Popular Baby Names for 2002, for 2001, for 2000, the 90's, the 80's, the 70's, the 60's, the 50's, the 40's, the 30's, the 20's, the 10's and 1900's.
| Most Popular Names of the 1970's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||
| Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
| 1 | Michael | 35226 | Jennifer | 29070 |
| 2 | Christopher | 23860 | Amy | 13460 |
| 3 | Jason | 23090 | Melissa | 12654 |
| 4 | David | 22246 | Michelle | 12452 |
| 5 | James | 22210 | Kimberly | 11523 |
| 6 | John | 20137 | Lisa | 11433 |
| 7 | Robert | 19872 | Angela | 11253 |
| 8 | Brian | 16219 | Heather | 10297 |
| 9 | William | 14520 | Stephanie | 8020 |
| 10 | Matthew | 13810 | Jessica | 7357 |
| 11 | Daniel | 12352 | Elizabeth | 7301 |
| 12 | Joseph | 12250 | Nicole | 7136 |
| 13 | Kevin | 10814 | Rebecca | 6929 |
| 14 | Eric | 10693 | Kelly | 6674 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 10325 | Mary | 6335 |
| 16 | Richard | 10089 | Christina | 6333 |
| 17 | Scott | 9925 | Amanda | 6210 |
| 18 | Mark | 9581 | Sarah | 5962 |
| 19 | Steven | 9382 | Laura | 5925 |
| 20 | Timothy | 9200 | Julie | 5922 |
| 21 | Thomas | 9185 | Shannon | 5643 |
| 22 | Anthony | 8816 | Christine | 5271 |
| 23 | Charles | 8132 | Tammy | 5030 |
| 24 | Jeremy | 7020 | Karen | 4787 |
| 25 | Joshua | 6975 | Tracy | 4759 |
| 26 | Ryan | 6925 | Maria | 4716 |
| 27 | Paul | 6889 | Dawn | 4634 |
| 28 | Andrew | 6595 | Susan | 4347 |
| 29 | Gregory | 5967 | Andrea | 4331 |
| 30 | Chad | 5604 | Tina | 4259 |
| 31 | Kenneth | 5563 | Cynthia | 4150 |
| 32 | Stephen | 5338 | Patricia | 4017 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 5328 | Rachel | 3970 |
| 34 | Shawn | 5214 | April | 3896 |
| 35 | Jose | 5186 | Lori | 3832 |
| 36 | Aaron | 4999 | Crystal | 3786 |
| 37 | Patrick | 4573 | Wendy | 3763 |
| 38 | Adam | 4529 | Stacy | 3521 |
| 39 | Justin | 4378 | Sandra | 3386 |
| 40 | Edward | 4203 | Jamie | 3361 |
| 41 | Sean | 4195 | Erin | 3327 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 4130 | Carrie | 3319 |
| 43 | Todd | 4124 | Tara | 3264 |
| 44 | Donald | 4123 | Tiffany | 3257 |
| 45 | Ronald | 4047 | Monica | 3151 |
| 46 | Keith | 3873 | Danielle | 3082 |
| 47 | Bryan | 3541 | Stacey | 2895 |
| 48 | Gary | 3451 | Teresa | 2880 |
| 49 | George | 3291 | Pamela | 2874 |
| 50 | Nathan | 3268 | Sara | 2860 |
| 51 | Nicholas | 3266 | Michele | 2811 |
| 52 | Douglas | 3257 | Tonya | 2788 |
| 53 | Travis | 3192 | Katherine | 2757 |
| 54 | Brandon | 3155 | Brenda | 2733 |
| 55 | Peter | 3100 | Denise | 2728 |
| 56 | Craig | 2971 | Melanie | 2713 |
| 57 | Larry | 2903 | Jill | 2703 |
| 58 | Bradley | 2900 | Holly | 2596 |
| 59 | Juan | 2872 | Dana | 2587 |
| 60 | Carlos | 2619 | Amber | 2496 |
| 61 | Samuel | 2583 | Deborah | 2491 |
| 62 | Dennis | 2582 | Erica | 2406 |
| 63 | Jerry | 2467 | Linda | 2392 |
| 64 | Shane | 2466 | Emily | 2381 |
| 65 | Frank | 2404 | Sharon | 2364 |
| 66 | Raymond | 2404 | Tanya | 2353 |
| 67 | Troy | 2380 | Donna | 2334 |
| 68 | Luis | 2342 | Kathleen | 2295 |
| 69 | Jesse | 2306 | Leslie | 2271 |
| 70 | Jeffery | 2208 | Robin | 2266 |
| 71 | Terry | 2171 | Christy | 2213 |
| 72 | Corey | 2108 | Catherine | 2190 |
| 73 | Joel | 2055 | Barbara | 2188 |
| 74 | Phillip | 2015 | Nancy | 2153 |
| 75 | Marcus | 1997 | Kristin | 2140 |
| 76 | Derek | 1910 | Kristen | 2129 |
| 77 | Jamie | 1835 | Heidi | 2115 |
| 78 | Rodney | 1830 | Misty | 2107 |
| 79 | Randy | 1811 | Brandy | 2106 |
| 80 | Russell | 1810 | Cheryl | 2062 |
| 81 | Antonio | 1783 | Jacqueline | 2019 |
| 82 | Tony | 1757 | Theresa | 1975 |
| 83 | Jacob | 1751 | Alicia | 1971 |
| 84 | Billy | 1714 | Megan | 1941 |
| 85 | Brent | 1692 | Veronica | 1924 |
| 86 | Johnny | 1662 | Anna | 1910 |
| 87 | Derrick | 1647 | Tamara | 1910 |
| 88 | Philip | 1623 | Renee | 1885 |
| 89 | Marc | 1617 | Gina | 1870 |
| 90 | Kyle | 1602 | Melinda | 1863 |
| 91 | Erik | 1587 | Diana | 1857 |
| 92 | Victor | 1568 | Rhonda | 1824 |
| 93 | Roger | 1533 | Kathryn | 1794 |
| 94 | Carl | 1522 | Debra | 1782 |
| 95 | Danny | 1471 | Sherry | 1758 |
| 96 | Brett | 1459 | Allison | 1743 |
| 97 | Curtis | 1456 | Valerie | 1678 |
| 98 | Bobby | 1441 | Kristina | 1657 |
| 99 | Jon | 1432 | Vanessa | 1631 |
| 100 | Cory | 1404 | Paula | 1615 |
| 101 | Lawrence | 1341 | Margaret | 1585 |
| 102 | Alexander | 1334 | Ann | 1550 |
| 103 | Vincent | 1329 | Cindy | 1544 |
| 104 | Gerald | 1326 | Victoria | 1533 |
| 105 | Jimmy | 1325 | Jodi | 1524 |
| 106 | Shannon | 1315 | Kristi | 1495 |
| 107 | Walter | 1309 | Samantha | 1487 |
| 108 | Martin | 1286 | Natalie | 1469 |
| 109 | Chris | 1285 | Regina | 1448 |
| 110 | Joe | 1283 | Carmen | 1445 |
| 111 | Wayne | 1280 | Yolanda | 1436 |
| 112 | Alan | 1275 | Suzanne | 1434 |
| 113 | Dustin | 1267 | Tracey | 1432 |
| 114 | Gabriel | 1267 | Carolyn | 1425 |
| 115 | Jared | 1250 | Brandi | 1418 |
| 116 | Micheal | 1244 | Beth | 1412 |
| 117 | Christian | 1220 | Kristy | 1398 |
| 118 | Henry | 1217 | Sheila | 1372 |
| 119 | Miguel | 1200 | Carla | 1360 |
| 120 | Roy | 1187 | Deanna | 1358 |
| 121 | Willie | 1172 | Laurie | 1338 |
| 122 | Jay | 1164 | Shelly | 1291 |
| 123 | Albert | 1160 | Anne | 1286 |
| 124 | Randall | 1151 | Katrina | 1267 |
| 125 | Wesley | 1143 | Diane | 1252 |
| 126 | Arthur | 1139 | Erika | 1251 |
| 127 | Brad | 1133 | Janet | 1251 |
| 128 | Darren | 1131 | Carol | 1222 |
| 129 | Angel | 1125 | Julia | 1205 |
| 130 | Lee | 1123 | Sabrina | 1193 |
| 131 | Ricky | 1110 | Colleen | 1175 |
| 132 | Jesus | 1096 | Courtney | 1170 |
| 133 | Bruce | 1093 | Jenny | 1166 |
| 134 | Ricardo | 1092 | Alison | 1133 |
| 135 | Allen | 1090 | Felicia | 1129 |
| 136 | Jorge | 1088 | Kathy | 1125 |
| 137 | Frederick | 1066 | Leah | 1115 |
| 138 | Mario | 1064 | Jaime | 1111 |
| 139 | Andre | 1061 | Lauren | 1080 |
| 140 | Lance | 1051 | Kelli | 1073 |
| 141 | Manuel | 1041 | Kristine | 1070 |
| 142 | Darrell | 1028 | Ashley | 1058 |
| 143 | Louis | 1019 | Kim | 1042 |
| 144 | Damon | 1018 | Kara | 1028 |
| 145 | Hector | 997 | Joy | 1023 |
| 146 | Shaun | 990 | Terri | 1016 |
| 147 | Casey | 982 | Sonya | 998 |
| 148 | Edwin | 974 | Krista | 996 |
| 149 | Roberto | 963 | Traci | 992 |
| 150 | Tyrone | 961 | Tricia | 986 |
| 151 | Dale | 950 | Aimee | 956 |
| 152 | Nathaniel | 938 | Bridget | 956 |
| 153 | Adrian | 935 | Marie | 954 |
| 154 | Zachary | 935 | Cassandra | 939 |
| 155 | Francisco | 930 | Wanda | 935 |
| 156 | Ronnie | 928 | Kari | 930 |
| 157 | Barry | 906 | Natasha | 926 |
| 158 | Ian | 906 | Anita | 925 |
| 159 | Jeremiah | 906 | Nichole | 921 |
| 160 | Harold | 901 | Virginia | 918 |
| 161 | Jack | 891 | Christie | 917 |
| 162 | Eugene | 855 | Connie | 913 |
| 163 | Steve | 855 | Martha | 907 |
| 164 | Javier | 843 | Sonia | 899 |
| 165 | Tommy | 838 | Katie | 884 |
| 166 | Kelly | 834 | Monique | 876 |
| 167 | Clinton | 822 | Stacie | 876 |
| 168 | Glenn | 818 | Bonnie | 874 |
| 169 | Eddie | 817 | Lynn | 869 |
| 170 | Leonard | 816 | Sherri | 867 |
| 171 | Ernest | 813 | Kristie | 857 |
| 172 | Reginald | 805 | Kerry | 852 |
| 173 | Marvin | 779 | Annette | 845 |
| 174 | Seth | 778 | Jody | 844 |
| 175 | Jerome | 771 | Rosa | 828 |
| 176 | Rafael | 771 | Yvonne | 828 |
| 177 | Alex | 770 | Janice | 812 |
| 178 | Ruben | 748 | Shelley | 812 |
| 179 | Maurice | 745 | Angel | 804 |
| 180 | Pedro | 713 | Meredith | 803 |
| 181 | Dwayne | 709 | Mandy | 802 |
| 182 | Stanley | 704 | Ana | 800 |
| 183 | Dean | 701 | Shawna | 798 |
| 184 | Kristopher | 699 | Toni | 793 |
| 185 | Jaime | 695 | Kendra | 781 |
| 186 | Ralph | 693 | Molly | 777 |
| 187 | Calvin | 688 | Joanna | 769 |
| 188 | Ramon | 688 | Ruth | 758 |
| 189 | Oscar | 687 | Robyn | 739 |
| 190 | Kurt | 684 | Gloria | 738 |
| 191 | Jermaine | 679 | Sheri | 733 |
| 192 | Melvin | 676 | Mindy | 724 |
| 193 | Theodore | 664 | Angie | 714 |
| 194 | Neil | 662 | Kerri | 701 |
| 195 | Raul | 654 | Becky | 692 |
| 196 | Howard | 652 | Tracie | 691 |
| 197 | Tracy | 649 | Brooke | 681 |
| 198 | J | 639 | Claudia | 676 |
| 199 | Mitchell | 633 | Kellie | 665 |
| 200 | Duane | 627 | Lindsay | 662 |
| 201 | Omar | 621 | Adrienne | 658 |
| 202 | Trevor | 621 | Penny | 653 |
| 203 | Harry | 620 | Sylvia | 653 |
| 204 | Jeff | 619 | Charlotte | 651 |
| 205 | Jody | 616 | Caroline | 645 |
| 206 | Terrance | 602 | Jeanette | 644 |
| 207 | Julio | 597 | Charlene | 642 |
| 208 | Daryl | 593 | Kelley | 639 |
| 209 | Terrence | 593 | Evelyn | 637 |
| 210 | Earl | 587 | Bethany | 634 |
| 211 | Isaac | 582 | Frances | 632 |
| 212 | Geoffrey | 579 | Joanne | 632 |
| 213 | Kirk | 579 | Candace | 629 |
| 214 | Tyler | 575 | Melody | 629 |
| 215 | Greg | 566 | Cathy | 628 |
| 216 | Fernando | 559 | Rachael | 626 |
| 217 | Mike | 553 | Belinda | 625 |
| 218 | Francis | 551 | Dorothy | 625 |
| 219 | Heath | 550 | Keri | 625 |
| 220 | Mathew | 548 | Gretchen | 614 |
| 221 | Clifford | 547 | Joyce | 614 |
| 222 | Clarence | 544 | Tabitha | 612 |
| 223 | Wade | 540 | Shawn | 611 |
| 224 | Alfred | 535 | Beverly | 610 |
| 225 | Karl | 534 | Candice | 609 |
| 226 | Eduardo | 525 | Vicki | 602 |
| 227 | Joey | 524 | Leticia | 599 |
| 228 | Luke | 520 | Tamika | 595 |
| 229 | Clayton | 514 | Trina | 593 |
| 230 | Leon | 511 | Leigh | 590 |
| 231 | Andy | 505 | Trisha | 589 |
| 232 | Toby | 504 | Tasha | 588 |
| 233 | Warren | 500 | Yvette | 588 |
| 234 | Ray | 499 | Rose | 583 |
| 235 | Norman | 491 | Norma | 579 |
| 236 | Alberto | 490 | Alice | 577 |
| 237 | Alejandro | 489 | Latoya | 571 |
| 238 | Bernard | 488 | Darlene | 570 |
| 239 | Cody | 480 | Jean | 570 |
| 240 | Lonnie | 479 | Karla | 569 |
| 241 | Glen | 473 | Helen | 567 |
| 242 | Fred | 472 | Ginger | 562 |
| 243 | Armando | 465 | Shirley | 559 |
| 244 | Byron | 465 | Betty | 558 |
| 245 | Ivan | 461 | Debbie | 556 |
| 246 | Felix | 457 | Hope | 556 |
| 247 | Don | 452 | Nikki | 543 |
| 248 | Alvin | 442 | Rita | 539 |
| 249 | Franklin | 441 | Latonya | 535 |
| 250 | Cameron | 440 | Shana | 534 |
This page presents the top 1000 given names for births in the 1970's. The data comes from a 5% sampling of Social Security card applications with dates of birth from January 1970 through December 1979.