Most Popular Names of the 1970s
The top 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 |