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 17,111,945 male births and 16,461,313 female births.

**Popular names of the 1970s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	707,737	Jennifer	581,791
2	Christopher	475,669	Amy	269,009
3	Jason	462,954	Melissa	253,291
4	David	446,004	Michelle	249,140
5	James	444,982	Kimberly	229,112
6	John	402,879	Lisa	228,676
7	Robert	397,452	Angela	225,222
8	Brian	322,870	Heather	203,939
9	William	283,588	Stephanie	160,470
10	Matthew	278,010	Nicole	144,672
11	Joseph	244,939	Jessica	143,495
12	Daniel	244,582	Elizabeth	142,869
13	Kevin	212,422	Rebecca	137,312
14	Eric	211,608	Kelly	133,568
15	Jeffrey	202,965	Mary	126,279
16	Richard	202,920	Christina	125,747
17	Scott	194,707	Amanda	123,940
18	Mark	194,442	Julie	121,949
19	Steven	188,214	Sarah	118,841
20	Thomas	186,901	Laura	118,216
21	Timothy	181,367	Shannon	113,805
22	Anthony	174,951	Christine	103,241
23	Charles	163,117	Tammy	98,830
24	Joshua	140,406	Tracy	95,538
25	Ryan	139,770	Karen	95,185
26	Jeremy	139,357	Dawn	92,443
27	Paul	136,498	Susan	88,327
28	Andrew	133,096	Andrea	86,433
29	Gregory	115,646	Tina	84,757
30	Chad	113,602	Patricia	81,118
31	Kenneth	111,551	Cynthia	80,212
32	Jonathan	107,996	Lori	77,784
33	Stephen	107,880	Rachel	77,777
34	Shawn	105,831	April	76,937
35	Aaron	101,539	Maria	76,132
36	Adam	91,829	Wendy	74,188
37	Patrick	91,309	Crystal	73,763
38	Justin	86,586	Stacy	69,911
39	Sean	83,945	Erin	67,911
40	Edward	83,519	Jamie	67,853
41	Todd	83,384	Carrie	66,837
42	Donald	82,475	Tiffany	65,164
43	Ronald	81,778	Tara	65,075
44	Benjamin	81,386	Sandra	64,329
45	Keith	76,741	Monica	61,678
46	Bryan	71,405	Danielle	60,928
47	Gary	68,301	Stacey	59,222
48	Jose	66,369	Pamela	58,057
49	Nathan	65,949	Tonya	57,792
50	Douglas	65,212	Sara	56,961
51	Nicholas	65,123	Michele	56,565
52	Brandon	65,115	Teresa	56,028
53	George	64,765	Denise	55,879
54	Travis	64,150	Jill	55,080
55	Peter	62,373	Katherine	54,068
56	Craig	58,831	Melanie	53,326
57	Bradley	58,720	Dana	51,362
58	Larry	58,161	Holly	50,467
59	Dennis	50,575	Erica	49,613
60	Shane	50,295	Brenda	48,596
61	Raymond	49,368	Deborah	47,882
62	Troy	48,865	Tanya	47,834
63	Jerry	48,366	Sharon	47,776
64	Samuel	48,118	Donna	47,359
65	Frank	46,922	Amber	47,068
66	Jesse	44,910	Emily	46,866
67	Jeffery	44,580	Robin	45,954
68	Juan	43,383	Linda	45,929
69	Terry	42,437	Kathleen	44,862
70	Corey	41,027	Leslie	44,837
71	Phillip	39,855	Christy	44,591
72	Marcus	39,498	Kristen	44,221
73	Derek	38,361	Catherine	43,864
74	Rodney	37,488	Kristin	42,393
75	Joel	37,240	Misty	42,375
76	Carlos	36,940	Barbara	42,238
77	Randy	36,554	Heidi	42,225
78	Jacob	36,396	Nancy	41,867
79	Jamie	36,301	Cheryl	40,403
80	Tony	35,691	Theresa	40,088
81	Russell	35,484	Brandy	40,070
82	Brent	35,413	Alicia	39,254
83	Antonio	33,240	Veronica	38,799
84	Billy	33,224	Gina	38,120
85	Derrick	32,870	Jacqueline	37,966
86	Kyle	32,682	Rhonda	37,948
87	Erik	32,105	Anna	37,754
88	Johnny	32,040	Renee	37,605
89	Marc	31,839	Megan	37,374
90	Carl	31,394	Tamara	37,072
91	Philip	31,389	Melinda	36,443
92	Roger	29,739	Kathryn	36,439
93	Bobby	29,080	Debra	34,628
94	Brett	28,949	Sherry	34,203
95	Danny	28,858	Allison	34,185
96	Curtis	28,824	Valerie	33,824
97	Jon	28,710	Diana	33,349
98	Vincent	27,654	Paula	32,735
99	Cory	27,525	Kristina	32,650
100	Jimmy	27,101	Ann	32,031
101	Victor	26,755	Margaret	31,960
102	Lawrence	26,680	Victoria	30,883
103	Dustin	26,580	Cindy	30,879
104	Gerald	26,171	Jodi	30,348
105	Walter	25,739	Natalie	29,814
106	Alexander	24,998	Brandi	29,070
107	Joe	24,944	Suzanne	29,037
108	Christian	24,925	Kristi	29,032
109	Chris	24,886	Samantha	28,937
110	Alan	24,825	Beth	28,865
111	Shannon	24,655	Tracey	28,754
112	Wayne	24,626	Regina	28,318
113	Jared	24,427	Vanessa	28,083
114	Gabriel	24,407	Kristy	27,773
115	Martin	24,292	Carolyn	27,057
116	Jay	23,998	Yolanda	27,029
117	Luis	23,973	Deanna	26,986
118	Willie	23,969	Carla	26,848
119	Micheal	23,797	Sheila	26,511
120	Henry	23,521	Laurie	26,104
121	Wesley	23,270	Anne	25,602
122	Randall	23,036	Shelly	25,538
123	Brad	22,634	Diane	25,327
124	Darren	22,592	Sabrina	24,492
125	Roy	22,363	Janet	24,457
126	Albert	22,126	Erika	24,305
127	Arthur	22,114	Katrina	24,301
128	Ricky	22,072	Courtney	24,001
129	Lance	21,819	Colleen	23,766
130	Allen	21,691	Carol	23,483
131	Lee	21,576	Julia	23,424
132	Bruce	21,144	Jenny	22,901
133	Andre	21,138	Jaime	22,771
134	Mario	20,952	Kathy	22,709
135	Frederick	20,740	Felicia	22,329
136	Louis	20,161	Alison	22,076
137	Darrell	20,082	Lauren	21,850
138	Damon	20,064	Kelli	21,542
139	Shaun	19,321	Leah	21,157
140	Nathaniel	19,197	Ashley	21,071
141	Zachary	19,087	Kim	20,697
142	Casey	18,999	Traci	20,679
143	Adrian	18,918	Kristine	20,547
144	Jesus	18,803	Tricia	20,525
145	Jeremiah	18,781	Joy	20,120
146	Jack	18,612	Krista	19,809
147	Ronnie	18,270	Kara	19,765
148	Dale	18,076	Terri	19,600
149	Tyrone	17,920	Sonya	19,473
150	Manuel	17,687	Aimee	19,409
151	Ricardo	17,655	Natasha	19,331
152	Harold	17,607	Cassandra	19,027
153	Kelly	17,326	Bridget	18,871
154	Barry	17,267	Anita	18,831
155	Ian	17,215	Kari	18,749
156	Reginald	17,196	Nichole	18,515
157	Glenn	16,896	Christie	18,178
158	Ernest	16,765	Marie	18,137
159	Steve	16,666	Virginia	18,050
160	Seth	16,591	Connie	17,958
161	Eugene	16,551	Martha	17,917
162	Clinton	16,354	Carmen	17,874
163	Miguel	16,323	Stacie	17,834
164	Tommy	16,178	Lynn	17,617
165	Eddie	15,874	Katie	17,476
166	Leonard	15,816	Monique	17,473
167	Maurice	15,232	Kristie	17,370
168	Roberto	15,136	Shelley	17,284
169	Dwayne	14,810	Sherri	17,086
170	Jerome	14,791	Angel	16,817
171	Ralph	14,759	Bonnie	16,679
172	Marvin	14,739	Mandy	16,247
173	Francisco	14,649	Jody	16,227
174	Jorge	14,638	Shawna	16,184
175	Neil	14,055	Kerry	16,127
176	Alex	14,033	Annette	16,055
177	Dean	13,906	Yvonne	15,994
178	Kristopher	13,892	Toni	15,901
179	Calvin	13,825	Meredith	15,850
180	Kurt	13,674	Molly	15,728
181	Theodore	13,582	Kendra	15,666
182	Ruben	13,547	Joanna	15,274
183	Jermaine	13,527	Sonia	15,205
184	Tracy	13,419	Janice	14,839
185	Edwin	13,364	Robyn	14,684
186	Stanley	13,226	Brooke	14,520
187	Melvin	13,133	Kerri	14,447
188	Howard	12,996	Sheri	14,397
189	Mitchell	12,992	Becky	14,310
190	Duane	12,412	Gloria	14,215
191	Trevor	12,369	Mindy	14,022
192	Jeff	12,270	Tracie	13,795
193	Geoffrey	12,189	Angie	13,784
194	Hector	12,136	Kellie	13,671
195	Terrence	11,914	Claudia	13,606
196	Terrance	11,892	Ruth	13,429
197	Oscar	11,848	Wanda	13,286
198	Jaime	11,801	Jeanette	12,971
199	Clifford	11,765	Cathy	12,944
200	Harry	11,657	Adrienne	12,796
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2016. See the limitations of this data source.