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 17,104,861 male births and 16,462,300 female births
Popular names of the period 1970s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 707,377 Jennifer 581,730
2 Christopher 475,454 Amy 268,993
3 Jason 462,752 Melissa 253,265
4 David 445,751 Michelle 249,135
5 James 444,749 Kimberly 229,095
6 John 402,650 Lisa 228,686
7 Robert 397,254 Angela 225,261
8 Brian 322,705 Heather 203,908
9 William 283,412 Stephanie 160,464
10 Matthew 277,758 Nicole 144,669
11 Joseph 244,840 Jessica 143,493
12 Daniel 244,464 Elizabeth 142,855
13 Kevin 212,254 Rebecca 137,291
14 Eric 211,505 Kelly 133,548
15 Jeffrey 202,865 Mary 126,253
16 Richard 202,812 Christina 125,747
17 Scott 194,550 Amanda 123,924
18 Mark 194,295 Julie 121,931
19 Steven 188,092 Sarah 118,831
20 Thomas 186,770 Laura 118,206
21 Timothy 181,266 Shannon 113,798
22 Anthony 174,893 Christine 103,236
23 Charles 163,030 Tammy 98,829
24 Joshua 140,323 Tracy 95,536
25 Ryan 139,648 Karen 95,175
26 Jeremy 139,323 Dawn 92,444
27 Paul 136,406 Susan 88,314
28 Andrew 132,944 Andrea 86,421
29 Gregory 115,576 Tina 84,768
30 Chad 113,535 Patricia 81,109
31 Kenneth 111,496 Cynthia 80,201
32 Jonathan 107,936 Lori 77,779
33 Stephen 107,817 Rachel 77,750
34 Shawn 105,798 April 76,947
35 Aaron 101,487 Maria 76,333
36 Adam 91,759 Wendy 74,187
37 Patrick 91,252 Crystal 73,759
38 Justin 86,550 Stacy 69,900
39 Sean 83,845 Erin 67,891
40 Edward 83,439 Jamie 67,844
41 Todd 83,330 Carrie 66,827
42 Donald 82,437 Tiffany 65,159
43 Ronald 81,734 Tara 65,071
44 Benjamin 81,339 Sandra 64,334
45 Keith 76,694 Monica 61,677
46 Bryan 71,344 Danielle 60,919
47 Gary 68,265 Stacey 59,210
48 Jose 66,379 Pamela 58,037
49 Nathan 65,866 Tonya 57,790
50 Douglas 65,167 Sara 56,959
51 Nicholas 65,068 Michele 56,558
52 Brandon 65,052 Teresa 56,034
53 George 64,762 Denise 55,869
54 Travis 64,110 Jill 55,069
55 Peter 62,335 Katherine 54,054
56 Craig 58,800 Melanie 53,318
57 Bradley 58,684 Dana 51,361
58 Larry 58,140 Holly 50,463
59 Dennis 50,556 Erica 49,595
60 Shane 50,281 Brenda 48,592
61 Raymond 49,346 Deborah 47,856
62 Troy 48,850 Tanya 47,827
63 Jerry 48,350 Sharon 47,771
64 Samuel 48,103 Donna 47,344
65 Frank 46,920 Amber 47,065
66 Jesse 44,893 Emily 46,844
67 Jeffery 44,566 Robin 45,942
68 Juan 43,395 Linda 45,899
69 Terry 42,429 Kathleen 44,845
70 Corey 41,000 Leslie 44,840
71 Phillip 39,845 Christy 44,591
72 Marcus 39,468 Kristen 44,210
73 Derek 38,316 Catherine 43,864
74 Rodney 37,448 Kristin 42,383
75 Joel 37,229 Misty 42,375
76 Carlos 36,946 Barbara 42,239
77 Randy 36,545 Heidi 42,221
78 Jacob 36,356 Nancy 41,846
79 Jamie 36,299 Cheryl 40,393
80 Tony 35,682 Theresa 40,078
81 Russell 35,469 Brandy 40,070
82 Brent 35,384 Alicia 39,254
83 Antonio 33,276 Veronica 38,787
84 Billy 33,219 Gina 38,119
85 Derrick 32,862 Jacqueline 37,965
86 Kyle 32,653 Rhonda 37,947
87 Erik 32,095 Anna 37,805
88 Johnny 32,026 Renee 37,593
89 Marc 31,836 Megan 37,360
90 Philip 31,370 Tamara 37,076
91 Carl 31,369 Melinda 36,438
92 Roger 29,719 Kathryn 36,436
93 Bobby 29,078 Debra 34,605
94 Brett 28,926 Sherry 34,206
95 Danny 28,863 Allison 34,160
96 Curtis 28,812 Valerie 33,812
97 Jon 28,693 Diana 33,344
98 Vincent 27,639 Paula 32,724
99 Cory 27,512 Kristina 32,650
100 Jimmy 27,099 Ann 32,030
101 Victor 26,734 Margaret 31,947
102 Lawrence 26,661 Victoria 30,884
103 Dustin 26,575 Cindy 30,877
104 Gerald 26,150 Jodi 30,353
105 Walter 25,731 Natalie 29,804
106 Alexander 24,945 Brandi 29,076
107 Joe 24,945 Kristi 29,036
108 Christian 24,906 Suzanne 29,033
109 Chris 24,859 Samantha 28,914
110 Alan 24,814 Beth 28,864
111 Shannon 24,648 Tracey 28,749
112 Wayne 24,619 Regina 28,319
113 Jared 24,416 Vanessa 28,076
114 Gabriel 24,399 Kristy 27,776
115 Martin 24,275 Carolyn 27,050
116 Jay 23,970 Yolanda 27,033
117 Luis 23,967 Deanna 26,983
118 Willie 23,966 Carla 26,845
119 Micheal 23,797 Sheila 26,510
120 Henry 23,513 Laurie 26,104
121 Wesley 23,254 Anne 25,599
122 Randall 23,029 Shelly 25,533
123 Brad 22,618 Diane 25,323
124 Darren 22,578 Sabrina 24,498
125 Roy 22,352 Janet 24,451
126 Albert 22,112 Erika 24,308
127 Arthur 22,104 Katrina 24,293
128 Ricky 22,071 Courtney 23,993
129 Lance 21,799 Colleen 23,760
130 Allen 21,673 Carol 23,477
131 Lee 21,549 Julia 23,419
132 Andre 21,141 Jenny 22,902
133 Bruce 21,126 Jaime 22,775
134 Mario 20,949 Kathy 22,707
135 Frederick 20,727 Felicia 22,330
136 Louis 20,145 Alison 22,073
137 Darrell 20,072 Lauren 21,835
138 Damon 20,052 Kelli 21,542
139 Shaun 19,320 Leah 21,147
140 Nathaniel 19,185 Ashley 21,053
141 Zachary 19,066 Kim 20,697
142 Casey 18,988 Traci 20,676
143 Adrian 18,914 Kristine 20,543
144 Jesus 18,804 Tricia 20,520
145 Jeremiah 18,778 Joy 20,119
146 Jack 18,572 Krista 19,809
147 Ronnie 18,274 Kara 19,760
148 Dale 18,066 Terri 19,602
149 Tyrone 17,917 Sonya 19,473
150 Manuel 17,698 Aimee 19,408
151 Ricardo 17,659 Natasha 19,331
152 Harold 17,588 Cassandra 19,018
153 Kelly 17,322 Bridget 18,871
154 Barry 17,248 Anita 18,833
155 Ian 17,194 Kari 18,754
156 Reginald 17,191 Nichole 18,518
157 Glenn 16,892 Christie 18,178
158 Ernest 16,756 Marie 18,112
159 Steve 16,653 Virginia 18,052
160 Seth 16,586 Connie 17,960
161 Eugene 16,534 Martha 17,922
162 Clinton 16,345 Carmen 17,877
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 17,472
167 Maurice 15,234 Kristie 17,366
168 Roberto 15,158 Shelley 17,283
169 Dwayne 14,811 Sherri 17,084
170 Jerome 14,784 Angel 16,814
171 Ralph 14,755 Bonnie 16,674
172 Marvin 14,731 Mandy 16,244
173 Francisco 14,641 Jody 16,222
174 Jorge 14,639 Shawna 16,181
175 Neil 14,041 Kerry 16,123
176 Alex 14,006 Annette 16,057
177 Dean 13,897 Yvonne 15,996
178 Kristopher 13,883 Toni 15,899
179 Calvin 13,816 Meredith 15,840
180 Kurt 13,662 Molly 15,718
181 Theodore 13,569 Kendra 15,662
182 Ruben 13,540 Joanna 15,281
183 Jermaine 13,527 Sonia 15,205
184 Tracy 13,419 Janice 14,834
185 Edwin 13,357 Robyn 14,684
186 Stanley 13,220 Brooke 14,514
187 Melvin 13,127 Kerri 14,448
188 Howard 12,984 Sheri 14,397
189 Mitchell 12,967 Becky 14,311
190 Duane 12,404 Gloria 14,219
191 Trevor 12,352 Mindy 14,022
192 Jeff 12,253 Tracie 13,795
193 Geoffrey 12,182 Angie 13,784
194 Hector 12,128 Kellie 13,669
195 Terrence 11,904 Claudia 13,617
196 Terrance 11,886 Ruth 13,429
197 Oscar 11,848 Wanda 13,281
198 Jaime 11,811 Jeanette 12,970
199 Clifford 11,764 Cathy 12,943
200 Harry 11,655 Adrienne 12,796
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source.