Most Popular Baby Names of the 1970s

The top U.S. baby names across the 1970s (1970–1979), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys.

Girls — Top 50

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

Boys — Top 50

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