Top 100 History: Girls' 1970s

We are officially on our way to the mom era of names.

Changes

1970

Left: Anna, Yolanda, Terri, Julia

Entered: Traci, Tiffany, Jessica, Tara

1971

Left: Kim, Valerie, Carolyn, Carla, Janet, Traci

Entered: Danielle, Yolanda, Erin, Christy, Amanda, Crystal

1972

Left: Regina, Diane, Deanna, Kathy, Carol, Beth

Entered: Valerie, Alicia, Shelly, Erica, Anna, Veronica

1973

Left: Sheila, Tracey, Shelly, Laurie, Yolanda

Entered: Emily, Kristina, Misty, Sara, Brandy

1974

Left: Kristina, Cindy, Victoria, Suzanne

Entered: Allison, Kathryn, Jamie, Amber

1975

Left: Ann, Paula, Debra

Entered: Christie, Brandi, Megan

1976

Left: Diana, Jodi, Margaret, Cheryl, Rhonda, Sherry, Christie

Entered: Mandy, Kristina, Victoria, Samantha, Natalie, Courtney, Jaime

1977

Left: Barbara, Pamela, Victoria, Deborah, Donna

Entered: Diana, Beth, Vanessa, Kristy, Sabrina

1978

Left: Theresa, Diana, Brenda, Tamara, Sharon, Beth

Entered: Kristi, Lindsay, Cheryl, Katie, Ashley, Lauren

1979

Left: Renee, Michele, Sabrina, Nancy, Kristi, Linda, Mandy

Entered: Theresa, Katrina, Leah, Erika, Pamela, Brooke, Mindy

Movement 

  • Tiffany, Jessica, Tara, Danielle, Erin, Christy, Crystal, Alicia, Erica, Veronica, Kristina, Misty, Sara, Brandy, Allison, Jamie, Amber, Brandi, Megan, Samantha, Natalie, Courtney, Jaime, Vanessa, Kristy, Lindsay, Ashley, Lauren, Katrina, Leah, Erika, Brooke, and Mindy became popular for the first time.
  • Yolanda, Terri, Julia, Kim, Carolyn, Carla, Janet, Regina, Diane, Deanna, Kathy, Carol, Sheila, Tracey, Shelly, Laurie, Cindy, Suzanne, Paula, Debra, Jodi, Rhonda, Sherry, Barbara, Deborah, Donna, Brenda, Tamara, Sharon, Renee, Michele, Nancy, and Linda left the top 100.
  • Amanda, Emily, and Katie were revived. 
  • Amanda, Jessica, Sarah, Nicole, and Heather entered the top 10.
  • Laura, Mary, Kimberly, Tammy, and Lisa left the top 10. 
  • Amanda, Jessica, Nicole, Christina, Crystal, Sarah, Rebecca, Jamie, and Heather entered the top 20.
  • Mary, Christine, Patricia, Karen, Lori, Susan, Tammy, and Julie left the top 20.
  • Amber, Crystal, Sara, Megan, Erica, Danielle, Stacy, Alicia, Holly, Kathryn, Lauren, Emily, Brandy, Monica, Carrie, Misty, Tara, Katherine, Amanda, Jamie, Sarah, Erin, Tiffany, April, Rachel, and Jessica entered the top 50.
  • Susan, Tina, Dawn, Wendy, Lori, Sandra, Tammy, Kathleen, Pamela, Denise, Robin, and Cynthia left the top 50.
Trends
  • The new wave of nature names continued to trend (Robin, Holly, Brooke, Crystal, Misty).
  • Names ending in "acy" started to decline (Traci, Tracey).
  • Names ending in "ca" became stylish (Monica, Jessica, Erika, Veronica, Erica, Rebecca).
  • Three-syllable names ending in "da" still trended (Amanda, Melinda).
  • Names starting with "mel" remained popular (Melanie, Melissa, Melinda).
  • Names ending in "na" continued to trend (Kristina, Katrina, Tina, Gina).
  • Names containing the "sh" sound fell out of favor (Shelly, Sheila, Sherry). 
  • "T" names ending in "a" were falling (Tamara).
  • Names ending in "ney" started to trend (Courtney, Tiffany).
  • Names ending in "n" gained more attention (Robin, Megan, Erin, Kathryn).
  • Longer names were favored once more (Katrina, Natalie, Allison, Samantha, Amanda, Lauren, etc.)
  • "Chris" names continued to be popular (Kristina, Christina, Christine, Christy, Crystal, Kristen, etc.)
  • New nicknames found favor (Carrie, Katie, Mindy, Kristy, Christy).
  • The "m-y" pattern was favored (Amy, Tammy, Jamie, Emily, Mindy, Melanie, Jaime).
What was the most interesting change from the 1970s?

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