100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1970

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 85,303
2 James +1 61,766
3 David -1 61,753
4 John 0 58,520
5 Robert 0 57,201
6 Christopher +1 41,775
7 William -1 38,910
8 Brian +1 31,932
9 Mark -1 31,494
10 Richard 0 30,452
11 Jeffrey 0 30,156
12 Scott 0 28,591
13 Jason +12 27,288
14 Kevin +2 26,983
15 Steven -1 26,821
16 Joseph -1 26,732
17 Thomas -4 26,685
18 Eric +3 23,574
19 Daniel -1 23,528
20 Timothy -3 22,437
21 Charles -2 22,432
22 Anthony -2 21,188
23 Paul -1 20,209
24 Matthew 0 20,201
25 Kenneth -2 16,817
26 Gregory 0 16,291
27 Stephen 0 14,772
28 Todd 0 14,430
29 Ronald 0 13,616
30 Donald 0 12,404
31 Edward +1 12,298
32 Andrew +1 11,999
33 Patrick -2 11,744
34 Shawn +7 10,950
35 Gary 0 10,726
36 Douglas -2 10,417
37 Sean 0 10,354
38 Keith -2 9,614
39 Craig 0 9,379
40 George -2 8,919
41 Troy +1 8,448
42 Jonathan +4 8,204
43 Larry -3 8,109
44 Peter -1 8,056
45 Jerry 0 7,425
46 Dennis -2 7,318
47 Bradley +6 6,824
48 Frank -1 6,805
49 Raymond +1 6,794
50 Jeffery -2 6,706
51 Chad +18 6,636
52 Aaron +9 6,583
53 Bryan -2 6,455
54 Terry -2 6,190
55 Rodney -6 5,860
56 Jose 0 5,696
57 Tony -3 5,482
58 Russell -1 5,116
59 Randy -4 5,040
60 Marc +3 5,012
61 Roger -2 4,585
62 Samuel +2 4,559
63 Chris +3 4,464
64 Shane +23 4,452
65 Johnny +3 4,441
66 Gerald -1 4,402
67 Carl -5 4,399
68 Jon -1 4,375
69 Travis +45 4,325
70 Jeremy +78 4,321
71 Adam +42 4,320
72 Marcus +65 4,316
73 Phillip +1 4,280
74 Brent +18 4,272
75 Darren -15 4,197
76 Lance +27 4,166
77 Derek +32 4,149
78 Billy -1 4,127
79 Vincent -9 4,028
80 Wayne -5 4,006
81 Benjamin +10 3,930
82 Joel -2 3,842
83 Lawrence -12 3,823
84 Corey -26 3,815
85 Danny -12 3,765
86 Jimmy -7 3,656
87 Bobby -5 3,636
88 Curtis -7 3,615
89 Walter -5 3,587
90 Joe -7 3,571
91 Alan -15 3,560
92 Philip -6 3,518
93 Martin -15 3,509
94 Bruce -22 3,485
95 Juan +9 3,474
96 Derrick +11 3,447
97 Jay -3 3,421
98 Carlos +12 3,384
99 Brett -4 3,373
100 Randall -15 3,269
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer +2 46,157
2 Lisa -1 38,964
3 Kimberly +1 34,136
4 Michelle -2 34,048
5 Amy +1 25,211
6 Angela +1 24,928
7 Melissa -2 23,739
8 Tammy +1 19,585
9 Mary -1 19,206
10 Tracy +7 18,467
11 Julie +1 17,160
12 Karen +1 16,701
13 Laura -3 16,494
14 Christine 0 16,061
15 Susan -4 15,739
16 Dawn +5 15,682
17 Stephanie +2 15,390
18 Elizabeth -2 15,119
19 Heather +15 14,668
20 Kelly -5 14,612
21 Tina +1 13,865
22 Shannon +9 13,547
23 Lori -3 13,446
24 Patricia -6 13,406
25 Cynthia -2 12,921
26 Pamela -2 12,909
27 Sandra -2 11,244
28 Wendy +1 11,099
29 Rebecca -1 10,855
30 Nicole +17 10,691
31 Michele -1 10,096
32 Donna -6 9,969
33 Deborah -6 9,849
34 Teresa -2 9,607
35 Christina +2 9,585
36 Denise -1 9,343
37 Sharon -1 9,176
38 Linda -5 8,730
39 Maria +1 8,674
40 Brenda -2 8,335
41 Barbara -2 8,026
42 Stacy +11 7,774
43 Andrea +5 7,707
44 Cheryl -3 7,440
45 Kathleen -3 7,409
46 Rhonda -2 7,379
47 Debra -4 7,199
48 Stacey +4 7,154
49 Tonya +5 7,138
50 Nancy -5 7,064
51 Robin -5 7,003
52 Jill -1 6,807
53 Theresa -4 6,412
54 Dana +6 6,409
55 Tracey +10 6,230
56 Monica +3 6,187
57 Paula -7 6,054
58 Rachel +11 6,028
59 Catherine -1 6,007
60 Sherry -4 5,915
61 Gina +2 5,876
62 Ann -5 5,735
63 Kristin +13 5,635
64 Leslie 0 5,621
65 Sarah +7 5,617
66 Jacqueline -4 5,577
67 Katherine +3 5,443
68 Renee -1 5,374
69 Tara +38 5,330
70 Diane -9 5,185
71 Carol -16 5,063
72 Cindy +2 5,048
73 Carrie +21 4,977
74 Holly +13 4,942
75 Sheila -7 4,937
76 Tanya +14 4,863
77 Kathy 0 4,797
78 Kim -12 4,726
79 Tamara -1 4,721
80 Margaret -7 4,704
81 Heidi 0 4,643
82 Kristen +14 4,603
83 April +14 4,601
84 Carolyn -13 4,520
85 Victoria -2 4,460
86 Regina 0 4,433
87 Suzanne -12 4,426
88 Laurie -9 4,391
89 Diana -9 4,373
90 Deanna -2 4,331
91 Melanie +1 4,330
92 Beth -10 4,246
93 Melinda -4 4,225
94 Carla -3 4,214
95 Jodi 0 4,184
96 Janet -12 4,158
97 Valerie -12 4,132
98 Jessica +36 4,023
99 Tiffany +45 4,001
100 Traci +12 3,854