Top 100 names of the 1970s

Boys

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Michael 707327 4.28
2 Christopher 475423 2.88
3 Jason 462709 2.8
4 David 445704 2.7
5 James 444713 2.69
6 John 402612 2.44
7 Robert 397225 2.41
8 Brian 322660 1.95
9 William 283401 1.72
10 Matthew 277727 1.68
11 Joseph 244825 1.48
12 Daniel 244454 1.48
13 Kevin 212231 1.28
14 Eric 211481 1.28
15 Jeffrey 202850 1.23
16 Richard 202804 1.23
17 Scott 194520 1.18
18 Mark 194260 1.18
19 Steven 188078 1.14
20 Thomas 186739 1.13
21 Timothy 181260 1.1
22 Anthony 174873 1.06
23 Charles 163021 0.99
24 Joshua 140318 0.85
25 Ryan 139635 0.85
26 Jeremy 139307 0.84
27 Paul 136390 0.83
28 Andrew 132929 0.8
29 Gregory 115563 0.7
30 Chad 113534 0.69
31 Kenneth 111489 0.68
32 Jonathan 107926 0.65
33 Stephen 107804 0.65
34 Shawn 105790 0.64
35 Aaron 101487 0.61
36 Adam 91739 0.56
37 Patrick 91240 0.55
38 Justin 86539 0.52
39 Sean 83819 0.51
40 Edward 83425 0.51
41 Todd 83319 0.5
42 Donald 82435 0.5
43 Ronald 81730 0.49
44 Benjamin 81332 0.49
45 Keith 76689 0.46
46 Bryan 71338 0.43
47 Gary 68261 0.41
48 Jose 66390 0.4
49 Nathan 65857 0.4
50 Douglas 65155 0.39
51 Nicholas 65068 0.39
52 Brandon 65047 0.39
53 George 64757 0.39
54 Travis 64103 0.39
55 Peter 62320 0.38
56 Craig 58787 0.36
57 Bradley 58678 0.36
58 Larry 58138 0.35
59 Dennis 50552 0.31
60 Shane 50279 0.3
61 Raymond 49332 0.3
62 Troy 48852 0.3
63 Jerry 48351 0.29
64 Samuel 48099 0.29
65 Frank 46917 0.28
66 Jesse 44886 0.27
67 Jeffery 44565 0.27
68 Juan 43404 0.26
69 Terry 42426 0.26
70 Corey 41000 0.25
71 Phillip 39845 0.24
72 Marcus 39464 0.24
73 Derek 38310 0.23
74 Rodney 37446 0.23
75 Joel 37228 0.23
76 Carlos 36949 0.22
77 Randy 36545 0.22
78 Jacob 36351 0.22
79 Jamie 36296 0.22
80 Tony 35676 0.22
81 Russell 35469 0.21
82 Brent 35380 0.21
83 Antonio 33280 0.2
84 Billy 33217 0.2
85 Derrick 32860 0.2
86 Kyle 32645 0.2
87 Erik 32094 0.19
88 Johnny 32024 0.19
89 Marc 31837 0.19
90 Carl 31370 0.19
91 Philip 31367 0.19
92 Roger 29714 0.18
93 Bobby 29077 0.18
94 Brett 28922 0.18
95 Danny 28863 0.17
96 Curtis 28808 0.17
97 Jon 28690 0.17
98 Vincent 27640 0.17
99 Cory 27509 0.17
100 Jimmy 27099 0.16

Girls

Rank Name Count Percent
1 Jennifer 581729 3.76
2 Amy 268994 1.74
3 Melissa 253267 1.64
4 Michelle 249130 1.61
5 Kimberly 229097 1.48
6 Lisa 228690 1.48
7 Angela 225262 1.46
8 Heather 203902 1.32
9 Stephanie 160468 1.04
10 Nicole 144667 0.94
11 Jessica 143492 0.93
12 Elizabeth 142845 0.92
13 Rebecca 137285 0.89
14 Kelly 133545 0.86
15 Mary 126254 0.82
16 Christina 125747 0.81
17 Amanda 123920 0.8
18 Julie 121919 0.79
19 Sarah 118823 0.77
20 Laura 118204 0.76
21 Shannon 113793 0.74
22 Christine 103236 0.67
23 Tammy 98830 0.64
24 Tracy 95536 0.62
25 Karen 95173 0.62
26 Dawn 92446 0.6
27 Susan 88308 0.57
28 Andrea 86424 0.56
29 Tina 84764 0.55
30 Patricia 81111 0.52
31 Cynthia 80196 0.52
32 Lori 77777 0.5
33 Rachel 77749 0.5
34 April 76946 0.5
35 Maria 76373 0.49
36 Wendy 74185 0.48
37 Crystal 73757 0.48
38 Stacy 69901 0.45
39 Erin 67888 0.44
40 Jamie 67845 0.44
41 Carrie 66825 0.43
42 Tiffany 65158 0.42
43 Tara 65072 0.42
44 Sandra 64340 0.42
45 Monica 61680 0.4
46 Danielle 60918 0.39
47 Stacey 59210 0.38
48 Pamela 58039 0.38
49 Tonya 57789 0.37
50 Sara 56958 0.37
51 Michele 56560 0.37
52 Teresa 56037 0.36
53 Denise 55868 0.36
54 Jill 55070 0.36
55 Katherine 54048 0.35
56 Melanie 53323 0.35
57 Dana 51358 0.33
58 Holly 50464 0.33
59 Erica 49595 0.32
60 Brenda 48591 0.31
61 Deborah 47855 0.31
62 Tanya 47830 0.31
63 Sharon 47768 0.31
64 Donna 47342 0.31
65 Amber 47063 0.3
66 Emily 46839 0.3
67 Robin 45943 0.3
68 Linda 45900 0.3
69 Kathleen 44847 0.29
70 Leslie 44839 0.29
71 Christy 44592 0.29
72 Kristen 44206 0.29
73 Catherine 43864 0.28
74 Kristin 42384 0.27
75 Misty 42375 0.27
76 Barbara 42237 0.27
77 Heidi 42219 0.27
78 Nancy 41850 0.27
79 Cheryl 40393 0.26
80 Theresa 40076 0.26
81 Brandy 40070 0.26
82 Alicia 39253 0.25
83 Veronica 38787 0.25
84 Gina 38120 0.25
85 Jacqueline 37962 0.25
86 Rhonda 37946 0.25
87 Anna 37813 0.24
88 Renee 37591 0.24
89 Megan 37355 0.24
90 Tamara 37076 0.24
91 Melinda 36438 0.24
92 Kathryn 36434 0.24
93 Debra 34605 0.22
94 Sherry 34204 0.22
95 Allison 34158 0.22
96 Valerie 33810 0.22
97 Diana 33348 0.22
98 Paula 32724 0.21
99 Kristina 32650 0.21
100 Ann 32030 0.21