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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 17,111,782 male births and
16,461,739 female births.
Popular names of the 1970s
| Males |
Females |
Rank |
Name |
Number |
Name |
Number |
1 |
Michael | 707,702 | Jennifer | 581,786 |
2 |
Christopher | 475,663 | Amy | 269,006 |
3 |
Jason | 462,947 | Melissa | 253,288 |
4 |
David | 445,981 | Michelle | 249,136 |
5 |
James | 444,964 | Kimberly | 229,114 |
6 |
John | 402,850 | Lisa | 228,681 |
7 |
Robert | 397,427 | Angela | 225,231 |
8 |
Brian | 322,856 | Heather | 203,937 |
9 |
William | 283,568 | Stephanie | 160,475 |
10 |
Matthew | 277,986 | Nicole | 144,672 |
11 |
Joseph | 244,935 | Jessica | 143,493 |
12 |
Daniel | 244,570 | Elizabeth | 142,861 |
13 |
Kevin | 212,406 | Rebecca | 137,305 |
14 |
Eric | 211,594 | Kelly | 133,565 |
15 |
Jeffrey | 202,955 | Mary | 126,273 |
16 |
Richard | 202,913 | Christina | 125,743 |
17 |
Scott | 194,694 | Amanda | 123,939 |
18 |
Mark | 194,418 | Julie | 121,951 |
19 |
Steven | 188,195 | Sarah | 118,841 |
20 |
Thomas | 186,898 | Laura | 118,219 |
21 |
Timothy | 181,356 | Shannon | 113,807 |
22 |
Anthony | 174,951 | Christine | 103,238 |
23 |
Charles | 163,119 | Tammy | 98,831 |
24 |
Joshua | 140,404 | Tracy | 95,540 |
25 |
Ryan | 139,749 | Karen | 95,188 |
26 |
Jeremy | 139,356 | Dawn | 92,444 |
27 |
Paul | 136,491 | Susan | 88,329 |
28 |
Andrew | 133,089 | Andrea | 86,431 |
29 |
Gregory | 115,639 | Tina | 84,757 |
30 |
Chad | 113,597 | Patricia | 81,111 |
31 |
Kenneth | 111,544 | Cynthia | 80,213 |
32 |
Jonathan | 107,986 | Lori | 77,784 |
33 |
Stephen | 107,875 | Rachel | 77,771 |
34 |
Shawn | 105,830 | April | 76,938 |
35 |
Aaron | 101,539 | Maria | 76,184 |
36 |
Adam | 91,821 | Wendy | 74,188 |
37 |
Patrick | 91,306 | Crystal | 73,765 |
38 |
Justin | 86,580 | Stacy | 69,906 |
39 |
Sean | 83,943 | Erin | 67,909 |
40 |
Edward | 83,522 | Jamie | 67,853 |
41 |
Todd | 83,378 | Carrie | 66,835 |
42 |
Donald | 82,474 | Tiffany | 65,162 |
43 |
Ronald | 81,776 | Tara | 65,071 |
44 |
Benjamin | 81,392 | Sandra | 64,336 |
45 |
Keith | 76,737 | Monica | 61,676 |
46 |
Bryan | 71,402 | Danielle | 60,924 |
47 |
Gary | 68,301 | Stacey | 59,219 |
48 |
Jose | 66,367 | Pamela | 58,050 |
49 |
Nathan | 65,939 | Tonya | 57,793 |
50 |
Douglas | 65,208 | Sara | 56,961 |
51 |
Brandon | 65,115 | Michele | 56,565 |
52 |
Nicholas | 65,115 | Teresa | 56,029 |
53 |
George | 64,763 | Denise | 55,879 |
54 |
Travis | 64,148 | Jill | 55,078 |
55 |
Peter | 62,376 | Katherine | 54,063 |
56 |
Craig | 58,831 | Melanie | 53,326 |
57 |
Bradley | 58,717 | Dana | 51,358 |
58 |
Larry | 58,161 | Holly | 50,470 |
59 |
Dennis | 50,576 | Erica | 49,609 |
60 |
Shane | 50,296 | Brenda | 48,598 |
61 |
Raymond | 49,366 | Deborah | 47,876 |
62 |
Troy | 48,862 | Tanya | 47,834 |
63 |
Jerry | 48,366 | Sharon | 47,778 |
64 |
Samuel | 48,121 | Donna | 47,355 |
65 |
Frank | 46,930 | Amber | 47,070 |
66 |
Jesse | 44,909 | Emily | 46,862 |
67 |
Jeffery | 44,582 | Robin | 45,950 |
68 |
Juan | 43,390 | Linda | 45,915 |
69 |
Terry | 42,436 | Kathleen | 44,854 |
70 |
Corey | 41,025 | Leslie | 44,837 |
71 |
Phillip | 39,858 | Christy | 44,592 |
72 |
Marcus | 39,498 | Kristen | 44,223 |
73 |
Derek | 38,358 | Catherine | 43,872 |
74 |
Rodney | 37,481 | Kristin | 42,390 |
75 |
Joel | 37,241 | Misty | 42,376 |
76 |
Carlos | 36,944 | Barbara | 42,245 |
77 |
Randy | 36,552 | Heidi | 42,231 |
78 |
Jacob | 36,393 | Nancy | 41,862 |
79 |
Jamie | 36,302 | Cheryl | 40,404 |
80 |
Tony | 35,696 | Theresa | 40,086 |
81 |
Russell | 35,483 | Brandy | 40,070 |
82 |
Brent | 35,410 | Alicia | 39,253 |
83 |
Antonio | 33,251 | Veronica | 38,801 |
84 |
Billy | 33,224 | Gina | 38,121 |
85 |
Derrick | 32,870 | Jacqueline | 37,970 |
86 |
Kyle | 32,680 | Rhonda | 37,947 |
87 |
Erik | 32,106 | Anna | 37,768 |
88 |
Johnny | 32,035 | Renee | 37,604 |
89 |
Marc | 31,847 | Megan | 37,371 |
90 |
Carl | 31,384 | Tamara | 37,071 |
91 |
Philip | 31,384 | Melinda | 36,441 |
92 |
Roger | 29,735 | Kathryn | 36,438 |
93 |
Bobby | 29,080 | Debra | 34,625 |
94 |
Brett | 28,950 | Sherry | 34,204 |
95 |
Danny | 28,860 | Allison | 34,180 |
96 |
Curtis | 28,822 | Valerie | 33,824 |
97 |
Jon | 28,709 | Diana | 33,350 |
98 |
Vincent | 27,657 | Paula | 32,732 |
99 |
Cory | 27,524 | Kristina | 32,650 |
100 |
Jimmy | 27,103 | Ann | 32,031 |
101 |
Victor | 26,756 | Margaret | 31,956 |
102 |
Lawrence | 26,676 | Cindy | 30,881 |
103 |
Dustin | 26,579 | Victoria | 30,879 |
104 |
Gerald | 26,174 | Jodi | 30,348 |
105 |
Walter | 25,741 | Natalie | 29,812 |
106 |
Alexander | 24,999 | Brandi | 29,073 |
107 |
Joe | 24,945 | Suzanne | 29,039 |
108 |
Christian | 24,929 | Kristi | 29,033 |
109 |
Chris | 24,885 | Samantha | 28,929 |
110 |
Alan | 24,821 | Beth | 28,864 |
111 |
Shannon | 24,653 | Tracey | 28,752 |
112 |
Wayne | 24,626 | Regina | 28,317 |
113 |
Jared | 24,428 | Vanessa | 28,085 |
114 |
Gabriel | 24,408 | Kristy | 27,774 |
115 |
Martin | 24,292 | Carolyn | 27,057 |
116 |
Jay | 23,996 | Yolanda | 27,031 |
117 |
Luis | 23,973 | Deanna | 26,984 |
118 |
Willie | 23,971 | Carla | 26,849 |
119 |
Micheal | 23,796 | Sheila | 26,511 |
120 |
Henry | 23,517 | Laurie | 26,104 |
121 |
Wesley | 23,272 | Anne | 25,602 |
122 |
Randall | 23,039 | Shelly | 25,538 |
123 |
Brad | 22,628 | Diane | 25,329 |
124 |
Darren | 22,589 | Sabrina | 24,491 |
125 |
Roy | 22,362 | Janet | 24,459 |
126 |
Albert | 22,123 | Erika | 24,306 |
127 |
Arthur | 22,115 | Katrina | 24,300 |
128 |
Ricky | 22,071 | Courtney | 23,999 |
129 |
Lance | 21,823 | Colleen | 23,766 |
130 |
Allen | 21,690 | Carol | 23,481 |
131 |
Lee | 21,573 | Julia | 23,426 |
132 |
Bruce | 21,143 | Jenny | 22,903 |
133 |
Andre | 21,140 | Jaime | 22,772 |
134 |
Mario | 20,951 | Kathy | 22,708 |
135 |
Frederick | 20,739 | Felicia | 22,331 |
136 |
Louis | 20,166 | Alison | 22,075 |
137 |
Darrell | 20,081 | Lauren | 21,849 |
138 |
Damon | 20,063 | Kelli | 21,542 |
139 |
Shaun | 19,321 | Leah | 21,156 |
140 |
Nathaniel | 19,197 | Ashley | 21,069 |
141 |
Zachary | 19,086 | Kim | 20,696 |
142 |
Casey | 18,990 | Traci | 20,678 |
143 |
Adrian | 18,918 | Kristine | 20,546 |
144 |
Jesus | 18,806 | Tricia | 20,523 |
145 |
Jeremiah | 18,783 | Joy | 20,119 |
146 |
Jack | 18,607 | Krista | 19,810 |
147 |
Ronnie | 18,270 | Kara | 19,763 |
148 |
Dale | 18,076 | Terri | 19,601 |
149 |
Tyrone | 17,919 | Sonya | 19,473 |
150 |
Manuel | 17,689 | Aimee | 19,407 |
151 |
Ricardo | 17,655 | Natasha | 19,331 |
152 |
Harold | 17,606 | Cassandra | 19,025 |
153 |
Kelly | 17,325 | Bridget | 18,869 |
154 |
Barry | 17,264 | Anita | 18,833 |
155 |
Ian | 17,211 | Kari | 18,749 |
156 |
Reginald | 17,198 | Nichole | 18,518 |
157 |
Glenn | 16,895 | Christie | 18,178 |
158 |
Ernest | 16,765 | Marie | 18,135 |
159 |
Steve | 16,668 | Virginia | 18,051 |
160 |
Seth | 16,591 | Connie | 17,957 |
161 |
Eugene | 16,552 | Martha | 17,918 |
162 |
Clinton | 16,353 | Carmen | 17,873 |
163 |
Miguel | 16,324 | Stacie | 17,833 |
164 |
Tommy | 16,177 | Lynn | 17,616 |
165 |
Eddie | 15,873 | Katie | 17,474 |
166 |
Leonard | 15,814 | Monique | 17,472 |
167 |
Maurice | 15,233 | Kristie | 17,370 |
168 |
Roberto | 15,143 | Shelley | 17,285 |
169 |
Dwayne | 14,809 | Sherri | 17,086 |
170 |
Jerome | 14,792 | Angel | 16,816 |
171 |
Ralph | 14,758 | Bonnie | 16,675 |
172 |
Marvin | 14,738 | Mandy | 16,246 |
173 |
Francisco | 14,649 | Jody | 16,227 |
174 |
Jorge | 14,640 | Shawna | 16,184 |
175 |
Neil | 14,054 | Kerry | 16,127 |
176 |
Alex | 14,029 | Annette | 16,058 |
177 |
Dean | 13,906 | Yvonne | 15,995 |
178 |
Kristopher | 13,890 | Toni | 15,901 |
179 |
Calvin | 13,823 | Meredith | 15,850 |
180 |
Kurt | 13,673 | Molly | 15,727 |
181 |
Theodore | 13,577 | Kendra | 15,666 |
182 |
Ruben | 13,549 | Joanna | 15,272 |
183 |
Jermaine | 13,527 | Sonia | 15,208 |
184 |
Tracy | 13,421 | Janice | 14,838 |
185 |
Edwin | 13,365 | Robyn | 14,685 |
186 |
Stanley | 13,224 | Brooke | 14,519 |
187 |
Melvin | 13,132 | Kerri | 14,448 |
188 |
Howard | 12,993 | Sheri | 14,396 |
189 |
Mitchell | 12,990 | Becky | 14,310 |
190 |
Duane | 12,412 | Gloria | 14,216 |
191 |
Trevor | 12,362 | Mindy | 14,022 |
192 |
Jeff | 12,266 | Tracie | 13,795 |
193 |
Geoffrey | 12,187 | Angie | 13,785 |
194 |
Hector | 12,136 | Kellie | 13,670 |
195 |
Terrence | 11,913 | Claudia | 13,607 |
196 |
Terrance | 11,892 | Ruth | 13,429 |
197 |
Oscar | 11,849 | Wanda | 13,285 |
198 |
Jaime | 11,805 | Jeanette | 12,972 |
199 |
Clifford | 11,763 | Cathy | 12,944 |
200 |
Harry | 11,658 | Adrienne | 12,797 |
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Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of
March 2017. See the limitations of
this data source. |
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