Mar 19, 2021 In the era of Nixon, Fleetwood Mac, and second-wave feminism, some names had more appeal than others. Stacker took a look at data from the Social Security Administration Baby Names Database from 2019 to uncover the decade's top 50 names for boys and girls. TownNews.com Content Exchange Groovy baby names that rocked the 1970s Think about the last time you met a Pamela, a Shannon, or someone who introduced themselves as âShad.â Were they between 40 and 50 years old? Thatâs no coincidence. While these names may have fallen out of the mainstream for newborns, they were some of the most popular names in the 1970s. You couldnât scroll through a homeroom attendance sheet at a school without coming across at least a few of these names.