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 17,107,561 male births and 16,462,535 female births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,458 Jennifer 581,753
2 Christopher 475,526 Amy 268,996
3 Jason 462,821 Melissa 253,274
4 David 445,842 Michelle 249,138
5 James 444,823 Kimberly 229,106
6 John 402,715 Lisa 228,690
7 Robert 397,295 Angela 225,264
8 Brian 322,747 Heather 203,912
9 William 283,456 Stephanie 160,464
10 Matthew 277,828 Nicole 144,670
11 Joseph 244,882 Jessica 143,500
12 Daniel 244,510 Elizabeth 142,857
13 Kevin 212,294 Rebecca 137,295
14 Eric 211,529 Kelly 133,559
15 Jeffrey 202,894 Mary 126,260
16 Richard 202,832 Christina 125,746
17 Scott 194,594 Amanda 123,932
18 Mark 194,333 Julie 121,932
19 Steven 188,123 Sarah 118,836
20 Thomas 186,810 Laura 118,211
21 Timothy 181,294 Shannon 113,804
22 Anthony 174,907 Christine 103,236
23 Charles 163,071 Tammy 98,830
24 Joshua 140,357 Tracy 95,534
25 Ryan 139,682 Karen 95,177
26 Jeremy 139,336 Dawn 92,450
27 Paul 136,433 Susan 88,317
28 Andrew 132,980 Andrea 86,429
29 Gregory 115,592 Tina 84,767
30 Chad 113,553 Patricia 81,106
31 Kenneth 111,508 Cynthia 80,202
32 Jonathan 107,949 Lori 77,779
33 Stephen 107,841 Rachel 77,754
34 Shawn 105,801 April 76,946
35 Aaron 101,500 Maria 76,327
36 Adam 91,782 Wendy 74,187
37 Patrick 91,276 Crystal 73,765
38 Justin 86,571 Stacy 69,901
39 Sean 83,880 Erin 67,894
40 Edward 83,460 Jamie 67,845
41 Todd 83,347 Carrie 66,827
42 Donald 82,443 Tiffany 65,158
43 Ronald 81,742 Tara 65,074
44 Benjamin 81,356 Sandra 64,335
45 Keith 76,708 Monica 61,679
46 Bryan 71,366 Danielle 60,920
47 Gary 68,271 Stacey 59,212
48 Jose 66,381 Pamela 58,040
49 Nathan 65,884 Tonya 57,791
50 Douglas 65,173 Sara 56,962
51 Nicholas 65,089 Michele 56,558
52 Brandon 65,065 Teresa 56,035
53 George 64,766 Denise 55,871
54 Travis 64,125 Jill 55,071
55 Peter 62,352 Katherine 54,059
56 Craig 58,811 Melanie 53,321
57 Bradley 58,702 Dana 51,357
58 Larry 58,147 Holly 50,466
59 Dennis 50,562 Erica 49,598
60 Shane 50,289 Brenda 48,593
61 Raymond 49,356 Deborah 47,858
62 Troy 48,859 Tanya 47,826
63 Jerry 48,357 Sharon 47,774
64 Samuel 48,107 Donna 47,347
65 Frank 46,926 Amber 47,070
66 Jesse 44,903 Emily 46,849
67 Jeffery 44,571 Robin 45,944
68 Juan 43,400 Linda 45,902
69 Terry 42,436 Kathleen 44,846
70 Corey 41,003 Leslie 44,837
71 Phillip 39,850 Christy 44,591
72 Marcus 39,481 Kristen 44,212
73 Derek 38,330 Catherine 43,865
74 Rodney 37,455 Kristin 42,384
75 Joel 37,237 Misty 42,376
76 Carlos 36,956 Barbara 42,237
77 Randy 36,544 Heidi 42,227
78 Jacob 36,374 Nancy 41,848
79 Jamie 36,299 Cheryl 40,394
80 Tony 35,691 Theresa 40,078
81 Russell 35,476 Brandy 40,071
82 Brent 35,389 Alicia 39,254
83 Antonio 33,280 Veronica 38,791
84 Billy 33,224 Gina 38,120
85 Derrick 32,865 Jacqueline 37,964
86 Kyle 32,657 Rhonda 37,947
87 Erik 32,099 Anna 37,804
88 Johnny 32,028 Renee 37,595
89 Marc 31,840 Megan 37,365
90 Carl 31,376 Tamara 37,077
91 Philip 31,375 Melinda 36,437
92 Roger 29,719 Kathryn 36,435
93 Bobby 29,079 Debra 34,605
94 Brett 28,933 Sherry 34,206
95 Danny 28,866 Allison 34,168
96 Curtis 28,817 Valerie 33,812
97 Jon 28,698 Diana 33,346
98 Vincent 27,651 Paula 32,727
99 Cory 27,515 Kristina 32,649
100 Jimmy 27,105 Ann 32,029
101 Victor 26,744 Margaret 31,951
102 Lawrence 26,662 Victoria 30,889
103 Dustin 26,576 Cindy 30,881
104 Gerald 26,152 Jodi 30,354
105 Walter 25,729 Natalie 29,801
106 Alexander 24,962 Brandi 29,076
107 Joe 24,947 Kristi 29,036
108 Christian 24,916 Suzanne 29,033
109 Chris 24,870 Samantha 28,919
110 Alan 24,813 Beth 28,861
111 Shannon 24,647 Tracey 28,749
112 Wayne 24,620 Regina 28,318
113 Jared 24,421 Vanessa 28,077
114 Gabriel 24,401 Kristy 27,777
115 Martin 24,277 Carolyn 27,054
116 Jay 23,977 Yolanda 27,034
117 Willie 23,971 Deanna 26,983
118 Luis 23,970 Carla 26,846
119 Micheal 23,796 Sheila 26,508
120 Henry 23,517 Laurie 26,106
121 Wesley 23,260 Anne 25,603
122 Randall 23,031 Shelly 25,534
123 Brad 22,621 Diane 25,323
124 Darren 22,583 Sabrina 24,497
125 Roy 22,355 Janet 24,452
126 Albert 22,117 Erika 24,307
127 Arthur 22,106 Katrina 24,293
128 Ricky 22,071 Courtney 23,996
129 Lance 21,804 Colleen 23,762
130 Allen 21,685 Carol 23,477
131 Lee 21,551 Julia 23,419
132 Andre 21,143 Jenny 22,902
133 Bruce 21,130 Jaime 22,776
134 Mario 20,952 Kathy 22,707
135 Frederick 20,728 Felicia 22,330
136 Louis 20,148 Alison 22,072
137 Darrell 20,075 Lauren 21,838
138 Damon 20,053 Kelli 21,542
139 Shaun 19,320 Leah 21,149
140 Nathaniel 19,188 Ashley 21,060
141 Zachary 19,071 Kim 20,698
142 Casey 18,988 Traci 20,676
143 Adrian 18,918 Kristine 20,545
144 Jesus 18,806 Tricia 20,520
145 Jeremiah 18,780 Joy 20,119
146 Jack 18,588 Krista 19,810
147 Ronnie 18,275 Kara 19,760
148 Dale 18,069 Terri 19,601
149 Tyrone 17,916 Sonya 19,470
150 Manuel 17,698 Aimee 19,408
151 Ricardo 17,664 Natasha 19,331
152 Harold 17,588 Cassandra 19,018
153 Kelly 17,321 Bridget 18,872
154 Barry 17,250 Anita 18,832
155 Ian 17,198 Kari 18,754
156 Reginald 17,195 Nichole 18,520
157 Glenn 16,894 Christie 18,177
158 Ernest 16,759 Marie 18,121
159 Steve 16,663 Virginia 18,051
160 Seth 16,589 Connie 17,959
161 Eugene 16,537 Martha 17,920
162 Clinton 16,346 Carmen 17,876
163 Miguel 16,316 Stacie 17,832
164 Tommy 16,177 Lynn 17,613
165 Eddie 15,873 Katie 17,482
166 Leonard 15,802 Monique 17,472
167 Maurice 15,234 Kristie 17,368
168 Roberto 15,162 Shelley 17,283
169 Dwayne 14,814 Sherri 17,084
170 Jerome 14,788 Angel 16,815
171 Ralph 14,756 Bonnie 16,674
172 Marvin 14,732 Mandy 16,246
173 Jorge 14,642 Jody 16,223
174 Francisco 14,641 Shawna 16,181
175 Neil 14,046 Kerry 16,126
176 Alex 14,020 Annette 16,057
177 Dean 13,898 Yvonne 15,994
178 Kristopher 13,883 Toni 15,899
179 Calvin 13,818 Meredith 15,839
180 Kurt 13,667 Molly 15,720
181 Theodore 13,569 Kendra 15,662
182 Ruben 13,545 Joanna 15,281
183 Jermaine 13,527 Sonia 15,205
184 Tracy 13,419 Janice 14,835
185 Edwin 13,362 Robyn 14,685
186 Stanley 13,224 Brooke 14,518
187 Melvin 13,128 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,986 Sheri 14,397
189 Mitchell 12,969 Becky 14,311
190 Duane 12,405 Gloria 14,221
191 Trevor 12,354 Mindy 14,021
192 Jeff 12,256 Tracie 13,794
193 Geoffrey 12,184 Angie 13,784
194 Hector 12,132 Kellie 13,670
195 Terrence 11,902 Claudia 13,613
196 Terrance 11,888 Ruth 13,428
197 Oscar 11,849 Wanda 13,280
198 Jaime 11,809 Jeanette 12,970
199 Clifford 11,765 Cathy 12,943
200 Harry 11,655 Adrienne 12,797
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.