Top 100 History: Boys' 1970s

We are now entering dad-name territory.

Changes

1970

Left: Darrell, Henry, Ricky, Glenn, Dale, Arthur, Dean, Steve, Barry

Entered: Carlos, Derrick, Juan, Derek, Lance, Marcus, Adam, Jeremy, Travis

1971

Left: Joe, Randall, Martin, Bruce, Jay

Entered: Erik, Jamie, Brandon, Joshua, Ryan

1972

Left: Lawrence, Gerald, Wayne, Philip, Vincent, Darren, Alan, Lance

Entered: Joe, Nicholas, Christian, Shannon, Antonio, Jesse, Nathan, Justin

1973

Left: Walter, Joe
 
Entered: Vincent, Philip

1974

Left: Shannon, Christian, Vincent, Chris

Entered: Lawrence, Kyle, Victor, Jacob

1975

Left: Jon, Lawrence, Jimmy, Curtis

Entered: Jared, Cory, Brad, Dustin

1976

Left: Johnny, Roger, Brad, Brett

Entered: Shannon, Zachary, Jeremiah, Gabriel

1977

Left: Marc, Victor, Bobby, Shannon
 
Entered: Curtis, Jimmy, Alexander, Wesley

1978

Left: Johnny, Rodney, Jimmy

Entered: Nathaniel, Casey, Shaun

1979

Left: Tony
 
Entered: Brett

Movement
  • Carlos, Derrick, Juan, Derek, Adam, Jeremy, Travis, Erik, Brandon, Jamie, Joshua, Nicholas, Antonio, Jesse, Nathan, Justin, Kyle, Jacob, Jared, Cory, Dustin, Zachary, Jeremiah, Gabriel, Wesley, Casey, and Shaun entered the top 100.
  • Alexander returned to the top 100.
  • Vincent and Victor returned to the top 100 before leaving again.
  • Darrell, Henry, Ricky, Glenn, Dale, Arthur, Steve, Barry, Joe, Randall, Martin, Bruce, Jay, Lawrence, Gerald, Wayne, Darren, Alan, Walter, Chris, Jon, Johnny, Roger, Bobby, Rodney, Jimmy, and Tony left the top 100. 
  • Jason, Matthew, and Joshua entered the top 10.
  • William, Richard, and Mark left the top 10. 
  • Jason, Matthew, Joshua, Nicholas, Jeremy, Ryan, Eric, and Andrew entered the top 20.
  • Anthony, Jeffrey, Richard, Thomas, Steven, Charles, and Mark left the top 20.
  • Joshua, Nicholas, Jeremy, Ryan, Justin, Adam, Benjamin, Aaron, Brandon, Travis, Nathan, Chad, Jose, Jacob, Bryan, Bradley, and Jesse entered the top 50.
  • Donald, Keith, Peter, Ronald, Gary, Todd, Larry, Raymond, Dennis, Craig, Frank, Jerry, and Jeffery left the top 50.
Trends
  • Surname-names dropped in use (Darrell, Glenn, Dale, Randall, Bruce, Wayne, Darren, Alan, etc.)
  • More classic names rose (Adam, Nicholas, Jacob, Zachary, Nathaniel). 
  • Names ending in "erry" fell in use (Barry).
  • Names ending in "ald" continued to fall (Gerald).
  • New long names ending in "ee" rose (Jeremy, Zachary, Wesley).
  • Nickname-names continued to fall (Steve, Joe, Chris, Jon, Bobby, Tony). 
  • One-syllable names stabilized (Juan, Frank, Shawn, Troy, Chad, John, Craig, Todd, etc.).
  • Biblical names began to rise (Adam, Joshua, Jacob, Jeremiah, Gabriel).
What was the most interesting change from the 1970s?

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