There appears to have been a continuance of the strong traditional names with male babies.

Popular names in the 1970s. Government draws from Social Security Administration records to provide an official list of baby names and their popularity across the country. Most Popular Baby Names of the 70s. Rank Male Name Female Name.

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. President Nixon resigned students were shot at Kent State there were gas shortages and American hostages were taken in Iran. John was a popular name choice for baby boys throughout the 1970s.

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. Rory boy - Average annual births in the 1970s. Amanda One who deserves love.

Select Decade2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s. All names for 1970. Back in the 70s many parents named their little ones traditional names according to the US.

We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. In this list spellings are not combined. For moms and dads who want a name thats timeless and most likely wont be mispronounced the lists of the top 10 boy and girl names.

Strong examples are Michael David William Joseph Robert Daniel and Thomas. 267 peaking in 1977 - Rank in 2019. Jennifer Amy and Melissa were the top names for girls in the 70s while Michael Christopher and Jason dominated for boys.