Popular baby names of 1970

In 1970, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (46,150 babies) and Michael for boys (85,266). Social Security records show 3,606,373 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 9,355 girls' names and 5,433 boys' names.

1970 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.3% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 26.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Tara, Jessica, Tiffany, Traci.
New in the boys' top 100: Travis, Jeremy, Marcus, Adam, Lance, Derek, Juan, Derrick and 1 more.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969
1	Jennifer	46,150	↑2
2	Lisa	38,967	↓1
3	Kimberly	34,130	↑1
4	Michelle	34,047	↓2
5	Amy	25,212	↑1
6	Angela	24,929	↑1
7	Melissa	23,735	↓2
8	Tammy	19,587	↑1
9	Mary	19,204	↓1
10	Tracy	18,464	↑7
11	Julie	17,158	↑1
12	Karen	16,699	↑1
13	Laura	16,490	↓3
14	Christine	16,061	–
15	Susan	15,738	↓4
16	Dawn	15,681	↑5
17	Stephanie	15,387	↑2
18	Elizabeth	15,108	↓2
19	Heather	14,669	↑15
20	Kelly	14,607	↓5
21	Tina	13,861	↑1
22	Shannon	13,547	↑9
23	Lori	13,448	↓3
24	Patricia	13,406	↓6
25	Cynthia	12,913	↓2
26	Pamela	12,907	↓2
27	Sandra	11,246	↓2
28	Wendy	11,100	↑1
29	Rebecca	10,854	↓1
30	Nicole	10,691	↑17
31	Michele	10,090	↓1
32	Donna	9,968	↓6
33	Deborah	9,845	↓6
34	Teresa	9,612	↓2
35	Christina	9,588	↑2
36	Denise	9,343	↓1
37	Sharon	9,177	↓1
38	Linda	8,731	↓5
39	Maria	8,686	↑1
40	Brenda	8,336	↓2
41	Barbara	8,026	↓2
42	Stacy	7,771	↑11
43	Andrea	7,708	↑5
44	Cheryl	7,440	↓3
45	Kathleen	7,410	↓3
46	Rhonda	7,379	↓2
47	Debra	7,198	↓4
48	Stacey	7,154	↑4
49	Tonya	7,140	↑5
50	Nancy	7,063	↓5
51	Robin	7,004	↓5
52	Jill	6,806	↓1
53	Theresa	6,411	↓4
54	Dana	6,406	↑6
55	Tracey	6,230	↑10
56	Monica	6,188	↑3
57	Paula	6,055	↓7
58	Rachel	6,029	↑11
59	Catherine	6,004	↓1
60	Sherry	5,917	↓5
61	Gina	5,874	↑2
62	Ann	5,740	↓5
63	Kristin	5,633	↑13
64	Leslie	5,622	–
65	Sarah	5,614	↑7
66	Jacqueline	5,576	↓4
67	Katherine	5,443	↑3
68	Renee	5,373	↓1
69	Tara	5,329	new
70	Diane	5,188	↓9
71	Carol	5,064	↓15
72	Cindy	5,049	↑2
73	Carrie	4,978	↑21
74	Holly	4,940	↑13
75	Sheila	4,937	↓7
76	Tanya	4,862	↑15
77	Kathy	4,797	–
78	Kim	4,729	↓12
79	Tamara	4,721	↓1
80	Margaret	4,704	↓7
81	Heidi	4,642	↓1
82	April	4,603	↑15
83	Kristen	4,600	↑13
84	Carolyn	4,518	↓13
85	Victoria	4,460	↓2
86	Regina	4,433	–
87	Suzanne	4,425	↓12
88	Laurie	4,392	↓9
89	Diana	4,373	↓8
90	Deanna	4,331	↓2
91	Melanie	4,330	↑1
92	Beth	4,247	↓10
93	Melinda	4,225	↓4
94	Carla	4,214	↓4
95	Jodi	4,186	–
96	Janet	4,158	↓12
97	Valerie	4,130	↓12
98	Jessica	4,021	new
99	Tiffany	3,999	new
100	Traci	3,854	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969
1	Michael	85,266	–
2	James	61,735	↑1
3	David	61,728	↓1
4	John	58,491	–
5	Robert	57,177	–
6	Christopher	41,747	↑1
7	William	38,887	↓1
8	Brian	31,917	↑1
9	Mark	31,461	↓1
10	Richard	30,442	–
11	Jeffrey	30,139	–
12	Scott	28,565	–
13	Jason	27,272	↑12
14	Kevin	26,968	↑2
15	Steven	26,793	↓1
16	Joseph	26,714	↓1
17	Thomas	26,669	↓4
18	Eric	23,571	↑3
19	Daniel	23,521	↓1
20	Timothy	22,422	↓3
21	Charles	22,411	↓2
22	Anthony	21,176	↓2
23	Paul	20,196	↓1
24	Matthew	20,185	–
25	Kenneth	16,800	↓2
26	Gregory	16,286	–
27	Stephen	14,758	–
28	Todd	14,426	–
29	Ronald	13,618	–
30	Donald	12,397	–
31	Edward	12,275	↑1
32	Andrew	11,989	↑1
33	Patrick	11,730	↓2
34	Shawn	10,945	↑7
35	Gary	10,716	–
36	Douglas	10,409	↓2
37	Sean	10,341	–
38	Keith	9,615	↓2
39	Craig	9,364	–
40	George	8,911	↓2
41	Troy	8,448	↑1
42	Jonathan	8,194	↑4
43	Larry	8,104	↓3
44	Peter	8,056	↓1
45	Jerry	7,422	–
46	Dennis	7,312	↓2
47	Bradley	6,818	↑6
48	Frank	6,805	↓1
49	Raymond	6,788	↑1
50	Jeffery	6,701	↓2
51	Chad	6,628	↑18
52	Aaron	6,584	↑9
53	Bryan	6,452	↓2
54	Terry	6,186	↓2
55	Rodney	5,856	↓6
56	Jose	5,691	–
57	Tony	5,480	↓3
58	Russell	5,106	↓1
59	Randy	5,036	↓4
60	Marc	5,009	↑3
61	Roger	4,583	↓2
62	Samuel	4,558	↑2
63	Chris	4,460	↑3
64	Shane	4,451	↑23
65	Johnny	4,438	↑2
66	Carl	4,402	↓4
67	Gerald	4,399	↓2
68	Jon	4,371	–
69	Travis	4,321	new
70	Jeremy	4,318	new
71	Marcus	4,315	new
72	Adam	4,313	new
73	Phillip	4,275	↑1
74	Brent	4,269	↑18
75	Darren	4,197	↓15
76	Lance	4,160	new
77	Derek	4,147	new
78	Billy	4,121	↓1
79	Vincent	4,021	↓9
80	Wayne	4,006	↓5
81	Benjamin	3,926	↑10
82	Joel	3,839	↓2
83	Lawrence	3,824	↓12
84	Corey	3,814	↓26
85	Danny	3,768	↓12
86	Jimmy	3,660	↓7
87	Bobby	3,636	↓5
88	Curtis	3,615	↓7
89	Walter	3,584	↓5
90	Joe	3,570	↓7
91	Alan	3,553	↓15
92	Philip	3,520	↓6
93	Martin	3,500	↓15
94	Bruce	3,482	↓22
95	Juan	3,476	new
96	Derrick	3,446	new
97	Jay	3,415	↓2
98	Carlos	3,380	new
99	Brett	3,370	↓5
100	Randall	3,271	↓15

Every name given in 1970

All 14,788 names Social Security recorded for 1970, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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