Nixon was elected President (and later impeached). Everyone is listening to Simon and Garfunkel, American Pie, James Taylor, Carole King and the newest dance sensation... disco! Everyone is watching Three's Company, All in the Family, Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley.
Read on to see what people were naming their babies in the 1970s.
Boys
- Michael
- Christopher
- Jason
- David
- James
- John
- Robert
- Brian
- William
- Matthew
- Joseph
- Daniel
- Kevin
- Eric
- Jeffrey
- Richard
- Scott
- Mark
- Steven
- Thomas
- Timothy
- Anthony
- Charles
- Joshua
- Ryan
Girls
- Jennifer
- Amy
- Melissa
- Michelle
- Kimberly
- Lisa
- Angela
- Heather
- Stephanie
- Nicole
- Jessica
- Elizabeth
- Rebecca
- Kelly
- Mary
- Christina
- Amanda
- Julie
- Sarah
- Laura
- Shannon
- Christine
- Tammy
- Tracy
- Karen
All names are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States at the end of February 1980. The most popular names of the 1970s were taken from a universe that includes 17,089,045 male births and 16,452,700 female births.