What are good male and female names that were popular in the 1970s?
In the US, some popular names for babies born in the 1970s were:
Michael
Christopher
Jason
David
James
John
Robert
Brian
William
Matthew
Jennifer
Amy
Michelle
Melissa
Kimberly
Lisa
Angela
Heather
Stephanie
Nicole
You can see more popular names for the decade here! → Top names of the 1970s
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Some of my favourites taken from [name_u]England[/name_u] and Wales’s 1974 Top 100 are:
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_u]David[/name_u], [name_u]Darren[/name_u], [name_u]Dean[/name_u], [name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u], [name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u], [name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u], Stephen/Steven
[name_u]Terry[/name_u]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Dawn[/name_f], [name_f]Deborah[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f], [name_f]Joanne[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f], [name_u]Kerry[/name_u]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_f]Leanne[/name_f], [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f], [name_u]Nicola[/name_u]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f], [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_u]Zoe[/name_u]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_u]Carol[/name_u]
[name_f]Tara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
Julie/Julia
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f]
[name_f]Sheila[/name_f]
[name_f]Trisha[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_u]Kimberly[/name_u]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f]
[name_m]Warren[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Dave[/name_m]
[name_u]Terry[/name_u]
[name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]
[name_m]Collin[/name_m]
[name_u]Tony[/name_u]
[name_m]Stephan[/name_m]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_u]Adrian[/name_u]
I like [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m], [name_u]Timothy[/name_u], [name_f]Wendy[/name_f], and [name_f]Amy[/name_f] a ton!
Boys:
[name_u]Earl[/name_u]
[name_u]Joe[/name_u]
[name_u]Lynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]Shannon[/name_u]
Girls:
[name_f]Lynette[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_f]Tiffany[/name_f]
[name_u]Brooke[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u]
[name_f]Jennifer[/name_f]
[name_u]Stacey[/name_u]
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcia[/name_f]
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f]
[name_u]Tracy[/name_u]
[name_u]Lisa[/name_u]
[name_u]Allison[/name_u]