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 17,104,863 male births and 16,462,629 female births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,368 Jennifer 581,733
2 Christopher 475,446 Amy 268,995
3 Jason 462,749 Melissa 253,268
4 David 445,741 Michelle 249,136
5 James 444,749 Kimberly 229,098
6 John 402,636 Lisa 228,687
7 Robert 397,249 Angela 225,266
8 Brian 322,694 Heather 203,906
9 William 283,415 Stephanie 160,466
10 Matthew 277,752 Nicole 144,670
11 Joseph 244,838 Jessica 143,498
12 Daniel 244,463 Elizabeth 142,855
13 Kevin 212,244 Rebecca 137,291
14 Eric 211,494 Kelly 133,548
15 Jeffrey 202,861 Mary 126,254
16 Richard 202,808 Christina 125,750
17 Scott 194,543 Amanda 123,925
18 Mark 194,288 Julie 121,926
19 Steven 188,096 Sarah 118,831
20 Thomas 186,766 Laura 118,207
21 Timothy 181,268 Shannon 113,798
22 Anthony 174,886 Christine 103,237
23 Charles 163,030 Tammy 98,830
24 Joshua 140,325 Tracy 95,537
25 Ryan 139,643 Karen 95,173
26 Jeremy 139,321 Dawn 92,445
27 Paul 136,404 Susan 88,310
28 Andrew 132,943 Andrea 86,424
29 Gregory 115,573 Tina 84,767
30 Chad 113,538 Patricia 81,110
31 Kenneth 111,497 Cynthia 80,200
32 Jonathan 107,935 Lori 77,779
33 Stephen 107,812 Rachel 77,750
34 Shawn 105,794 April 76,946
35 Aaron 101,485 Maria 76,351
36 Adam 91,752 Wendy 74,186
37 Patrick 91,251 Crystal 73,759
38 Justin 86,547 Stacy 69,901
39 Sean 83,843 Erin 67,891
40 Edward 83,436 Jamie 67,845
41 Todd 83,325 Carrie 66,827
42 Donald 82,440 Tiffany 65,160
43 Ronald 81,732 Tara 65,072
44 Benjamin 81,337 Sandra 64,337
45 Keith 76,694 Monica 61,681
46 Bryan 71,342 Danielle 60,919
47 Gary 68,265 Stacey 59,210
48 Jose 66,388 Pamela 58,038
49 Nathan 65,868 Tonya 57,789
50 Douglas 65,164 Sara 56,960
51 Nicholas 65,069 Michele 56,558
52 Brandon 65,050 Teresa 56,038
53 George 64,762 Denise 55,868
54 Travis 64,107 Jill 55,071
55 Peter 62,330 Katherine 54,052
56 Craig 58,795 Melanie 53,320
57 Bradley 58,684 Dana 51,361
58 Larry 58,140 Holly 50,464
59 Dennis 50,553 Erica 49,597
60 Shane 50,281 Brenda 48,593
61 Raymond 49,340 Deborah 47,856
62 Troy 48,849 Tanya 47,829
63 Jerry 48,351 Sharon 47,771
64 Samuel 48,103 Donna 47,344
65 Frank 46,920 Amber 47,065
66 Jesse 44,892 Emily 46,843
67 Jeffery 44,566 Robin 45,943
68 Juan 43,400 Linda 45,899
69 Terry 42,427 Kathleen 44,846
70 Corey 40,998 Leslie 44,840
71 Phillip 39,844 Christy 44,592
72 Marcus 39,469 Kristen 44,209
73 Derek 38,314 Catherine 43,864
74 Rodney 37,447 Kristin 42,385
75 Joel 37,231 Misty 42,375
76 Carlos 36,948 Barbara 42,238
77 Randy 36,546 Heidi 42,221
78 Jacob 36,355 Nancy 41,849
79 Jamie 36,298 Cheryl 40,393
80 Tony 35,679 Theresa 40,078
81 Russell 35,468 Brandy 40,070
82 Brent 35,383 Alicia 39,253
83 Antonio 33,280 Veronica 38,787
84 Billy 33,220 Gina 38,119
85 Derrick 32,862 Jacqueline 37,964
86 Kyle 32,652 Rhonda 37,946
87 Erik 32,093 Anna 37,811
88 Johnny 32,026 Renee 37,592
89 Marc 31,838 Megan 37,360
90 Philip 31,371 Tamara 37,076
91 Carl 31,370 Melinda 36,438
92 Roger 29,718 Kathryn 36,436
93 Bobby 29,078 Debra 34,604
94 Brett 28,926 Sherry 34,204
95 Danny 28,864 Allison 34,159
96 Curtis 28,812 Valerie 33,811
97 Jon 28,693 Diana 33,346
98 Vincent 27,641 Paula 32,725
99 Cory 27,511 Kristina 32,650
100 Jimmy 27,101 Ann 32,031
101 Victor 26,734 Margaret 31,946
102 Lawrence 26,663 Victoria 30,883
103 Dustin 26,573 Cindy 30,877
104 Gerald 26,149 Jodi 30,353
105 Walter 25,729 Natalie 29,803
106 Joe 24,947 Brandi 29,077
107 Alexander 24,940 Kristi 29,036
108 Christian 24,905 Suzanne 29,033
109 Chris 24,859 Samantha 28,913
110 Alan 24,814 Beth 28,862
111 Shannon 24,648 Tracey 28,749
112 Wayne 24,619 Regina 28,319
113 Jared 24,415 Vanessa 28,077
114 Gabriel 24,395 Kristy 27,776
115 Martin 24,274 Carolyn 27,048
116 Jay 23,972 Yolanda 27,032
117 Luis 23,967 Deanna 26,983
118 Willie 23,967 Carla 26,845
119 Micheal 23,797 Sheila 26,510
120 Henry 23,515 Laurie 26,104
121 Wesley 23,253 Anne 25,601
122 Randall 23,028 Shelly 25,533
123 Brad 22,619 Diane 25,323
124 Darren 22,578 Sabrina 24,499
125 Roy 22,352 Janet 24,453
126 Albert 22,111 Erika 24,311
127 Arthur 22,102 Katrina 24,294
128 Ricky 22,070 Courtney 23,992
129 Lance 21,797 Colleen 23,761
130 Allen 21,672 Carol 23,476
131 Lee 21,549 Julia 23,419
132 Andre 21,140 Jenny 22,902
133 Bruce 21,127 Jaime 22,774
134 Mario 20,948 Kathy 22,707
135 Frederick 20,726 Felicia 22,330
136 Louis 20,147 Alison 22,072
137 Darrell 20,072 Lauren 21,833
138 Damon 20,051 Kelli 21,542
139 Shaun 19,320 Leah 21,146
140 Nathaniel 19,185 Ashley 21,054
141 Zachary 19,068 Kim 20,697
142 Casey 18,988 Traci 20,676
143 Adrian 18,913 Kristine 20,543
144 Jesus 18,805 Tricia 20,520
145 Jeremiah 18,778 Joy 20,119
146 Jack 18,570 Krista 19,809
147 Ronnie 18,271 Kara 19,760
148 Dale 18,066 Terri 19,603
149 Tyrone 17,916 Sonya 19,472
150 Manuel 17,697 Aimee 19,407
151 Ricardo 17,660 Natasha 19,331
152 Harold 17,590 Cassandra 19,018
153 Kelly 17,322 Bridget 18,870
154 Barry 17,247 Anita 18,834
155 Reginald 17,191 Kari 18,754
156 Ian 17,188 Nichole 18,519
157 Glenn 16,891 Christie 18,178
158 Ernest 16,756 Marie 18,113
159 Steve 16,654 Virginia 18,053
160 Seth 16,586 Connie 17,961
161 Eugene 16,534 Martha 17,925
162 Clinton 16,346 Carmen 17,874
163 Miguel 16,315 Stacie 17,832
164 Tommy 16,176 Lynn 17,610
165 Eddie 15,872 Katie 17,483
166 Leonard 15,803 Monique 17,470
167 Maurice 15,234 Kristie 17,366
168 Roberto 15,157 Shelley 17,283
169 Dwayne 14,810 Sherri 17,084
170 Jerome 14,784 Angel 16,815
171 Ralph 14,755 Bonnie 16,674
172 Marvin 14,732 Mandy 16,244
173 Francisco 14,642 Jody 16,222
174 Jorge 14,639 Shawna 16,181
175 Neil 14,041 Kerry 16,124
176 Alex 14,004 Annette 16,056
177 Dean 13,899 Yvonne 15,998
178 Kristopher 13,883 Toni 15,899
179 Calvin 13,816 Meredith 15,839
180 Kurt 13,661 Molly 15,719
181 Theodore 13,570 Kendra 15,662
182 Ruben 13,540 Joanna 15,281
183 Jermaine 13,527 Sonia 15,205
184 Tracy 13,420 Janice 14,834
185 Edwin 13,356 Robyn 14,684
186 Stanley 13,220 Brooke 14,514
187 Melvin 13,127 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,983 Sheri 14,397
189 Mitchell 12,966 Becky 14,310
190 Duane 12,404 Gloria 14,220
191 Trevor 12,350 Mindy 14,022
192 Jeff 12,253 Tracie 13,795
193 Geoffrey 12,182 Angie 13,784
194 Hector 12,129 Kellie 13,669
195 Terrence 11,905 Claudia 13,618
196 Terrance 11,885 Ruth 13,429
197 Oscar 11,850 Wanda 13,281
198 Jaime 11,811 Jeanette 12,970
199 Clifford 11,764 Cathy 12,943
200 Harry 11,654 Adrienne 12,796
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2025. See the limitations of this data source.