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Subject: Need help with some 70's research
Written By: Dariana on 07/25/05 at 1:36 am
I am writing something that is supposed to take place in the 1970's and I need some popular teenage names for that decade. I need about a two dozen (dozen each male and female). I was a little too young to remember the neighborhood kids back then. I could also use popular nicknames too. Thanks!!
Subject: Re: Need help with some 70's research
Written By: AmericanGirl on 07/25/05 at 5:21 pm
Hmmm - at first glance I thought this was a peculiar question. But as I think about how different kids names are now, I guess it's not so strange. I guess I'll stick to "classics" :-\\
Girls:
Cathy, Sue, Kim, Mary Jo, Julie, Cindy, Janet, Laura, Sherry, Ann, Denise, Debbie, Beth, Renee, Linda
Boys:
Mike, Doug, John, Steve, Rob, Gary, Al, Jerry, Dave, Jeff, Paul, Tim, Jim, Eddie, Mark
I hope this helps you. Good luck! :)
Subject: Re: Need help with some 70's research
Written By: lorac614 on 07/25/05 at 8:03 pm
I went to the Social Security Admin. website and just picked 1975 (you can use any year and see whats most popular) here are the top 20 names for 1975
Rank Male name Female name
1 Michael Jennifer
2 Jason Amy
3 Christopher Heather
4 James Melissa
5 David Angela
6 Robert Michelle
7 John Kimberly
8 Brian Lisa
9 Matthew Stephanie
10 William Nicole
11 Daniel Rebecca
12 Joseph Christina
13 Eric Jessica
14 Jeffrey Amanda
15 Kevin Elizabeth
16 Richard Kelly
17 Scott Sarah
18 Steven Julie
19 Mark Mary
20 Thomas Laura
Subject: Re: Need help with some 70's research
Written By: Zella on 07/26/05 at 12:33 am
The second post would be for most popular names for naming babies in the year 1975. Since the orignal poster is writing about teens in the 70s, they would be born in the early 60s, so the names in the first post woudl work better...
Subject: Re: Need help with some 70's research
Written By: karen on 07/26/05 at 3:06 am
Hmmm - at first glance I thought this was a peculiar question. But as I think about how different kids names are now, I guess it's not so strange. I guess I'll stick to "classics"  :-\\
Girls:
Cathy, Sue, Kim, Mary Jo, Julie, Cindy, Janet, Laura, Sherry, Ann, Denise, Debbie, Beth, Renee, Linda
Boys:
Mike, Doug, John, Steve, Rob, Gary, Al, Jerry, Dave, Jeff, Paul, Tim, Jim, Eddie, Mark
I hope this helps you. Good luck!  :)
If you were writing a British article I would substitute the names Sharon, Karen, Beverley and Mandy for Mary Jo, Cindy, Sherry and Renee.
For boys I would use Peter and Stuart instead of Al and Jerry.