List of the most popular names in the 1970s in the United States

These are the most popular given names in the United States for each respective year in the 1970s.

	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Male
1	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael	Michael
2	James	James	Christopher	Christopher	Jason	Jason	Jason	Jason	Jason	Christopher
3	David	David	James	Jason	Christopher	Christopher	Christopher	Christopher	Christopher	Jason
4	John	John	David	James	David	James	David	David	David	David
5	Robert	Robert	John	David	James	David	James	James	James	James
6	Christopher	Christopher	Robert	John	John	Robert	John	Robert	Matthew	Matthew
7	William	William	Jason	Robert	Robert	John	Robert	John	John	John
8	Brian	Jason	Brian	Brian	Brian	Brian	Brian	Brian	Robert	Robert
9	Mark	Brian	William	William	Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	Matthew	Brian	Joshua
10	Richard	Scott	Matthew	Matthew	William	William	Daniel	Joseph	Joseph	Brian
Female
1	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer	Jennifer
2	Lisa	Michelle	Michelle	Amy	Amy	Amy	Amy	Melissa	Melissa	Melissa
3	Kimberly	Lisa	Lisa	Michelle	Michelle	Heather	Melissa	Amy	Jessica	Amanda
4	Michelle	Kimberly	Kimberly	Kimberly	Heather	Melissa	Heather	Jessica	Amy	Jessica(Monica)
5	Amy	Amy	Amy	Lisa	Angela	Angela	Angela	Heather	Heather	Amy
6	Angela	Angela	Angela	Melissa	Kimberly	Michelle	Michelle	Angela	Amanda	Sarah
7	Melissa	Melissa	Melissa	Angela	Melissa	Kimberly	Kimberly	Michelle	Angela	Heather
8	Tammy	Tammy	Stephanie	Heather	Lisa	Lisa	Jessica	Kimberly	Sarah	Angela
9	Mary	Mary	Heather	Stephanie	Stephanie	Stephanie	Lisa	Amanda	Michelle	Nicole
10	Tracy	Julie	Nicole	Rebecca	Rebecca	Nicole	Amanda	Kelly	Nicole	Michelle

References

• Most Popular 1000 Names of the 1970s from the Social Security Administration