Name.Baby Names by year 1970s 1970 Most Popular Baby Names of 1970 Social Security has card records for 3,736,967 people born in the U.S. in 1970. Jennifer was the top girl name (46,150 babies) and Michael the top boy name (85,266).
Top 100 names of 1970 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1970, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 46,150 #586 2 Lisa 38,967 #987 3 Kimberly 34,130 #302 4 Michelle 34,047 #465 5 Amy 25,212 #257 6 Angela 24,929 #408 7 Melissa 23,735 #419 8 Tammy 19,587 #3,645 9 Mary 19,204 #125 10 Tracy 18,464 #2,153 11 Julie 17,158 #872 12 Karen 16,699 #1,279 13 Laura 16,490 #379 14 Christine 16,061 #1,272 15 Susan 15,738 #1,085 16 Dawn 15,681 #2,173 17 Stephanie 15,387 #557 18 Elizabeth 15,108 #17 19 Heather 14,669 #1,261 20 Kelly 14,607 #851 21 Tina 13,861 #2,778 22 Shannon 13,547 #2,387 23 Lori 13,448 #1,721 24 Patricia 13,406 #1,334 25 Cynthia 12,913 #1,013 26 Pamela 12,907 #2,239 27 Sandra 11,246 #1,207 28 Wendy 11,100 #1,341 29 Rebecca 10,854 #349 30 Nicole 10,691 #382 31 Michele 10,090 #4,758 32 Donna 9,968 #1,962 33 Deborah 9,845 #862 34 Teresa 9,612 #908 35 Christina 9,588 #770 36 Denise 9,343 #1,673 37 Sharon 9,177 #1,250 38 Linda 8,731 #902 39 Maria 8,686 #87 40 Brenda 8,336 #1,525 41 Barbara 8,026 #968 42 Stacy 7,771 #1,652 43 Andrea 7,708 #235 44 Cheryl 7,440 #4,352 45 Kathleen 7,410 #1,150 46 Rhonda 7,379 #6,116 47 Debra 7,198 #4,460 48 Stacey 7,154 #3,067 49 Tonya 7,140 #8,860 50 Nancy 7,063 #965
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1970, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Robin 7,004 #704 52 Jill 6,806 #5,722 53 Theresa 6,411 #1,548 54 Dana 6,406 #1,027 55 Tracey 6,230 #7,885 56 Monica 6,188 #736 57 Paula 6,055 #853 58 Rachel 6,029 #250 59 Catherine 6,004 #313 60 Sherry 5,917 #5,410 61 Gina 5,874 #2,076 62 Ann 5,740 #1,076 63 Kristin 5,633 #4,661 64 Leslie 5,622 #712 65 Sarah 5,614 #90 66 Jacqueline 5,576 #558 67 Katherine 5,443 #186 68 Renee 5,373 #1,098 69 Tara 5,329 #844 70 Diane 5,188 #2,607 71 Carol 5,064 #2,239 72 Cindy 5,049 #1,927 73 Carrie 4,978 #2,719 74 Holly 4,940 #416 75 Sheila 4,937 #2,645 76 Tanya 4,862 #3,712 77 Kathy 4,797 #3,249 78 Kim 4,729 #4,172 79 Tamara 4,721 #1,808 80 Margaret 4,704 #112 81 Heidi 4,642 #340 82 April 4,603 #542 83 Kristen 4,600 #1,990 84 Carolyn 4,518 #1,222 85 Victoria 4,460 #54 86 Regina 4,433 #395 87 Suzanne 4,425 #2,387 88 Laurie 4,392 #2,822 89 Diana 4,373 #244 90 Deanna 4,331 #2,173 91 Melanie 4,330 #142 92 Beth 4,247 #3,389 93 Melinda 4,225 #1,981 94 Carla 4,214 #1,082 95 Jodi 4,186 #3,975 96 Janet 4,158 #2,778 97 Valerie 4,130 #127 98 Jessica 4,021 #665 99 Tiffany 3,999 #878 100 Traci 3,854 –
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1970, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 85,266 #21 2 James 61,735 #6 3 David 61,728 #35 4 John 58,491 #23 5 Robert 57,177 #92 6 Christopher 41,747 #68 7 William 38,887 #9 8 Brian 31,917 #339 9 Mark 31,461 #244 10 Richard 30,442 #234 11 Jeffrey 30,139 #552 12 Scott 28,565 #534 13 Jason 27,272 #165 14 Kevin 26,968 #221 15 Steven 26,793 #271 16 Joseph 26,714 #29 17 Thomas 26,669 #34 18 Eric 23,571 #273 19 Daniel 23,521 #22 20 Timothy 22,422 #203 21 Charles 22,411 #48 22 Anthony 21,176 #46 23 Paul 20,196 #262 24 Matthew 20,185 #32 25 Kenneth 16,800 #294 26 Gregory 16,286 #593 27 Stephen 14,758 #383 28 Todd 14,426 #1,609 29 Ronald 13,618 #637 30 Donald 12,397 #690 31 Edward 12,275 #224 32 Andrew 11,989 #73 33 Patrick 11,730 #235 34 Shawn 10,945 #681 35 Gary 10,716 #1,073 36 Douglas 10,409 #807 37 Sean 10,341 #489 38 Keith 9,615 #800 39 Craig 9,364 #1,644 40 George 8,911 #126 41 Troy 8,448 #532 42 Jonathan 8,194 #89 43 Larry 8,104 #1,084 44 Peter 8,056 #187 45 Jerry 7,422 #906 46 Dennis 7,312 #707 47 Bradley 6,818 #403 48 Frank 6,805 #513 49 Raymond 6,788 #394 50 Jeffery 6,701 #1,554
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1970, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Chad 6,628 #1,699 52 Aaron 6,584 #80 53 Bryan 6,452 #336 54 Terry 6,186 #1,115 55 Rodney 5,856 #1,091 56 Jose 5,691 #95 57 Tony 5,480 #783 58 Russell 5,106 #345 59 Randy 5,036 #1,084 60 Marc 5,009 #1,235 61 Roger 4,583 #832 62 Samuel 4,558 #18 63 Chris 4,460 #646 64 Shane 4,451 #635 65 Johnny 4,438 #457 66 Carl 4,402 #1,132 67 Gerald 4,399 #1,204 68 Jon 4,371 #951 69 Travis 4,321 #434 70 Jeremy 4,318 #292 71 Marcus 4,315 #258 72 Adam 4,313 #101 73 Phillip 4,275 #651 74 Brent 4,269 #1,509 75 Darren 4,197 #1,132 76 Lance 4,160 #862 77 Derek 4,147 #284 78 Billy 4,121 #1,068 79 Vincent 4,021 #107 80 Wayne 4,006 #652 81 Benjamin 3,926 #11 82 Joel 3,839 #219 83 Lawrence 3,824 #518 84 Corey 3,814 #778 85 Danny 3,768 #628 86 Jimmy 3,660 #846 87 Bobby 3,636 #1,097 88 Curtis 3,615 #984 89 Walter 3,584 #251 90 Joe 3,570 #991 91 Alan 3,553 #191 92 Philip 3,520 #527 93 Martin 3,500 #335 94 Bruce 3,482 #536 95 Juan 3,476 #159 96 Derrick 3,446 #850 97 Jay 3,415 #392 98 Carlos 3,380 #150 99 Brett 3,370 #1,382 100 Randall 3,271 #1,499
Entered the top 100 in 1970
