Popular girl names in 1970: Top names of the 1970s

Posted on 16 сентября, 2023 by alexxlab

Top names of the 1970s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female
babies born during the 1970s. For each rank and sex, the table shows
the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names
were taken from a universe that includes 17,107,561 male births and
16,462,535 female births

Popular names of the period 1970s

Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	707,458	Jennifer	581,753
2	Christopher	475,526	Amy	268,996
3	Jason	462,821	Melissa	253,274
4	David	445,842	Michelle	249,138
5	James	444,823	Kimberly	229,106
6	John	402,715	Lisa	228,690
7	Robert	397,295	Angela	225,264
8	Brian	322,747	Heather	203,912
9	William	283,456	Stephanie	160,464
10	Matthew	277,828	Nicole	144,670
11	Joseph	244,882	Jessica	143,500
12	Daniel	244,510	Elizabeth	142,857
13	Kevin	212,294	Rebecca	137,295
14	Eric	211,529	Kelly	133,559
15	Jeffrey	202,894	Mary	126,260
16	Richard	202,832	Christina	125,746
17	Scott	194,594	Amanda	123,932
18	Mark	194,333	Julie	121,932
19	Steven	188,123	Sarah	118,836
20	Thomas	186,810	Laura	118,211
21	Timothy	181,294	Shannon	113,804
22	Anthony	174,907	Christine	103,236
23	Charles	163,071	Tammy	98,830
24	Joshua	140,357	Tracy	95,534
25	Ryan	139,682	Karen	95,177
26	Jeremy	139,336	Dawn	92,450
27	Paul	136,433	Susan	88,317
28	Andrew	132,980	Andrea	86,429
29	Gregory	115,592	Tina	84,767
30	Chad	113,553	Patricia	81,106
31	Kenneth	111,508	Cynthia	80,202
32	Jonathan	107,949	Lori	77,779
33	Stephen	107,841	Rachel	77,754
34	Shawn	105,801	April	76,946
35	Aaron	101,500	Maria	76,327
36	Adam	91,782	Wendy	74,187
37	Patrick	91,276	Crystal	73,765
38	Justin	86,571	Stacy	69,901
39	Sean	83,880	Erin	67,894
40	Edward	83,460	Jamie	67,845
41	Todd	83,347	Carrie	66,827
42	Donald	82,443	Tiffany	65,158
43	Ronald	81,742	Tara	65,074
44	Benjamin	81,356	Sandra	64,335
45	Keith	76,708	Monica	61,679
46	Bryan	71,366	Danielle	60,920
47	Gary	68,271	Stacey	59,212
48	Jose	66,381	Pamela	58,040
49	Nathan	65,884	Tonya	57,791
50	Douglas	65,173	Sara	56,962
51	Nicholas	65,089	Michele	56,558
52	Brandon	65,065	Teresa	56,035
53	George	64,766	Denise	55,871
54	Travis	64,125	Jill	55,071
55	Peter	62,352	Katherine	54,059
56	Craig	58,811	Melanie	53,321
57	Bradley	58,702	Dana	51,357
58	Larry	58,147	Holly	50,466
59	Dennis	50,562	Erica	49,598
60	Shane	50,289	Brenda	48,593
61	Raymond	49,356	Deborah	47,858
62	Troy	48,859	Tanya	47,826
63	Jerry	48,357	Sharon	47,774
64	Samuel	48,107	Donna	47,347
65	Frank	46,926	Amber	47,070
66	Jesse	44,903	Emily	46,849
67	Jeffery	44,571	Robin	45,944
68	Juan	43,400	Linda	45,902
69	Terry	42,436	Kathleen	44,846
70	Corey	41,003	Leslie	44,837
71	Phillip	39,850	Christy	44,591
72	Marcus	39,481	Kristen	44,212
73	Derek	38,330	Catherine	43,865
74	Rodney	37,455	Kristin	42,384
75	Joel	37,237	Misty	42,376
76	Carlos	36,956	Barbara	42,237
77	Randy	36,544	Heidi	42,227
78	Jacob	36,374	Nancy	41,848
79	Jamie	36,299	Cheryl	40,394
80	Tony	35,691	Theresa	40,078
81	Russell	35,476	Brandy	40,071
82	Brent	35,389	Alicia	39,254
83	Antonio	33,280	Veronica	38,791
84	Billy	33,224	Gina	38,120
85	Derrick	32,865	Jacqueline	37,964
86	Kyle	32,657	Rhonda	37,947
87	Erik	32,099	Anna	37,804
88	Johnny	32,028	Renee	37,595
89	Marc	31,840	Megan	37,365
90	Carl	31,376	Tamara	37,077
91	Philip	31,375	Melinda	36,437
92	Roger	29,719	Kathryn	36,435
93	Bobby	29,079	Debra	34,605
94	Brett	28,933	Sherry	34,206
95	Danny	28,866	Allison	34,168
96	Curtis	28,817	Valerie	33,812
97	Jon	28,698	Diana	33,346
98	Vincent	27,651	Paula	32,727
99	Cory	27,515	Kristina	32,649
100	Jimmy	27,105	Ann	32,029
101	Victor	26,744	Margaret	31,951
102	Lawrence	26,662	Victoria	30,889
103	Dustin	26,576	Cindy	30,881
104	Gerald	26,152	Jodi	30,354
105	Walter	25,729	Natalie	29,801
106	Alexander	24,962	Brandi	29,076
107	Joe	24,947	Kristi	29,036
108	Christian	24,916	Suzanne	29,033
109	Chris	24,870	Samantha	28,919
110	Alan	24,813	Beth	28,861
111	Shannon	24,647	Tracey	28,749
112	Wayne	24,620	Regina	28,318
113	Jared	24,421	Vanessa	28,077
114	Gabriel	24,401	Kristy	27,777
115	Martin	24,277	Carolyn	27,054
116	Jay	23,977	Yolanda	27,034
117	Willie	23,971	Deanna	26,983
118	Luis	23,970	Carla	26,846
119	Micheal	23,796	Sheila	26,508
120	Henry	23,517	Laurie	26,106
121	Wesley	23,260	Anne	25,603
122	Randall	23,031	Shelly	25,534
123	Brad	22,621	Diane	25,323
124	Darren	22,583	Sabrina	24,497
125	Roy	22,355	Janet	24,452
126	Albert	22,117	Erika	24,307
127	Arthur	22,106	Katrina	24,293
128	Ricky	22,071	Courtney	23,996
129	Lance	21,804	Colleen	23,762
130	Allen	21,685	Carol	23,477
131	Lee	21,551	Julia	23,419
132	Andre	21,143	Jenny	22,902
133	Bruce	21,130	Jaime	22,776
134	Mario	20,952	Kathy	22,707
135	Frederick	20,728	Felicia	22,330
136	Louis	20,148	Alison	22,072
137	Darrell	20,075	Lauren	21,838
138	Damon	20,053	Kelli	21,542
139	Shaun	19,320	Leah	21,149
140	Nathaniel	19,188	Ashley	21,060
141	Zachary	19,071	Kim	20,698
142	Casey	18,988	Traci	20,676
143	Adrian	18,918	Kristine	20,545
144	Jesus	18,806	Tricia	20,520
145	Jeremiah	18,780	Joy	20,119
146	Jack	18,588	Krista	19,810
147	Ronnie	18,275	Kara	19,760
148	Dale	18,069	Terri	19,601
149	Tyrone	17,916	Sonya	19,470
150	Manuel	17,698	Aimee	19,408
151	Ricardo	17,664	Natasha	19,331
152	Harold	17,588	Cassandra	19,018
153	Kelly	17,321	Bridget	18,872
154	Barry	17,250	Anita	18,832
155	Ian	17,198	Kari	18,754
156	Reginald	17,195	Nichole	18,520
157	Glenn	16,894	Christie	18,177
158	Ernest	16,759	Marie	18,121
159	Steve	16,663	Virginia	18,051
160	Seth	16,589	Connie	17,959
161	Eugene	16,537	Martha	17,920
162	Clinton	16,346	Carmen	17,876
163	Miguel	16,316	Stacie	17,832
164	Tommy	16,177	Lynn	17,613
165	Eddie	15,873	Katie	17,482
166	Leonard	15,802	Monique	17,472
167	Maurice	15,234	Kristie	17,368
168	Roberto	15,162	Shelley	17,283
169	Dwayne	14,814	Sherri	17,084
170	Jerome	14,788	Angel	16,815
171	Ralph	14,756	Bonnie	16,674
172	Marvin	14,732	Mandy	16,246
173	Jorge	14,642	Jody	16,223
174	Francisco	14,641	Shawna	16,181
175	Neil	14,046	Kerry	16,126
176	Alex	14,020	Annette	16,057
177	Dean	13,898	Yvonne	15,994
178	Kristopher	13,883	Toni	15,899
179	Calvin	13,818	Meredith	15,839
180	Kurt	13,667	Molly	15,720
181	Theodore	13,569	Kendra	15,662
182	Ruben	13,545	Joanna	15,281
183	Jermaine	13,527	Sonia	15,205
184	Tracy	13,419	Janice	14,835
185	Edwin	13,362	Robyn	14,685
186	Stanley	13,224	Brooke	14,518
187	Melvin	13,128	Kerri	14,448
188	Howard	12,986	Sheri	14,397
189	Mitchell	12,969	Becky	14,311
190	Duane	12,405	Gloria	14,221
191	Trevor	12,354	Mindy	14,021
192	Jeff	12,256	Tracie	13,794
193	Geoffrey	12,184	Angie	13,784
194	Hector	12,132	Kellie	13,670
195	Terrence	11,902	Claudia	13,613
196	Terrance	11,888	Ruth	13,428
197	Oscar	11,849	Wanda	13,280
198	Jaime	11,809	Jeanette	12,970
199	Clifford	11,765	Cathy	12,943
200	Harry	11,655	Adrienne	12,797
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.

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	Girls	Boys
1	Jennifer	Michael
2	Lisa	James
3	Kimberly	David
4	Michelle	John
5	Amy	Robert
6	Angela	Christopher
7	Melissa	William
8	Tammy	Brian
9	Mary	Mark
10	Tracy	Richard
11	Julie	Jeffrey
12	Karen	Scott
13	Laura	Jason
14	Christine	Kevin
15	Susan	Steven
16	Dawn	Joseph
17	Stephanie	Thomas
18	Elizabeth	Eric
19	Heather	Daniel
20	Kelly	Timothy
21	Tina	Charles
22	Shannon	Anthony
23	Lori	Paul
24	Patricia	Matthew
25	Cynthia	Kenneth
26	Pamela	Gregory
27	Sandra	Stephen
28	Wendy	Todd
29	Rebecca	Ronald
30	Nicole	Donald
31	Michele	Edward
32	Donna	Andrew
33	Deborah	Patrick
34	Teresa	Shawn
35	Christina	Gary
36	Denise	Douglas
37	Sharon	Sean
38	Linda	Keith
39	Maria	Craig
40	Brenda	George
41	Barbara	Troy
42	Stacy	Jonathan
43	Andrea	Larry
44	Cheryl	Peter
45	Kathleen	Jerry
46	Rhonda	Dennis
47	Debra	Bradley
48	Stacey	Frank
49	Tonya	Raymond
50	Nancy	Jeffery
51	Robin	Chad
52	Jill	Aaron
53	Theresa	Bryan
54	Dana	Terry
55	Tracey	Rodney
56	Monica	Jose
57	Paula	Tony
58	Rachel	Russell
59	Catherine	Randy
60	Sherry	Marc
61	Gina	Roger
62	Ann	Samuel
63	Kristin	Chris
64	Leslie	Shane
65	Sarah	Johnny
66	Jacqueline	Gerald
67	Katherine	Carl
68	Renee	Jon
69	Tara	Travis
70	Diane	Jeremy
71	Carol	Adam
72	Cindy	Marcus
73	Carrie	Phillip
74	Holly	Brent
75	Sheila	Darren
76	Tanya	Lance
77	Kathy	Derek
78	Kim	Billy
79	Tamara	Vincent
80	Margaret	Wayne
81	Heidi	Benjamin
82	April	Joel
83	Kristen	Lawrence
84	Carolyn	Corey
85	Victoria	Danny
86	Regina	Jimmy
87	Suzanne	Bobby
88	Laurie	Curtis
89	Diana	Walter
90	Deanna	Joe
91	Melanie	Alan
92	Beth	Philip
93	Melinda	Martin
94	Carla	Bruce
95	Jodi	Juan
96	Janet	Derrick
97	Valerie	Jay
98	Jessica	Carlos
99	Tiffany	Brett
100	Traci	Randall

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10 female names from the USSR, which are in fashion again

Soviet athletes at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, 1956

Before the revolution, children were called according to the calendar — such female names as Aglaya, Feodora, Martha, Aksinya were in use. However, with the advent of the new government, everything changed: the names became shorter and more catchy. During the formation of the USSR, such a unique genre as abbreviation names was born. For example, Gertrude (he was interpreted as the «heroine of labor»), Donera (daughter of a new era), Ninel («Lenin» on the contrary), Revvola (revolutionary wave) and even the Revolution.

However, the fashion for loud cries did not last long, and the trend for concise and euphonious names gradually established itself in the Soviet Union. Its symbol was « Lenochka » — a name thanks to which the sixties of the twentieth century were even nicknamed «the kingdom of Helen». Lena replaced Tanya (the most popular name in the fifties), and gave way to Natasha — the peak of popularity came in the thaw seventies.

Only closer to the beginning of the eighties did people begin to remember the names of the tsarist era — Anna, Maria, Anastasia. Not without, of course, Alexandra — the boom in this name gave rise to the film «Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears» and its title song. In general, naming girls after the heroines of popular cinema was also one of the trends — for example, the film «The Ballad of a Soldier» served as inspiration for the emergence of new Zhannas, named after the heroine Zhanna Prokhorenko).

Soviet women in a beauty salon, 1965

In addition to borrowing from the cinema and from the pre-revolutionary past, residents of large cities began to adopt popular names from neighboring republics. So, maternity hospitals flooded Olesya (Belarusian version of Alexandra) and Oksana (Ukrainian reading of Ksyusha). Very soon, young parents will be covered by a new wave — the expansion of fashionable names from Brazilian TV series, which have just become available to the Soviet audience. Thanks to soap operas, Diana, Marianne, Renata and Rosa began to grow up in the country — euphonious and very exotic names for those times.

Before our very eyes, history has managed to repeat a certain cycle — a return to ancient Russian origins (Glafira, Evdokia, Agafya) and a new boom in names unusual for our ears, borrowed far abroad (Nicole, Darina, Camilla). It is quite possible that we will soon expect an increase in the popularity of Soviet names, which were called by millions of women over the almost seventy-year history of the USSR.

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Do you remember how you dreamed of being called in your childhood?

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Now Milans, Ariannas and Darinas are playing more and more often on playgrounds, it will be difficult to find Nastenka or Lenochka among today’s children. It is understandable, the generation of millennials becomes parents, and for them all boundaries are erased. Western, European, Asian names are cunningly intertwined with Russian reality, and now someone is going to enroll Estella Vasilievna in the first class. Our colleagues from Woman.ru remembered how they liked to call girls in the Soviet Union.

There is an opinion that a person who has received a distinguished name will have to go out of his way all his life to prove to others that he is really special.

— Names are formed by time, epoch. If in tsarist Russia it was customary to name children according to the calendar, Agafya, Glafira, Feodosia, Dunya were popular among girls, then with the advent of Soviet power, when the church faded into the background, giving way to secular society, the approach to names also changed. Collectivization became the main principles of the new system in Soviet Russia. Names have become simpler, more memorable, and now they were met en masse,” says historian and sociologist Ivan Kataev.

In the mid-1960s, even a short joke on this topic was known in the capital: “Are you having a boy or Lenochka?”

This time in the USSR became a real expanse for Elen , they were everywhere. Now, if you see a receptionist, hospital or canteen around those years of birth, you can timidly ask: “Elena?” — and you are likely to be right. Approximately 14 percent of the time. This is not a joke to you — the name occupied a leading position for 25 years, and only by 1985 the number of Len slowly began to decrease. At that time, there were 14–16 Lenochkas for every hundred girls.

Only Natasha could compete with the Lenas. This name was often given by parents to girls in the 1960s and 1970s. And, for example, in the 1950s, Tanyusha were more common.

The point is that people had no choice as such — church calendars were not issued at all in those years, parents chose from a relatively small list. But everyone lived about the same: Czechoslovak walls, Biryusa refrigerators, a hat, like Nadia from The Irony of Fate, and daughter Lena.

At the end of the 1970s, a poor set of female names began to be diluted with old names, and Masha , Anna , Ekaterina began to appear on the sites.

— These names refer us to the Russian Empire, when children were given names in honor of crowned persons, believing that the baby would have a strong heavenly patron and intercessor. The same as that of the sovereign or empress. In the same period, the inhabitants of the Union actively adopt names from different republics. For example, becoming popular Oksana is the Ukrainian version of our Ksyusha, or Olesya is the Belarusian reading of Alexandra, the historian explains.

After the war, parents again turned their attention to such simple and solid names as Ivan and Maria . Then, among a thousand girls, about every third of the parents named Masha. So why weren’t moms and dads creative at the time? The answer is simple.

— The Soviet period of history was rich in events, changes and repressions. People were, shall we say, more cautious in their preferences. If someone dared to take a bold step, then these were derivative names. For example, Vladlen — Vladimir Lenin, and Ninel — the female form of Lenin is the opposite. The fashion for names was set by war heroes, generals, actors of patriotic films. After the release of The Ballad of a Soldier, the girls began to be called Zhanna , as the main character Zhanna Prokhorenko, the expert argues.

But when the iron curtain finally collapsed, people began to borrow unusual names with pleasure. Massively appeared Diana , Roberta , Renata , Marianna and Rosa (someone was very fond of Brazilian TV series).

So, can we say that soon the fashion for simple Soviet names will return to us? Probably not.

— Some names — yes. These are Anna, Vera, Nelly, Alexandra, Sofia. But the list is not so long, people today want to stand out, to be different from others. But history, as we know, is cyclical. And, perhaps, after the «royal» Sophia and Alexander, Tanya and Jeanne will again come into fashion, the expert concluded.

We recently wrote about the opinion that the name given at birth programs a certain character in a person and predetermines his fate. From the point of view of energy from the very first day, it is actively involved in the formation of personal qualities, and hence the whole fate of a little person. Therefore, the choice must be approached very carefully. There are a few key recommendations here.

Be careful with names that belong to your relatives or friends . You can only name a child after someone if that person has lived a long and happy life. Otherwise, there is a risk that the child will repeat someone’s not entirely successful fate.

Pay attention to the sounds of the name . For a girl, it is better to choose softer combinations of letters. The firmness in the name gives an appropriate character, which is well suited for a boy. Variants of a soft female name — Elena, Julia, Alla, Ksenia. Male options — Artem, Gleb, Victor, Alexander.