These were the top baby names in America 50 years ago: See if yours made the list
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Here are the 10 boy and girl baby names that were most popular during the 1970s, according to baby name data published by the Social Security Administration.
There were approximately 17.1 million male births and 16.5 million female births that decade, according to the SSA’s records. Cortney Moore is an associate lifestyle writer on the Lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
The SSA combed through the millions of records and found which names were most prevalent for Gen X babies born between 1970 and 1979.
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