Donna Summer rocketed to international super-stardom in the mid-1970s when her groundbreaking merger of RB soul pop funk rock disco and avant-garde electronica catapulted underground dance music out of the clubs of Europe to the pinnacles of sales.

Popular female names of the 1970s. 203 rows The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born. Names like Tammy and Dawn might seem a little out of place for babies today but they were seriously popular in the 1970s. Top 1970s Baby Names.

Aaron Mountain of strength. Who is like God. Jennifer at number one did not appear in top 1000 until the 1940s.

Amanda One who deserves love. During the decade many changes were seen on the most popular baby names list. 34 rows Among the Top 1970-1979 baby girl names in the US Latoya 1769 Ebony 1655 Lakisha 1643.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Top names from the 1970s. The Bee Gees had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1970s 9 songs.

Little change in boys names top ten only Jason and Matthew are new and into the top ten for the first time. Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country. In this list spellings are not combined.

Top American girls names of the 1970s Pamela. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.