Top baby names of the 1970s

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Jennifer581,733
  2. Amy268,995
  3. Melissa253,268
  4. Michelle249,136
  5. Kimberly229,098
  6. Lisa228,687
  7. Angela225,266
  8. Heather203,906
  9. Stephanie160,466
  10. Nicole144,670
  11. Jessica143,498
  12. Elizabeth142,855
  13. Rebecca137,291
  14. Kelly133,548
  15. Mary126,254
  16. Christina125,750
  17. Amanda123,925
  18. Julie121,926
  19. Sarah118,831
  20. Laura118,207
  21. Shannon113,798
  22. Christine103,237
  23. Tammy98,830
  24. Tracy95,537
  25. Karen95,173
  26. Dawn92,445
  27. Susan88,310
  28. Andrea86,424
  29. Tina84,767
  30. Patricia81,110
  31. Cynthia80,200
  32. Lori77,779
  33. Rachel77,750
  34. April76,946
  35. Maria76,351
  36. Wendy74,186
  37. Crystal73,759
  38. Stacy69,901
  39. Erin67,891
  40. Jamie67,845
  41. Carrie66,827
  42. Tiffany65,160
  43. Tara65,072
  44. Sandra64,337
  45. Monica61,681
  46. Danielle60,919
  47. Stacey59,210
  48. Pamela58,038
  49. Tonya57,789
  50. Sara56,960

Boys

  1. Michael707,368
  2. Christopher475,446
  3. Jason462,749
  4. David445,741
  5. James444,749
  6. John402,636
  7. Robert397,249
  8. Brian322,694
  9. William283,415
  10. Matthew277,752
  11. Joseph244,838
  12. Daniel244,463
  13. Kevin212,244
  14. Eric211,494
  15. Jeffrey202,861
  16. Richard202,808
  17. Scott194,543
  18. Mark194,288
  19. Steven188,096
  20. Thomas186,766
  21. Timothy181,268
  22. Anthony174,886
  23. Charles163,030
  24. Joshua140,325
  25. Ryan139,643
  26. Jeremy139,321
  27. Paul136,404
  28. Andrew132,943
  29. Gregory115,573
  30. Chad113,538
  31. Kenneth111,497
  32. Jonathan107,935
  33. Stephen107,812
  34. Shawn105,794
  35. Aaron101,485
  36. Adam91,752
  37. Patrick91,251
  38. Justin86,547
  39. Sean83,843
  40. Edward83,436
  41. Todd83,325
  42. Donald82,440
  43. Ronald81,732
  44. Benjamin81,337
  45. Keith76,694
  46. Bryan71,342
  47. Gary68,265
  48. Jose66,388
  49. Nathan65,868
  50. Douglas65,164