ninan.org

The most popular baby names of 1970

SSA recorded 3,606,373 births in 1970 across all reported names — 1,748,144 girls and 1,858,229 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1970

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1969.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +38
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 +14
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 +36
99 Tiffany 3,999 +45
100 Traci 3,854 +12

Top 100 boys' names in 1970

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1969.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +44
70 Jeremy 4,318 +77
71 Marcus 4,315 +67
72 Adam 4,313 +42
73 Phillip 4,275 +1
74 Brent 4,269 +18
75 Darren 4,197 -15
76 Lance 4,160 +27
77 Derek 4,147 +32
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 +9
96 Derrick 3,446 +11
97 Jay 3,415 -2
98 Carlos 3,380 +12
99 Brett 3,370 -5
100 Randall 3,271 -15

Names that climbed fastest in 1970

Ranked by places gained against 1969, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1970Rank 1969Change
Marisol girls 311 485 +174
Ericka girls 384 555 +171
Alexis girls 536 696 +160
Brandy girls 385 541 +156
Meghan girls 515 656 +141
Brooke girls 345 480 +135
Cassie girls 559 693 +134
Marlon boys 378 512 +134
Kenya girls 554 670 +116
Cecelia girls 575 689 +114
Brady boys 357 471 +114
Celia girls 531 644 +113
Christa girls 255 363 +108
Tasha girls 399 507 +108
Charity girls 546 653 +107

Names that fell fastest in 1970

NameRank 1970Rank 1969Change
Nichelle girls 726 540 -186
Lorri girls 692 576 -116
Lorna girls 678 574 -104
Wilma girls 731 630 -101
Ethel girls 689 600 -89
Darwin boys 563 474 -89
Renita girls 724 640 -84
Mitzi girls 639 557 -82
Marni girls 704 624 -80
Debora girls 502 423 -79
Maura girls 627 548 -79
Mechelle girls 692 614 -78
Susanna girls 715 637 -78
Margo girls 606 529 -77
Aretha girls 639 563 -76

Names that first appear in 1970

1970 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1970

For these names, 1970 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.