Top Baby Names of the 1970s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1970s

Jennifer and Michael led the decade, out of 31,968,338 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1970s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Jennifer	581,729	3.76%
2	Amy	268,994	1.74%
3	Melissa	253,267	1.64%
4	Michelle	249,130	1.61%
5	Kimberly	229,097	1.48%
6	Lisa	228,690	1.48%
7	Angela	225,262	1.46%
8	Heather	203,902	1.32%
9	Stephanie	160,468	1.04%
10	Nicole	144,667	0.94%
11	Jessica	143,492	0.93%
12	Elizabeth	142,845	0.92%
13	Rebecca	137,285	0.89%
14	Kelly	133,545	0.86%
15	Mary	126,254	0.82%
16	Christina	125,747	0.81%
17	Amanda	123,920	0.80%
18	Julie	121,919	0.79%
19	Sarah	118,823	0.77%
20	Laura	118,204	0.76%
21	Shannon	113,793	0.74%
22	Christine	103,236	0.67%
23	Tammy	98,830	0.64%
24	Tracy	95,536	0.62%
25	Karen	95,173	0.62%
26	Dawn	92,446	0.60%
27	Susan	88,308	0.57%
28	Andrea	86,424	0.56%
29	Tina	84,764	0.55%
30	Patricia	81,111	0.52%
31	Cynthia	80,196	0.52%
32	Lori	77,777	0.50%
33	Rachel	77,749	0.50%
34	April	76,946	0.50%
35	Maria	76,373	0.49%
36	Wendy	74,185	0.48%
37	Crystal	73,757	0.48%
38	Stacy	69,901	0.45%
39	Erin	67,888	0.44%
40	Jamie	67,845	0.44%
41	Carrie	66,825	0.43%
42	Tiffany	65,158	0.42%
43	Tara	65,072	0.42%
44	Sandra	64,340	0.42%
45	Monica	61,680	0.40%
46	Danielle	60,918	0.39%
47	Stacey	59,210	0.38%
48	Pamela	58,039	0.38%
49	Tonya	57,789	0.37%
50	Sara	56,958	0.37%
51	Michele	56,560	0.37%
52	Teresa	56,037	0.36%
53	Denise	55,868	0.36%
54	Jill	55,070	0.36%
55	Katherine	54,048	0.35%
56	Melanie	53,323	0.35%
57	Dana	51,358	0.33%
58	Holly	50,464	0.33%
59	Erica	49,595	0.32%
60	Brenda	48,591	0.31%
61	Deborah	47,855	0.31%
62	Tanya	47,830	0.31%
63	Sharon	47,768	0.31%
64	Donna	47,342	0.31%
65	Amber	47,063	0.30%
66	Emily	46,839	0.30%
67	Robin	45,943	0.30%
68	Linda	45,900	0.30%
69	Kathleen	44,847	0.29%
70	Leslie	44,839	0.29%
71	Christy	44,592	0.29%
72	Kristen	44,206	0.29%
73	Catherine	43,864	0.28%
74	Kristin	42,384	0.27%
75	Misty	42,375	0.27%
76	Barbara	42,237	0.27%
77	Heidi	42,219	0.27%
78	Nancy	41,850	0.27%
79	Cheryl	40,393	0.26%
80	Theresa	40,076	0.26%
81	Brandy	40,070	0.26%
82	Alicia	39,253	0.25%
83	Veronica	38,787	0.25%
84	Gina	38,120	0.25%
85	Jacqueline	37,962	0.25%
86	Rhonda	37,946	0.25%
87	Anna	37,813	0.24%
88	Renee	37,591	0.24%
89	Megan	37,355	0.24%
90	Tamara	37,076	0.24%
91	Melinda	36,438	0.24%
92	Kathryn	36,434	0.24%
93	Debra	34,605	0.22%
94	Sherry	34,204	0.22%
95	Allison	34,158	0.22%
96	Valerie	33,810	0.22%
97	Diana	33,348	0.22%
98	Paula	32,724	0.21%
99	Kristina	32,650	0.21%
100	Ann	32,030	0.21%

Boys, the 1970s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Michael	707,327	4.28%
2	Christopher	475,423	2.88%
3	Jason	462,709	2.80%
4	David	445,704	2.70%
5	James	444,713	2.69%
6	John	402,612	2.44%
7	Robert	397,225	2.41%
8	Brian	322,660	1.95%
9	William	283,401	1.72%
10	Matthew	277,727	1.68%
11	Joseph	244,825	1.48%
12	Daniel	244,454	1.48%
13	Kevin	212,231	1.28%
14	Eric	211,481	1.28%
15	Jeffrey	202,850	1.23%
16	Richard	202,804	1.23%
17	Scott	194,520	1.18%
18	Mark	194,260	1.18%
19	Steven	188,078	1.14%
20	Thomas	186,739	1.13%
21	Timothy	181,260	1.10%
22	Anthony	174,873	1.06%
23	Charles	163,021	0.99%
24	Joshua	140,318	0.85%
25	Ryan	139,635	0.85%
26	Jeremy	139,307	0.84%
27	Paul	136,390	0.83%
28	Andrew	132,929	0.80%
29	Gregory	115,563	0.70%
30	Chad	113,534	0.69%
31	Kenneth	111,489	0.68%
32	Jonathan	107,926	0.65%
33	Stephen	107,804	0.65%
34	Shawn	105,790	0.64%
35	Aaron	101,487	0.61%
36	Adam	91,739	0.56%
37	Patrick	91,240	0.55%
38	Justin	86,539	0.52%
39	Sean	83,819	0.51%
40	Edward	83,425	0.51%
41	Todd	83,319	0.50%
42	Donald	82,435	0.50%
43	Ronald	81,730	0.49%
44	Benjamin	81,332	0.49%
45	Keith	76,689	0.46%
46	Bryan	71,338	0.43%
47	Gary	68,261	0.41%
48	Jose	66,390	0.40%
49	Nathan	65,857	0.40%
50	Douglas	65,155	0.39%
51	Nicholas	65,068	0.39%
52	Brandon	65,047	0.39%
53	George	64,757	0.39%
54	Travis	64,103	0.39%
55	Peter	62,320	0.38%
56	Craig	58,787	0.36%
57	Bradley	58,678	0.36%
58	Larry	58,138	0.35%
59	Dennis	50,552	0.31%
60	Shane	50,279	0.30%
61	Raymond	49,332	0.30%
62	Troy	48,852	0.30%
63	Jerry	48,351	0.29%
64	Samuel	48,099	0.29%
65	Frank	46,917	0.28%
66	Jesse	44,886	0.27%
67	Jeffery	44,565	0.27%
68	Juan	43,404	0.26%
69	Terry	42,426	0.26%
70	Corey	41,000	0.25%
71	Phillip	39,845	0.24%
72	Marcus	39,464	0.24%
73	Derek	38,310	0.23%
74	Rodney	37,446	0.23%
75	Joel	37,228	0.23%
76	Carlos	36,949	0.22%
77	Randy	36,545	0.22%
78	Jacob	36,351	0.22%
79	Jamie	36,296	0.22%
80	Tony	35,676	0.22%
81	Russell	35,469	0.21%
82	Brent	35,380	0.21%
83	Antonio	33,280	0.20%
84	Billy	33,217	0.20%
85	Derrick	32,860	0.20%
86	Kyle	32,645	0.20%
87	Erik	32,094	0.19%
88	Johnny	32,024	0.19%
89	Marc	31,837	0.19%
90	Carl	31,370	0.19%
91	Philip	31,367	0.19%
92	Roger	29,714	0.18%
93	Bobby	29,077	0.18%
94	Brett	28,922	0.18%
95	Danny	28,863	0.17%
96	Curtis	28,808	0.17%
97	Jon	28,690	0.17%
98	Vincent	27,640	0.17%
99	Cory	27,509	0.17%
100	Jimmy	27,099	0.16%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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