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Top baby names of the 1970s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1970 and 1979, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 Michael 707,368
  2. 2 Christopher 475,446
  3. 3 Jason 462,749
  4. 4 David 445,741
  5. 5 James 444,749
  6. 6 John 402,636
  7. 7 Robert 397,249
  8. 8 Brian 322,694
  9. 9 William 283,415
  10. 10 Matthew 277,752
  11. 11 Joseph 244,838
  12. 12 Daniel 244,463
  13. 13 Kevin 212,244
  14. 14 Eric 211,494
  15. 15 Jeffrey 202,861
  16. 16 Richard 202,808
  17. 17 Scott 194,543
  18. 18 Mark 194,288
  19. 19 Steven 188,096
  20. 20 Thomas 186,766
  21. 21 Timothy 181,268
  22. 22 Anthony 174,886
  23. 23 Charles 163,030
  24. 24 Joshua 140,325
  25. 25 Ryan 139,643
  26. 26 Jeremy 139,321
  27. 27 Paul 136,404
  28. 28 Andrew 132,943
  29. 29 Gregory 115,573
  30. 30 Chad 113,538
  31. 31 Kenneth 111,497
  32. 32 Jonathan 107,935
  33. 33 Stephen 107,812
  34. 34 Shawn 105,794
  35. 35 Aaron 101,485
  36. 36 Adam 91,752
  37. 37 Patrick 91,251
  38. 38 Justin 86,547
  39. 39 Sean 83,843
  40. 40 Edward 83,436
  41. 41 Todd 83,325
  42. 42 Donald 82,440
  43. 43 Ronald 81,732
  44. 44 Benjamin 81,337
  45. 45 Keith 76,694
  46. 46 Bryan 71,342
  47. 47 Gary 68,265
  48. 48 Jose 66,388
  49. 49 Nathan 65,868
  50. 50 Douglas 65,164

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Jennifer 581,733
  2. 2 Amy 268,995
  3. 3 Melissa 253,268
  4. 4 Michelle 249,136
  5. 5 Kimberly 229,098
  6. 6 Lisa 228,687
  7. 7 Angela 225,266
  8. 8 Heather 203,906
  9. 9 Stephanie 160,466
  10. 10 Nicole 144,670
  11. 11 Jessica 143,498
  12. 12 Elizabeth 142,855
  13. 13 Rebecca 137,291
  14. 14 Kelly 133,548
  15. 15 Mary 126,254
  16. 16 Christina 125,750
  17. 17 Amanda 123,925
  18. 18 Julie 121,926
  19. 19 Sarah 118,831
  20. 20 Laura 118,207
  21. 21 Shannon 113,798
  22. 22 Christine 103,237
  23. 23 Tammy 98,830
  24. 24 Tracy 95,537
  25. 25 Karen 95,173
  26. 26 Dawn 92,445
  27. 27 Susan 88,310
  28. 28 Andrea 86,424
  29. 29 Tina 84,767
  30. 30 Patricia 81,110
  31. 31 Cynthia 80,200
  32. 32 Lori 77,779
  33. 33 Rachel 77,750
  34. 34 April 76,946
  35. 35 Maria 76,351
  36. 36 Wendy 74,186
  37. 37 Crystal 73,759
  38. 38 Stacy 69,901
  39. 39 Erin 67,891
  40. 40 Jamie 67,845
  41. 41 Carrie 66,827
  42. 42 Tiffany 65,160
  43. 43 Tara 65,072
  44. 44 Sandra 64,337
  45. 45 Monica 61,681
  46. 46 Danielle 60,919
  47. 47 Stacey 59,210
  48. 48 Pamela 58,038
  49. 49 Tonya 57,789
  50. 50 Sara 56,960