Top Names of 1970
The most popular names recorded in 1970 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 46,150 |
| 2 | Lisa | 38,965 |
| 3 | Kimberly | 34,133 |
| 4 | Michelle | 34,046 |
| 5 | Amy | 25,213 |
| 6 | Angela | 24,930 |
| 7 | Melissa | 23,734 |
| 8 | Tammy | 19,586 |
| 9 | Mary | 19,203 |
| 10 | Tracy | 18,465 |
| 11 | Julie | 17,158 |
| 12 | Karen | 16,700 |
| 13 | Laura | 16,492 |
| 14 | Christine | 16,062 |
| 15 | Susan | 15,739 |
| 16 | Dawn | 15,681 |
| 17 | Stephanie | 15,387 |
| 18 | Elizabeth | 15,112 |
| 19 | Heather | 14,670 |
| 20 | Kelly | 14,608 |
| 21 | Tina | 13,863 |
| 22 | Shannon | 13,547 |
| 23 | Lori | 13,449 |
| 24 | Patricia | 13,406 |
| 25 | Cynthia | 12,913 |
| 26 | Pamela | 12,906 |
| 27 | Sandra | 11,246 |
| 28 | Wendy | 11,100 |
| 29 | Rebecca | 10,855 |
| 30 | Nicole | 10,691 |
| 31 | Michele | 10,090 |
| 32 | Donna | 9,969 |
| 33 | Deborah | 9,846 |
| 34 | Teresa | 9,612 |
| 35 | Christina | 9,588 |
| 36 | Denise | 9,342 |
| 37 | Sharon | 9,178 |
| 38 | Linda | 8,730 |
| 39 | Maria | 8,684 |
| 40 | Brenda | 8,336 |
| 41 | Barbara | 8,026 |
| 42 | Stacy | 7,771 |
| 43 | Andrea | 7,708 |
| 44 | Cheryl | 7,439 |
| 45 | Kathleen | 7,409 |
| 46 | Rhonda | 7,379 |
| 47 | Debra | 7,197 |
| 48 | Stacey | 7,154 |
| 49 | Tonya | 7,140 |
| 50 | Nancy | 7,062 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 85,271 |
| 2 | James | 61,740 |
| 3 | David | 61,729 |
| 4 | John | 58,496 |
| 5 | Robert | 57,179 |
| 6 | Christopher | 41,751 |
| 7 | William | 38,889 |
| 8 | Brian | 31,918 |
| 9 | Mark | 31,464 |
| 10 | Richard | 30,440 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 30,142 |
| 12 | Scott | 28,572 |
| 13 | Jason | 27,274 |
| 14 | Kevin | 26,970 |
| 15 | Steven | 26,795 |
| 16 | Joseph | 26,718 |
| 17 | Thomas | 26,674 |
| 18 | Eric | 23,573 |
| 19 | Daniel | 23,521 |
| 20 | Timothy | 22,427 |
| 21 | Charles | 22,412 |
| 22 | Anthony | 21,176 |
| 23 | Paul | 20,197 |
| 24 | Matthew | 20,188 |
| 25 | Kenneth | 16,803 |
| 26 | Gregory | 16,287 |
| 27 | Stephen | 14,760 |
| 28 | Todd | 14,425 |
| 29 | Ronald | 13,617 |
| 30 | Donald | 12,397 |
| 31 | Edward | 12,278 |
| 32 | Andrew | 11,988 |
| 33 | Patrick | 11,734 |
| 34 | Shawn | 10,945 |
| 35 | Gary | 10,716 |
| 36 | Douglas | 10,410 |
| 37 | Sean | 10,344 |
| 38 | Keith | 9,615 |
| 39 | Craig | 9,367 |
| 40 | George | 8,913 |
| 41 | Troy | 8,448 |
| 42 | Jonathan | 8,194 |
| 43 | Larry | 8,105 |
| 44 | Peter | 8,057 |
| 45 | Jerry | 7,422 |
| 46 | Dennis | 7,313 |
| 47 | Bradley | 6,819 |
| 48 | Frank | 6,805 |
| 49 | Raymond | 6,789 |
| 50 | Jeffery | 6,701 |