Fashions in girls names changed in the 1970s.

Popular names in the 1970s. 357 921 babies born Rory has been one of the most frequently used names for boys in the United States since 1947. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. It was 86 in 1944 68 in 1954 and 13 in 1964.

All names for 1970. This classic name has Hebrew origins and means favoured by God John Travolta was one of the biggest names of the seventies and starred in two iconic seventies films the disco-themed sensation that was Saturday Night Fever and the ever-popular musical film Grease. Jennifer Amy and Melissa were the top names for girls in the 70s while Michael Christopher and Jason dominated for boys.

Out of the top ten names only Helen and Karen were in the top ten in 1964. Back in the 70s many parents named their little ones traditional names according to the US. John was a popular name choice for baby boys throughout the 1970s.

Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. Leading 1970s boy names. In this list spellings are not combined.

There were moments of pride and happiness such as when Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals at the Munich Olympics the Sears Tower was. 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. Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country.

Many of the top ten hail from centuries ago andor Biblical times. The 70s were all about feminism and some fabulous girls names -- Melissa Stephanie Shannon Christine Sandra Erin Stacy and more. Top 1970s Girl Names.