Top 100 names of the 1970s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Michael 707377 4.28
2 Christopher 475454 2.88
3 Jason 462752 2.8
4 David 445751 2.7
5 James 444749 2.69
6 John 402650 2.44
7 Robert 397254 2.41
8 Brian 322705 1.95
9 William 283412 1.72
10 Matthew 277758 1.68
11 Joseph 244840 1.48
12 Daniel 244464 1.48
13 Kevin 212254 1.29
14 Eric 211505 1.28
15 Jeffrey 202865 1.23
16 Richard 202812 1.23
17 Scott 194550 1.18
18 Mark 194295 1.18
19 Steven 188092 1.14
20 Thomas 186770 1.13
21 Timothy 181266 1.1
22 Anthony 174893 1.06
23 Charles 163030 0.99
24 Joshua 140323 0.85
25 Ryan 139648 0.85
26 Jeremy 139323 0.84
27 Paul 136406 0.83
28 Andrew 132944 0.8
29 Gregory 115576 0.7
30 Chad 113535 0.69
31 Kenneth 111496 0.68
32 Jonathan 107936 0.65
33 Stephen 107817 0.65
34 Shawn 105798 0.64
35 Aaron 101487 0.61
36 Adam 91759 0.56
37 Patrick 91252 0.55
38 Justin 86550 0.52
39 Sean 83845 0.51
40 Edward 83439 0.51
41 Todd 83330 0.5
42 Donald 82437 0.5
43 Ronald 81734 0.49
44 Benjamin 81339 0.49
45 Keith 76694 0.46
46 Bryan 71344 0.43
47 Gary 68265 0.41
48 Jose 66379 0.4
49 Nathan 65866 0.4
50 Douglas 65167 0.39
51 Nicholas 65068 0.39
52 Brandon 65052 0.39
53 George 64762 0.39
54 Travis 64110 0.39
55 Peter 62335 0.38
56 Craig 58800 0.36
57 Bradley 58684 0.36
58 Larry 58140 0.35
59 Dennis 50556 0.31
60 Shane 50281 0.3
61 Raymond 49346 0.3
62 Troy 48850 0.3
63 Jerry 48350 0.29
64 Samuel 48103 0.29
65 Frank 46920 0.28
66 Jesse 44893 0.27
67 Jeffery 44566 0.27
68 Juan 43395 0.26
69 Terry 42429 0.26
70 Corey 41000 0.25
71 Phillip 39845 0.24
72 Marcus 39468 0.24
73 Derek 38316 0.23
74 Rodney 37448 0.23
75 Joel 37229 0.23
76 Carlos 36946 0.22
77 Randy 36545 0.22
78 Jacob 36356 0.22
79 Jamie 36299 0.22
80 Tony 35682 0.22
81 Russell 35469 0.21
82 Brent 35384 0.21
83 Antonio 33276 0.2
84 Billy 33219 0.2
85 Derrick 32862 0.2
86 Kyle 32653 0.2
87 Erik 32095 0.19
88 Johnny 32026 0.19
89 Marc 31836 0.19
90 Philip 31370 0.19
91 Carl 31369 0.19
92 Roger 29719 0.18
93 Bobby 29078 0.18
94 Brett 28926 0.18
95 Danny 28863 0.17
96 Curtis 28812 0.17
97 Jon 28693 0.17
98 Vincent 27639 0.17
99 Cory 27512 0.17
100 Jimmy 27099 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Jennifer 581730 3.76
2 Amy 268993 1.74
3 Melissa 253265 1.64
4 Michelle 249135 1.61
5 Kimberly 229095 1.48
6 Lisa 228686 1.48
7 Angela 225261 1.46
8 Heather 203908 1.32
9 Stephanie 160464 1.04
10 Nicole 144669 0.94
11 Jessica 143493 0.93
12 Elizabeth 142855 0.92
13 Rebecca 137291 0.89
14 Kelly 133548 0.86
15 Mary 126253 0.82
16 Christina 125747 0.81
17 Amanda 123924 0.8
18 Julie 121931 0.79
19 Sarah 118831 0.77
20 Laura 118206 0.76
21 Shannon 113798 0.74
22 Christine 103236 0.67
23 Tammy 98829 0.64
24 Tracy 95536 0.62
25 Karen 95175 0.62
26 Dawn 92444 0.6
27 Susan 88314 0.57
28 Andrea 86421 0.56
29 Tina 84768 0.55
30 Patricia 81109 0.52
31 Cynthia 80201 0.52
32 Lori 77779 0.5
33 Rachel 77750 0.5
34 April 76947 0.5
35 Maria 76333 0.49
36 Wendy 74187 0.48
37 Crystal 73759 0.48
38 Stacy 69900 0.45
39 Erin 67891 0.44
40 Jamie 67844 0.44
41 Carrie 66827 0.43
42 Tiffany 65159 0.42
43 Tara 65071 0.42
44 Sandra 64334 0.42
45 Monica 61677 0.4
46 Danielle 60919 0.39
47 Stacey 59210 0.38
48 Pamela 58037 0.38
49 Tonya 57790 0.37
50 Sara 56959 0.37
51 Michele 56558 0.37
52 Teresa 56034 0.36
53 Denise 55869 0.36
54 Jill 55069 0.36
55 Katherine 54054 0.35
56 Melanie 53318 0.35
57 Dana 51361 0.33
58 Holly 50463 0.33
59 Erica 49595 0.32
60 Brenda 48592 0.31
61 Deborah 47856 0.31
62 Tanya 47827 0.31
63 Sharon 47771 0.31
64 Donna 47344 0.31
65 Amber 47065 0.3
66 Emily 46844 0.3
67 Robin 45942 0.3
68 Linda 45899 0.3
69 Kathleen 44845 0.29
70 Leslie 44840 0.29
71 Christy 44591 0.29
72 Kristen 44210 0.29
73 Catherine 43864 0.28
74 Kristin 42383 0.27
75 Misty 42375 0.27
76 Barbara 42239 0.27
77 Heidi 42221 0.27
78 Nancy 41846 0.27
79 Cheryl 40393 0.26
80 Theresa 40078 0.26
81 Brandy 40070 0.26
82 Alicia 39254 0.25
83 Veronica 38787 0.25
84 Gina 38119 0.25
85 Jacqueline 37965 0.25
86 Rhonda 37947 0.25
87 Anna 37805 0.24
88 Renee 37593 0.24
89 Megan 37360 0.24
90 Tamara 37076 0.24
91 Melinda 36438 0.24
92 Kathryn 36436 0.24
93 Debra 34605 0.22
94 Sherry 34206 0.22
95 Allison 34160 0.22
96 Valerie 33812 0.22
97 Diana 33344 0.22
98 Paula 32724 0.21
99 Kristina 32650 0.21
100 Ann 32030 0.21