Top names of the 1970s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for boy and girl 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 17,103,652 boy births and 16,462,433 girl births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Boys Girls
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,327 Jennifer 581,729
2 Christopher 475,423 Amy 268,994
3 Jason 462,709 Melissa 253,267
4 David 445,704 Michelle 249,130
5 James 444,713 Kimberly 229,097
6 John 402,612 Lisa 228,690
7 Robert 397,225 Angela 225,262
8 Brian 322,660 Heather 203,902
9 William 283,401 Stephanie 160,468
10 Matthew 277,727 Nicole 144,667
11 Joseph 244,825 Jessica 143,492
12 Daniel 244,454 Elizabeth 142,845
13 Kevin 212,231 Rebecca 137,285
14 Eric 211,481 Kelly 133,545
15 Jeffrey 202,850 Mary 126,254
16 Richard 202,804 Christina 125,747
17 Scott 194,520 Amanda 123,920
18 Mark 194,260 Julie 121,919
19 Steven 188,078 Sarah 118,823
20 Thomas 186,739 Laura 118,204
21 Timothy 181,260 Shannon 113,793
22 Anthony 174,873 Christine 103,236
23 Charles 163,021 Tammy 98,830
24 Joshua 140,318 Tracy 95,536
25 Ryan 139,635 Karen 95,173
26 Jeremy 139,307 Dawn 92,446
27 Paul 136,390 Susan 88,308
28 Andrew 132,929 Andrea 86,424
29 Gregory 115,563 Tina 84,764
30 Chad 113,534 Patricia 81,111
31 Kenneth 111,489 Cynthia 80,196
32 Jonathan 107,926 Lori 77,777
33 Stephen 107,804 Rachel 77,749
34 Shawn 105,790 April 76,946
35 Aaron 101,487 Maria 76,373
36 Adam 91,739 Wendy 74,185
37 Patrick 91,240 Crystal 73,757
38 Justin 86,539 Stacy 69,901
39 Sean 83,819 Erin 67,888
40 Edward 83,425 Jamie 67,845
41 Todd 83,319 Carrie 66,825
42 Donald 82,435 Tiffany 65,158
43 Ronald 81,730 Tara 65,072
44 Benjamin 81,332 Sandra 64,340
45 Keith 76,689 Monica 61,680
46 Bryan 71,338 Danielle 60,918
47 Gary 68,261 Stacey 59,210
48 Jose 66,390 Pamela 58,039
49 Nathan 65,857 Tonya 57,789
50 Douglas 65,155 Sara 56,958
51 Nicholas 65,068 Michele 56,560
52 Brandon 65,047 Teresa 56,037
53 George 64,757 Denise 55,868
54 Travis 64,103 Jill 55,070
55 Peter 62,320 Katherine 54,048
56 Craig 58,787 Melanie 53,323
57 Bradley 58,678 Dana 51,358
58 Larry 58,138 Holly 50,464
59 Dennis 50,552 Erica 49,595
60 Shane 50,279 Brenda 48,591
61 Raymond 49,332 Deborah 47,855
62 Troy 48,852 Tanya 47,830
63 Jerry 48,351 Sharon 47,768
64 Samuel 48,099 Donna 47,342
65 Frank 46,917 Amber 47,063
66 Jesse 44,886 Emily 46,839
67 Jeffery 44,565 Robin 45,943
68 Juan 43,404 Linda 45,900
69 Terry 42,426 Kathleen 44,847
70 Corey 41,000 Leslie 44,839
71 Phillip 39,845 Christy 44,592
72 Marcus 39,464 Kristen 44,206
73 Derek 38,310 Catherine 43,864
74 Rodney 37,446 Kristin 42,384
75 Joel 37,228 Misty 42,375
76 Carlos 36,949 Barbara 42,237
77 Randy 36,545 Heidi 42,219
78 Jacob 36,351 Nancy 41,850
79 Jamie 36,296 Cheryl 40,393
80 Tony 35,676 Theresa 40,076
81 Russell 35,469 Brandy 40,070
82 Brent 35,380 Alicia 39,253
83 Antonio 33,280 Veronica 38,787
84 Billy 33,217 Gina 38,120
85 Derrick 32,860 Jacqueline 37,962
86 Kyle 32,645 Rhonda 37,946
87 Erik 32,094 Anna 37,813
88 Johnny 32,024 Renee 37,591
89 Marc 31,837 Megan 37,355
90 Carl 31,370 Tamara 37,076
91 Philip 31,367 Melinda 36,438
92 Roger 29,714 Kathryn 36,434
93 Bobby 29,077 Debra 34,605
94 Brett 28,922 Sherry 34,204
95 Danny 28,863 Allison 34,158
96 Curtis 28,808 Valerie 33,810
97 Jon 28,690 Diana 33,348
98 Vincent 27,640 Paula 32,724
99 Cory 27,509 Kristina 32,650
100 Jimmy 27,099 Ann 32,030
101 Victor 26,732 Margaret 31,947
102 Lawrence 26,662 Victoria 30,884
103 Dustin 26,572 Cindy 30,876
104 Gerald 26,147 Jodi 30,352
105 Walter 25,726 Natalie 29,801
106 Joe 24,949 Brandi 29,078
107 Alexander 24,932 Kristi 29,035
108 Christian 24,902 Suzanne 29,034
109 Chris 24,855 Samantha 28,906
110 Alan 24,813 Beth 28,860
111 Shannon 24,649 Tracey 28,746
112 Wayne 24,616 Regina 28,319
113 Jared 24,413 Vanessa 28,077
114 Gabriel 24,390 Kristy 27,776
115 Martin 24,267 Carolyn 27,046
116 Jay 23,971 Yolanda 27,031
117 Luis 23,966 Deanna 26,983
118 Willie 23,966 Carla 26,841
119 Micheal 23,798 Sheila 26,509
120 Henry 23,511 Laurie 26,101
121 Wesley 23,252 Anne 25,602
122 Randall 23,025 Shelly 25,533
123 Brad 22,617 Diane 25,323
124 Darren 22,574 Sabrina 24,500
125 Roy 22,353 Janet 24,454
126 Albert 22,112 Erika 24,310
127 Arthur 22,100 Katrina 24,292
128 Ricky 22,071 Courtney 23,991
129 Lance 21,791 Colleen 23,759
130 Allen 21,667 Carol 23,477
131 Lee 21,546 Julia 23,414
132 Andre 21,139 Jenny 22,902
133 Bruce 21,127 Jaime 22,774
134 Mario 20,949 Kathy 22,706
135 Frederick 20,725 Felicia 22,330
136 Louis 20,145 Alison 22,070
137 Darrell 20,072 Lauren 21,827
138 Damon 20,052 Kelli 21,540
139 Shaun 19,317 Leah 21,145
140 Nathaniel 19,185 Ashley 21,053
141 Zachary 19,060 Kim 20,697
142 Casey 18,987 Traci 20,675
143 Adrian 18,912 Kristine 20,543
144 Jesus 18,807 Tricia 20,520
145 Jeremiah 18,777 Joy 20,119
146 Jack 18,562 Krista 19,807
147 Ronnie 18,271 Kara 19,760
148 Dale 18,065 Terri 19,600
149 Tyrone 17,914 Sonya 19,468
150 Manuel 17,697 Aimee 19,407
151 Ricardo 17,657 Natasha 19,331
152 Harold 17,587 Cassandra 19,016
153 Kelly 17,321 Bridget 18,870
154 Barry 17,246 Anita 18,834
155 Reginald 17,191 Kari 18,753
156 Ian 17,186 Nichole 18,519
157 Glenn 16,888 Christie 18,179
158 Ernest 16,756 Marie 18,110
159 Steve 16,652 Virginia 18,053
160 Seth 16,584 Connie 17,961
161 Eugene 16,534 Martha 17,926
162 Clinton 16,346 Carmen 17,873
163 Miguel 16,316 Stacie 17,832
164 Tommy 16,175 Lynn 17,609
165 Eddie 15,871 Katie 17,486
166 Leonard 15,805 Monique 17,468
167 Maurice 15,233 Kristie 17,366
168 Roberto 15,155 Shelley 17,283
169 Dwayne 14,811 Sherri 17,084
170 Jerome 14,783 Angel 16,814
171 Ralph 14,755 Bonnie 16,673
172 Marvin 14,732 Mandy 16,244
173 Francisco 14,642 Jody 16,222
174 Jorge 14,640 Shawna 16,180
175 Neil 14,040 Kerry 16,123
176 Alex 13,997 Annette 16,056
177 Dean 13,898 Yvonne 15,997
178 Kristopher 13,883 Toni 15,899
179 Calvin 13,809 Meredith 15,840
180 Kurt 13,657 Molly 15,715
181 Theodore 13,567 Kendra 15,661
182 Ruben 13,538 Joanna 15,281
183 Jermaine 13,527 Sonia 15,205
184 Tracy 13,419 Janice 14,833
185 Edwin 13,354 Robyn 14,684
186 Stanley 13,214 Brooke 14,512
187 Melvin 13,126 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,980 Sheri 14,397
189 Mitchell 12,966 Becky 14,309
190 Duane 12,404 Gloria 14,219
191 Trevor 12,347 Mindy 14,022
192 Jeff 12,249 Tracie 13,795
193 Geoffrey 12,179 Angie 13,784
194 Hector 12,130 Kellie 13,669
195 Terrence 11,905 Claudia 13,615
196 Terrance 11,884 Ruth 13,431
197 Oscar 11,847 Wanda 13,280
198 Jaime 11,811 Jeanette 12,970
199 Clifford 11,761 Cathy 12,943
200 Harry 11,654 Adrienne 12,794
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2026. See the limitations of this data source.