100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1970's

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 707,482
2 Christopher +18 475,505
3 Jason +84 462,745
4 David -2 445,775
5 James -1 444,846
6 John -3 402,712
7 Robert -2 397,328
8 Brian +8 322,773
9 William -2 283,485
10 Matthew +26 277,843
11 Joseph +1 244,808
12 Daniel +7 244,453
13 Kevin +1 212,323
14 Eric +14 211,530
15 Jeffrey -5 202,913
16 Richard -8 202,861
17 Scott -2 194,605
18 Mark -12 194,317
19 Steven -8 188,125
20 Thomas -11 186,794
21 Timothy -8 181,292
22 Anthony 0 174,861
23 Charles -6 163,051
24 Joshua +311 140,341
25 Ryan +199 139,670
26 Jeremy +338 139,318
27 Paul -9 136,430
28 Andrew +10 133,009
29 Gregory -6 115,593
30 Chad +142 113,562
31 Kenneth -10 111,521
32 Jonathan +44 107,935
33 Stephen -6 107,813
34 Shawn +41 105,798
35 Aaron +92 101,487
36 Adam +101 91,771
37 Patrick -5 91,252
38 Justin +263 86,533
39 Sean +39 83,891
40 Edward -11 83,476
41 Todd -10 83,355
42 Donald -17 82,455
43 Ronald -19 81,761
44 Benjamin +86 81,325
45 Keith -11 76,711
46 Bryan +15 71,369
47 Gary -21 68,287
48 Jose +41 66,317
49 Nathan +127 65,899
50 Douglas -20 65,189
51 Brandon +332 65,072
52 Nicholas +91 65,060
53 George -20 64,706
54 Travis +158 64,121
55 Peter -13 62,331
56 Craig -12 58,807
57 Bradley +15 58,689
58 Larry -23 58,145
59 Dennis -20 50,546
60 Shane +132 50,276
61 Raymond -16 49,337
62 Troy -7 48,842
63 Jerry -22 48,353
64 Samuel +21 48,067
65 Frank -22 46,884
66 Jesse +76 44,898
67 Jeffery -21 44,578
68 Juan +66 43,340
69 Terry -32 42,418
70 Corey +168 41,014
71 Phillip -3 39,830
72 Marcus +113 39,467
73 Derek +88 38,337
74 Rodney -26 37,472
75 Joel +31 37,222
76 Carlos +68 36,913
77 Randy -37 36,546
78 Jacob +267 36,336
79 Jamie +158 36,295
80 Tony -29 35,668
81 Russell -22 35,480
82 Brent +42 35,393
83 Billy -10 33,221
84 Antonio +80 33,215
85 Derrick +69 32,856
86 Kyle +83 32,653
87 Erik +96 32,098
88 Johnny -19 32,029
89 Marc +21 31,830
90 Carl -33 31,380
91 Philip -7 31,367
92 Roger -42 29,722
93 Bobby -12 29,076
94 Brett +34 28,930
95 Danny -37 28,849
96 Curtis -17 28,817
97 Jon -14 28,692
98 Vincent -28 27,632
99 Cory +224 27,518
100 Jimmy -23 27,085
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer +19 581,689
2 Amy +33 268,981
3 Melissa +30 253,252
4 Michelle +5 249,095
5 Kimberly 0 229,085
6 Lisa -5 228,630
7 Angela +15 225,183
8 Heather +119 203,904
9 Stephanie +36 160,440
10 Nicole +176 144,633
11 Jessica +219 143,467
12 Elizabeth +5 142,841
13 Rebecca +28 137,284
14 Kelly +16 133,544
15 Mary -13 126,288
16 Christina +56 125,721
17 Amanda +182 123,910
18 Julie 0 121,929
19 Sarah +71 118,805
20 Laura -4 118,187
21 Shannon +100 113,779
22 Christine +5 103,221
23 Tammy -10 98,825
24 Tracy +15 95,525
25 Karen -21 95,192
26 Dawn +11 92,431
27 Susan -24 88,330
28 Andrea +39 86,417
29 Tina +2 84,749
30 Patricia -24 81,131
31 Cynthia -21 80,206
32 Lori -17 77,780
33 Rachel +113 77,753
34 April +105 76,926
35 Maria +14 76,064
36 Wendy +12 74,187
37 Crystal +115 73,744
38 Stacy +75 69,903
39 Erin +177 67,897
40 Jamie +110 67,848
41 Carrie +91 66,833
42 Tiffany +269 65,157
43 Tara +182 65,063
44 Sandra -33 64,324
45 Monica +41 61,664
46 Danielle +189 60,917
47 Stacey +56 59,212
48 Pamela -34 58,075
49 Tonya +71 57,782
50 Sara +113 56,940
51 Michele -1 56,554
52 Teresa -27 56,018
53 Denise -24 55,863
54 Jill +7 55,071
55 Katherine +22 54,057
56 Melanie +53 53,309
57 Dana +25 51,346
58 Holly +71 50,458
59 Erica +314 49,594
60 Brenda -41 48,593
61 Deborah -49 47,899
62 Tanya +102 47,830
63 Sharon -40 47,780
64 Donna -56 47,364
65 Amber +343 47,057
66 Emily +185 46,844
67 Linda -60 45,964
68 Robin -34 45,952
69 Kathleen -37 44,881
70 Leslie +1 44,829
71 Christy +150 44,589
72 Kristen +121 44,212
73 Catherine -17 43,861
74 Kristin +85 42,388
75 Misty +341 42,373
76 Barbara -55 42,252
77 Heidi +45 42,217
78 Nancy -52 41,872
79 Cheryl -51 40,405
80 Theresa -38 40,073
81 Brandy +905 40,064
82 Alicia +87 39,240
83 Veronica +50 38,784
84 Gina -11 38,111
85 Jacqueline -34 37,956
86 Rhonda -42 37,945
87 Anna +8 37,734
88 Renee -18 37,590
89 Megan +301 37,361
90 Tamara +10 37,070
91 Kathryn -3 36,440
92 Melinda +19 36,440
93 Debra -69 34,634
94 Sherry -39 34,205
95 Allison +115 34,169
96 Valerie -27 33,811
97 Diana -34 33,343
98 Paula -44 32,720
99 Kristina +147 32,647
100 Ann -40 32,027