Most popular baby names of 1970
Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1970. The 10 most popular names went to 27% of boys and 16% of girls, from 5,431 boy names and 9,354 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 1970
- Michael 85,266
- James 61,735
- David 61,728
- John 58,491
- Robert 57,177
- Christopher 41,747
- William 38,887
- Brian 31,917
- Mark 31,461
- Richard 30,442
- Jeffrey 30,139
- Scott 28,565
- Jason 27,272
- Kevin 26,968
- Steven 26,793
- Joseph 26,714
- Thomas 26,669
- Eric 23,571
- Daniel 23,521
- Timothy 22,422
- Charles 22,411
- Anthony 21,176
- Paul 20,196
- Matthew 20,185
- Kenneth 16,800
- Gregory 16,286
- Stephen 14,758
- Todd 14,426
- Ronald 13,618
- Donald 12,397
- Edward 12,275
- Andrew 11,989
- Patrick 11,730
- Shawn 10,945
- Gary 10,716
- Douglas 10,409
- Sean 10,341
- Keith 9,615
- Craig 9,364
- George 8,911
- Troy 8,448
- Jonathan 8,194
- Larry 8,104
- Peter 8,056
- Jerry 7,422
- Dennis 7,312
- Bradley 6,818
- Frank 6,805
- Raymond 6,788
- Jeffery 6,701
- Chad 6,628
- Aaron 6,584
- Bryan 6,452
- Terry 6,186
- Rodney 5,856
- Jose 5,691
- Tony 5,480
- Russell 5,106
- Randy 5,036
- Marc 5,009
- Roger 4,583
- Samuel 4,558
- Chris 4,460
- Shane 4,451
- Johnny 4,438
- Carl 4,402
- Gerald 4,399
- Jon 4,371
- Travis 4,321
- Jeremy 4,318
- Marcus 4,315
- Adam 4,313
- Phillip 4,275
- Brent 4,269
- Darren 4,197
- Lance 4,160
- Derek 4,147
- Billy 4,121
- Vincent 4,021
- Wayne 4,006
- Benjamin 3,926
- Joel 3,839
- Lawrence 3,824
- Corey 3,814
- Danny 3,768
- Jimmy 3,660
- Bobby 3,636
- Curtis 3,615
- Walter 3,584
- Joe 3,570
- Alan 3,553
- Philip 3,520
- Martin 3,500
- Bruce 3,482
- Juan 3,476
- Derrick 3,446
- Jay 3,415
- Carlos 3,380
- Brett 3,370
- Randall 3,271
Top girl names of 1970
- Jennifer 46,150
- Lisa 38,967
- Kimberly 34,130
- Michelle 34,047
- Amy 25,212
- Angela 24,929
- Melissa 23,735
- Tammy 19,587
- Mary 19,204
- Tracy 18,464
- Julie 17,158
- Karen 16,699
- Laura 16,490
- Christine 16,061
- Susan 15,738
- Dawn 15,681
- Stephanie 15,387
- Elizabeth 15,108
- Heather 14,669
- Kelly 14,607
- Tina 13,861
- Shannon 13,547
- Lori 13,448
- Patricia 13,406
- Cynthia 12,913
- Pamela 12,907
- Sandra 11,246
- Wendy 11,100
- Rebecca 10,854
- Nicole 10,691
- Michele 10,090
- Donna 9,968
- Deborah 9,845
- Teresa 9,612
- Christina 9,588
- Denise 9,343
- Sharon 9,177
- Linda 8,731
- Maria 8,686
- Brenda 8,336
- Barbara 8,026
- Stacy 7,771
- Andrea 7,708
- Cheryl 7,440
- Kathleen 7,410
- Rhonda 7,379
- Debra 7,198
- Stacey 7,154
- Tonya 7,140
- Nancy 7,063
- Robin 7,004
- Jill 6,806
- Theresa 6,411
- Dana 6,406
- Tracey 6,230
- Monica 6,188
- Paula 6,055
- Rachel 6,029
- Catherine 6,004
- Sherry 5,917
- Gina 5,874
- Ann 5,740
- Kristin 5,633
- Leslie 5,622
- Sarah 5,614
- Jacqueline 5,576
- Katherine 5,443
- Renee 5,373
- Tara 5,329
- Diane 5,188
- Carol 5,064
- Cindy 5,049
- Carrie 4,978
- Holly 4,940
- Sheila 4,937
- Tanya 4,862
- Kathy 4,797
- Kim 4,729
- Tamara 4,721
- Margaret 4,704
- Heidi 4,642
- April 4,603
- Kristen 4,600
- Carolyn 4,518
- Victoria 4,460
- Regina 4,433
- Suzanne 4,425
- Laurie 4,392
- Diana 4,373
- Deanna 4,331
- Melanie 4,330
- Beth 4,247
- Melinda 4,225
- Carla 4,214
- Jodi 4,186
- Janet 4,158
- Valerie 4,130
- Jessica 4,021
- Tiffany 3,999
- Traci 3,854
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 1970?
- Michael was the #1 boy name in 1970 (85,266 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (46,150 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 1970?
- Social Security records list 3,606,373 babies born in 1970 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,858,229 boys and 1,748,144 girls.