Popular baby names in New York, 1970

The most popular baby names in New York in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (4,203 babies) and Michael for boys (7,951). Social Security records list 296,033 babies born in New York in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Milagros: 102 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Maritza: 158 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lissette: 107 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ivette: 104 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Marisol: 395 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lisette: 97 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Luz: 158 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Madeline: 133 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Daisy: 105 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Aileen: 79 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 101 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 267 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Angel: 417 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Julio: 235 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dominick: 102 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rafael: 299 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nelson: 232 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 168 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luis: 693 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Israel: 122 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,203	↑1	1
2	Lisa	3,488	↓1	2
3	Michelle	2,503	–	4
4	Christine	2,124	–	14
5	Kimberly	2,039	↑1	3
6	Karen	1,750	↑1	12
7	Elizabeth	1,717	↓2	18
8	Dawn	1,624	↑6	16
9	Amy	1,596	↑6	5
10	Melissa	1,567	↓1	7
11	Laura	1,482	↑1	13
12	Mary	1,472	↓1	9
13	Susan	1,439	↓5	15
14	Patricia	1,409	↓4	24
15	Maria	1,370	↑2	39
16	Nicole	1,355	↑14	30
17	Michele	1,334	↓4	31
18	Kelly	1,264	↓2	20
19	Tracy	1,250	↑6	10
20	Denise	1,216	↓1	36
21	Kathleen	1,122	↓3	45
22	Tammy	1,066	–	8
23	Deborah	1,050	↓3	33
24	Heather	1,029	↑19	19
25	Julie	987	↓1	11
26	Cynthia	981	↑8	25
27	Sandra	974	–	27
28	Lori	948	↓2	23
29	Donna	937	↓6	32
30	Nancy	927	↓9	50
31	Pamela	843	–	26
32	Barbara	838	↓3	41
33	Kim	838	–	78
34	Linda	822	↓6	38
35	Sharon	820	↑2	37
36	Angela	807	↑10	6
37	Stephanie	807	↓5	17
38	Tina	800	↓2	21
39	Jacqueline	788	↓4	66
40	Christina	781	↓1	35
41	Wendy	759	↓1	28
42	Andrea	755	↑3	43
43	Theresa	698	↓5	53
44	Catherine	657	↓2	59
45	Diane	653	↓1	70
46	Stacey	652	new	48
47	Tara	651	new	69
48	Rebecca	640	new	29
49	Gina	630	↓1	61
50	Debra	627	↓9	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	7,951	–	1
2	John	5,558	–	4
3	David	5,113	–	3
4	Robert	4,957	–	5
5	James	4,579	–	2
6	Christopher	4,000	–	6
7	Joseph	3,664	–	16
8	William	3,195	↑1	7
9	Richard	3,026	↑1	10
10	Thomas	2,994	↓2	17
11	Anthony	2,631	–	22
12	Daniel	2,363	↑2	19
13	Mark	2,362	↓1	9
14	Brian	2,354	↑1	8
15	Scott	2,332	↓2	12
16	Jeffrey	2,264	↑3	11
17	Kevin	2,256	–	14
18	Steven	2,094	↓2	15
19	Eric	2,051	↑1	18
20	Paul	1,881	↓2	23
21	Matthew	1,836	↑1	24
22	Jason	1,752	↑11	13
23	Peter	1,661	↓2	44
24	Timothy	1,563	–	20
25	Edward	1,532	↓2	31
26	Andrew	1,466	–	32
27	Charles	1,417	↑1	21
28	Kenneth	1,372	↓3	25
29	Stephen	1,329	↓2	27
30	Gregory	1,210	–	26
31	Jose	1,161	↑1	56
32	Sean	1,148	↑4	37
33	Patrick	1,112	↓4	33
34	Frank	1,056	↓3	48
35	Todd	1,041	↑2	28
36	Ronald	1,035	↓2	29
37	George	996	↓2	40
38	Keith	907	↑2	38
39	Craig	879	↑3	39
40	Jonathan	856	↑1	42
41	Donald	809	↓3	30
42	Shawn	809	↑7	34
43	Marc	765	↑3	60
44	Raymond	759	↓1	49
45	Douglas	751	↓6	36
46	Adam	741	new	72
47	Gary	702	↓2	35
48	Luis	693	↓1	>100
49	Vincent	671	↓5	79
50	Dennis	617	↓2	46

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