100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1970s

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 707,647
2 Christopher +18 475,614
3 Jason +84 462,928
4 David -2 445,955
5 James -1 444,948
6 John -3 402,841
7 Robert -2 397,407
8 Brian +8 322,841
9 William -2 283,564
10 Matthew +26 277,959
11 Joseph +1 244,925
12 Daniel +7 244,557
13 Kevin +1 212,367
14 Eric +14 211,569
15 Jeffrey -5 202,952
16 Richard -8 202,880
17 Scott -2 194,671
18 Mark -12 194,415
19 Steven -8 188,174
20 Thomas -11 186,880
21 Timothy -8 181,340
22 Anthony 0 174,941
23 Charles -6 163,110
24 Joshua +312 140,396
25 Ryan +199 139,734
26 Jeremy +338 139,353
27 Paul -9 136,473
28 Andrew +10 133,061
29 Gregory -6 115,625
30 Chad +142 113,579
31 Kenneth -10 111,542
32 Jonathan +44 107,983
33 Stephen -6 107,871
34 Shawn +41 105,824
35 Aaron +92 101,528
36 Adam +101 91,812
37 Patrick -5 91,297
38 Justin +263 86,580
39 Sean +39 83,923
40 Edward -11 83,502
41 Todd -10 83,374
42 Donald -17 82,468
43 Ronald -19 81,771
44 Benjamin +86 81,388
45 Keith -11 76,733
46 Bryan +15 71,395
47 Gary -21 68,293
48 Jose +41 66,372
49 Nathan +127 65,924
50 Douglas -20 65,204
51 Nicholas +92 65,108
52 Brandon +331 65,100
53 George -20 64,764
54 Travis +159 64,140
55 Peter -13 62,375
56 Craig -12 58,826
57 Bradley +15 58,716
58 Larry -23 58,155
59 Dennis -20 50,574
60 Shane +132 50,295
61 Raymond -16 49,364
62 Troy -7 48,860
63 Jerry -22 48,369
64 Samuel +21 48,109
65 Frank -22 46,934
66 Jesse +76 44,908
67 Jeffery -21 44,580
68 Juan +66 43,389
69 Terry -32 42,434
70 Corey +168 41,020
71 Phillip -3 39,857
72 Marcus +113 39,492
73 Derek +88 38,353
74 Rodney -26 37,477
75 Joel +31 37,241
76 Carlos +68 36,951
77 Randy -37 36,552
78 Jacob +267 36,384
79 Jamie +158 36,302
80 Tony -29 35,697
81 Russell -22 35,480
82 Brent +42 35,407
83 Antonio +81 33,258
84 Billy -11 33,226
85 Derrick +68 32,865
86 Kyle +83 32,672
87 Erik +96 32,107
88 Johnny -19 32,035
89 Marc +21 31,840
90 Philip -6 31,382
91 Carl -34 31,374
92 Roger -42 29,737
93 Bobby -12 29,080
94 Brett +34 28,944
95 Danny -37 28,865
96 Curtis -17 28,822
97 Jon -14 28,704
98 Vincent -28 27,651
99 Cory +224 27,520
100 Jimmy -23 27,106
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer +19 581,772
2 Amy +33 269,001
3 Melissa +30 253,282
4 Michelle +5 249,133
5 Kimberly 0 229,109
6 Lisa -5 228,684
7 Angela +15 225,241
8 Heather +119 203,929
9 Stephanie +36 160,466
10 Nicole +176 144,672
11 Jessica +219 143,491
12 Elizabeth +5 142,858
13 Rebecca +28 137,298
14 Kelly +16 133,563
15 Mary -13 126,267
16 Christina +56 125,737
17 Amanda +182 123,935
18 Julie 0 121,941
19 Sarah +71 118,832
20 Laura -4 118,212
21 Shannon +100 113,804
22 Christine +5 103,233
23 Tammy -10 98,832
24 Tracy +15 95,539
25 Karen -21 95,186
26 Dawn +11 92,443
27 Susan -24 88,315
28 Andrea +38 86,426
29 Tina +2 84,758
30 Patricia -24 81,104
31 Cynthia -21 80,211
32 Lori -17 77,780
33 Rachel +113 77,765
34 April +105 76,940
35 Maria +14 76,224
36 Wendy +12 74,190
37 Crystal +115 73,766
38 Stacy +75 69,904
39 Erin +177 67,900
40 Jamie +109 67,851
41 Carrie +91 66,832
42 Tiffany +269 65,160
43 Tara +182 65,072
44 Sandra -33 64,331
45 Monica +41 61,673
46 Danielle +189 60,925
47 Stacey +56 59,214
48 Pamela -34 58,045
49 Tonya +71 57,792
50 Sara +113 56,962
51 Michele -1 56,563
52 Teresa -27 56,027
53 Denise -24 55,874
54 Jill +7 55,075
55 Katherine +22 54,059
56 Melanie +53 53,326
57 Dana +25 51,359
58 Holly +71 50,469
59 Erica +314 49,606
60 Brenda -41 48,595
61 Deborah -49 47,864
62 Tanya +102 47,832
63 Sharon -40 47,776
64 Donna -56 47,353
65 Amber +343 47,072
66 Emily +185 46,848
67 Robin -33 45,947
68 Linda -61 45,905
69 Kathleen -37 44,846
70 Leslie +1 44,835
71 Christy +150 44,590
72 Kristen +121 44,221
73 Catherine -17 43,865
74 Kristin +84 42,386
75 Misty +341 42,376
76 Barbara -55 42,242
77 Heidi +45 42,230
78 Nancy -52 41,859
79 Cheryl -51 40,403
80 Theresa -38 40,082
81 Brandy +906 40,069
82 Alicia +87 39,250
83 Veronica +50 38,798
84 Gina -11 38,119
85 Jacqueline -34 37,966
86 Rhonda -42 37,946
87 Anna +8 37,764
88 Renee -18 37,600
89 Megan +301 37,367
90 Tamara +10 37,071
91 Melinda +20 36,438
92 Kathryn -4 36,434
93 Debra -69 34,621
94 Sherry -39 34,201
95 Allison +115 34,175
96 Valerie -27 33,821
97 Diana -34 33,345
98 Paula -44 32,729
99 Kristina +147 32,649
100 Ann -40 32,032