stacy	69,904
39	Sean	83,923	Erin	67,900
40	Edward	83,502	Jamie	67,851
41	Todd	83,374	Carrie	66,832
42	Donald	82,468	Tiffany	65,160
43	Ronald	81,771	Tara	65,072
44	Benjamin	81,388	Sandra	64,331
45	Keith	76,733	Monica	61,673
46	Bryan	71,395	Danielle	60,925
47	Gary	68,293	Stacey	59,214
48	Jose	66,372	Pamela	58,045
49	Nathan	65,924	Tonya	57,792
50	Douglas	65,204	Sara	56,962
51	Nicholas	65,108	Michele	56,563
52	Brandon	65,100	Teresa	56,027
53	George	64,764	Denise	55,874
54	Travis	64,140	Jill	55,075
55	Peter	62,375	Katherine	54,059
56	Craig	58,826	Melanie	53,326
57	Bradley	58,716	Dana	51,359
58	Larry	58,155	Holly	50,469
59	Dennis	50,574	Erica	49,606
60	Shane	50,295	Brenda	48,595
61	Raymond	49,364	Deborah	47,864
62	Troy	48,860	Tanya	47,832
63	Jerry	48,369	Sharon	47,776
64	Samuel	48,109	Donna	47,353
65	Frank	46,934	Amber	47,072
66	Jesse	44,908	Emily	46,848
67	Jeffery	44,580	Robin	45,947
68	Juan	43,389	Linda	45,905
69	Terry	42,434	Kathleen	44,846
70	Corey	41,020	Leslie	44,835
71	Phillip	39,857	Christy	44,590
72	Marcus	39,492	Kristen	44,221
73	Derek	38,353	Catherine	43,865
74	Rodney	37,477	Kristin	42,386
75	Joel	37,241	Misty	42,376
76	Carlos	36,951	Barbara	42,242
77	Randy	36,552	Heidi	42,230
78	Jacob	36,384	Nancy	41,859
79	Jamie	36,302	Cheryl	40,403
80	Tony	35,697	Theresa	40,082
81	Russell	35,480	Brandy	40,069
82	Brent	35,407	Alicia	39,250
83	Antonio	33,258	Veronica	38,798
84	Billy	33,226	Gina	38,119
85	Derrick	32,865	Jacqueline	37,966
86	Kyle	32,672	Rhonda	37,946
87	Erik	32,107	Anna	37,764
88	Johnny	32,035	Renee	37,600
89	Marc	31,840	Megan	37,367
90	Philip	31,382	Tamara	37,071
91	Carl	31,374	Melinda	36,438
92	Roger	29,737	Kathryn	36,434
93	Bobby	29,080	Debra	34,621
94	Brett	28,944	Sherry	34,201
95	Danny	28,865	Allison	34,175
96	Curtis	28,822	Valerie	33,821
97	Jon	28,704	Diana	33,345
98	Vincent	27,651	Paula	32,729
99	Cory	27,520	Kristina	32,649
100	Jimmy	27,106	Ann	32,032
101	Victor	26,748	Margaret	31,952
102	Lawrence	26,671	Cindy	30,881
103	Dustin	26,578	Victoria	30,881
104	Gerald	26,170	Jodi	30,349
105	Walter	25,736	Natalie	29,808
106	Alexander	24,980	Brandi	29,075
107	Joe	24,945	Suzanne	29,036
108	Christian	24,926	Kristi	29,034
109	Chris	24,883	Samantha	28,921
110	Alan	24,823	Beth	28,862
111	Shannon	24,650	Tracey	28,751
112	Wayne	24,621	Regina	28,316
113	Jared	24,426	Vanessa	28,084
114	Gabriel	24,403	Kristy	27,775
115	Martin	24,286	Carolyn	27,055
116	Jay	23,991	Yolanda	27,030
117	Luis	23,977	Deanna	26,983
118	Willie	23,971	Carla	26,848
119	Micheal	23,796	Sheila	26,510
120	Henry	23,517	Laurie	26,106
121	Wesley	23,265	Anne	25,599
122	Randall	23,036	Shelly	25,535
123	Brad	22,623	Diane	25,326
124	Darren	22,585	Sabrina	24,491
125	Roy	22,361	Janet	24,453
126	Albert	22,122	Erika	24,308
127	Arthur	22,109	Katrina	24,295
128	Ricky	22,070	Courtney	23,999
129	Lance	21,821	Colleen	23,766
130	Allen	21,686	Carol	23,479
131	Lee	21,568	Julia	23,420
132	Bruce	21,139	Jenny	22,902
133	Andre	21,138	Jaime	22,773
134	Mario	20,951	Kathy	22,706
135	Frederick	20,733	Felicia	22,331
136	Louis	20,164	Alison	22,074
137	Darrell	20,080	Lauren	21,848
138	Damon	20,060	Kelli	21,542
139	Shaun	19,322	Leah	21,152
140	Nathaniel	19,192	Ashley	21,068
141	Zachary	19,086	Kim	20,695
142	Casey	18,988	Traci	20,677
143	Adrian	18,917	Kristine	20,547
144	Jesus	18,804	Tricia	20,521
145	Jeremiah	18,783	Joy	20,119
146	Jack	18,602	Krista	19,810
147	Ronnie	18,271	Kara	19,761
148	Dale	18,074	Terri	19,600
149	Tyrone	17,918	Sonya	19,472
150	Manuel	17,688	Aimee	19,409
151	Ricardo	17,661	Natasha	19,330
152	Harold	17,599	Cassandra	19,025
153	Kelly	17,325	Bridget	18,868
154	Barry	17,258	Anita	18,832
155	Ian	17,206	Kari	18,750
156	Reginald	17,198	Nichole	18,518
157	Glenn	16,895	Christie	18,178
158	Ernest	16,765	Marie	18,132
159	Steve	16,670	Virginia	18,050
160	Seth	16,591	Connie	17,957
161	Eugene	16,549	Martha	17,916
162	Clinton	16,352	Carmen	17,873
163	Miguel	16,322	Stacie	17,832
164	Tommy	16,178	Lynn	17,616
165	Eddie	15,875	Katie	17,474
166	Leonard	15,809	Monique	17,472
167	Maurice	15,235	Kristie	17,369
168	Roberto	15,146	Shelley	17,285
169	Dwayne	14,808	Sherri	17,087
170	Jerome	14,792	Angel	16,816
171	Ralph	14,759	Bonnie	16,674
172	Marvin	14,732	Mandy	16,246
173	Francisco	14,643	Jody	16,225
174	Jorge	14,643	Shawna	16,184
175	Neil	14,048	Kerry	16,126
176	Alex	14,028	Annette	16,056
177	Dean	13,904	Yvonne	15,996
178	Kristopher	13,888	Toni	15,899
179	Calvin	13,820	Meredith	15,846
180	Kurt	13,673	Molly	15,726
181	Theodore	13,579	Kendra	15,666
182	Ruben	13,547	Joanna	15,271
183	Jermaine	13,529	Sonia	15,206
184	Tracy	13,421	Janice	14,839
185	Edwin	13,365	Robyn	14,684
186	Stanley	13,224	Brooke	14,519
187	Melvin	13,130	Kerri	14,448
188	Howard	12,988	Sheri	14,395
189	Mitchell	12,980	Becky	14,310
190	Duane	12,410	Gloria	14,216
191	Trevor	12,361	Mindy	14,022
192	Jeff	12,264	Tracie	13,794
193	Geoffrey	12,185	Angie	13,784
194	Hector	12,135	Kellie	13,670
195	Terrence	11,908	Claudia	13,605
196	Terrance	11,890	Ruth	13,427
197	Oscar	11,851	Wanda	13,284
198	Jaime	11,806	Jeanette	12,971
199	Clifford	11,763	Cathy	12,942
200	Harry	11,658	Adrienne	12,796
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2018. See the limitations of this data source.