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No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 1970 # Top Baby Names of 1970 The most popular baby names in the United States [ 2020s ](/decade/2020s)[ 2010s ](/decade/2010s)[ 2000s ](/decade/2000s)[ 1990s ](/decade/1990s)[ 1980s ](/decade/1980s)[ 1970s ](/decade/1970s)[ 1960s ](/decade/1960s)[ 1950s ](/decade/1950s)[ 1940s ](/decade/1940s)[ 1930s ](/decade/1930s)[ 1920s ](/decade/1920s)[ 1910s ](/decade/1910s)[ 1900s ](/decade/1900s)[ 1890s ](/decade/1890s)[ 1880s ](/decade/1880s) [ 1970 ](/year/1970)[ 1971 ](/year/1971)[ 1972 ](/year/1972)[ 1973 ](/year/1973)[ 1974 ](/year/1974)[ 1975 ](/year/1975)[ 1976 ](/year/1976)[ 1977 ](/year/1977)[ 1978 ](/year/1978)[ 1979 ](/year/1979) 👧 ## Girl Names Top 100 in 1970 [ 1 Jennifer 46,150 ](/jennifer)[ 2 Lisa 38,965 ](/lisa)[ 3 Kimberly 34,133 ](/kimberly)[ 4 Michelle 34,046 ](/michelle)[ 5 Amy 25,213 ](/amy)[ 6 Angela 24,930 ](/angela)[ 7 Melissa 23,734 ](/melissa)[ 8 Tammy 19,586 ](/tammy)[ 9 Mary 19,203 ](/mary)[ 10 Tracy 18,465 ](/tracy)[ 11 Julie 17,158 ](/julie)[ 12 Karen 16,700 ](/karen)[ 13 Laura 16,492 ](/laura)[ 14 Christine 16,062 ](/christine)[ 15 Susan 15,739 ](/susan)[ 16 Dawn 15,681 ](/dawn)[ 17 Stephanie 15,387 ](/stephanie)[ 18 Elizabeth 15,112 ](/elizabeth)[ 19 Heather 14,670 ](/heather)[ 20 Kelly 14,608 ](/kelly)[ 21 Tina 13,863 ](/tina)[ 22 Shannon 13,547 ](/shannon)[ 23 Lori 13,449 ](/lori)[ 24 Patricia 13,406 ](/patricia)[ 25 Cynthia 12,913 ](/cynthia)[ 26 Pamela 12,906 ](/pamela)[ 27 Sandra 11,246 ](/sandra)[ 28 Wendy 11,100 ](/wendy)[ 29 Rebecca 10,855 ](/rebecca)[ 30 Nicole 10,691 ](/nicole)[ 31 Michele 10,090 ](/michele)[ 32 Donna 9,969 ](/donna)[ 33 Deborah 9,846 ](/deborah)[ 34 Teresa 9,612 ](/teresa)[ 35 Christina 9,588 ](/christina)[ 36 Denise 9,342 ](/denise)[ 37 Sharon 9,178 ](/sharon)[ 38 Linda 8,730 ](/linda)[ 39 Maria 8,684 ](/maria)[ 40 Brenda 8,336 ](/brenda)[ 41 Barbara 8,026 ](/barbara)[ 42 Stacy 7,771 ](/stacy)[ 43 Andrea 7,708 ](/andrea)[ 44 Cheryl 7,439 ](/cheryl)[ 45 Kathleen 7,409 ](/kathleen)[ 46 Rhonda 7,379 ](/rhonda)[ 47 Debra 7,197 ](/debra)[ 48 Stacey 7,154 ](/stacey)[ 49 Tonya 7,140 ](/tonya)[ 50 Nancy 7,062 ](/nancy)[ 51 Robin 7,004 ](/robin)[ 52 Jill 6,806 ](/jill)[ 53 Theresa 6,412 ](/theresa)[ 54 Dana 6,405 ](/dana)[ 55 Tracey 6,230 ](/tracey)[ 56 Monica 6,188 ](/monica)[ 57 Paula 6,055 ](/paula)[ 58 Rachel 6,030 ](/rachel)[ 59 Catherine 6,006 ](/catherine)[ 60 Sherry 5,917 ](/sherry)[ 61 Gina 5,875 ](/gina)[ 62 Ann 5,740 ](/ann)[ 63 Kristin 5,633 ](/kristin)[ 64 Leslie 5,622 ](/leslie)[ 65 Sarah 5,614 ](/sarah)[ 66 Jacqueline 5,576 ](/jacqueline)[ 67 Katherine 5,443 ](/katherine)[ 68 Renee 5,373 ](/renee)[ 69 Tara 5,330 ](/tara)[ 70 Diane 5,186 ](/diane)[ 71 Carol 5,063 ](/carol)[ 72 Cindy 5,049 ](/cindy)[ 73 Carrie 4,977 ](/carrie)[ 74 Holly 4,940 ](/holly)[ 75 Sheila 4,937 ](/sheila)[ 76 Tanya 4,862 ](/tanya)[ 77 Kathy 4,797 ](/kathy)[ 78 Kim 4,729 ](/kim)[ 79 Tamara 4,721 ](/tamara)[ 80 Margaret 4,704 ](/margaret)[ 81 Heidi 4,641 ](/heidi)[ 82 April 4,602 ](/april)[ 83 Kristen 4,600 ](/kristen)[ 84 Carolyn 4,518 ](/carolyn)[ 85 Victoria 4,460 ](/victoria)[ 86 Regina 4,433 ](/regina)[ 87 Suzanne 4,425 ](/suzanne)[ 88 Laurie 4,392 ](/laurie)[ 89 Diana 4,373 ](/diana)[ 90 Deanna 4,331 ](/deanna)[ 91 Melanie 4,330 ](/melanie)[ 92 Beth 4,247 ](/beth)[ 93 Melinda 4,225 ](/melinda)[ 94 Carla 4,214 ](/carla)[ 95 Jodi 4,185 ](/jodi)[ 96 Janet 4,159 ](/janet)[ 97 Valerie 4,130 ](/valerie)[ 98 Jessica 4,022 ](/jessica)[ 99 Tiffany 4,001 ](/tiffany)[ 100 Traci 3,854 ](/traci) 👦 ## Boy Names Top 100 in 1970 [ 1 Michael 85,271 ](/michael)[ 2 James 61,740 ](/james)[ 3 David 61,729 ](/david)[ 4 John 58,496 ](/john)[ 5 Robert 57,179 ](/robert)[ 6 Christopher 41,751 ](/christopher)[ 7 William 38,889 ](/william)[ 8 Brian 31,918 ](/brian)[ 9 Mark 31,464 ](/mark)[ 10 Richard 30,440 ](/richard)[ 11 Jeffrey 30,142 ](/jeffrey)[ 12 Scott 28,572 ](/scott)[ 13 Jason 27,274 ](/jason)[ 14 Kevin 26,970 ](/kevin)[ 15 Steven 26,795 ](/steven)[ 16 Joseph 26,718 ](/joseph)[ 17 Thomas 26,674 ](/thomas)[ 18 Eric 23,573 ](/eric)[ 19 Daniel 23,521 ](/daniel)[ 20 Timothy 22,427 ](/timothy)[ 21 Charles 22,412 ](/charles)[ 22 Anthony 21,176 ](/anthony)[ 23 Paul 20,197 ](/paul)[ 24 Matthew 20,188 ](/matthew)[ 25 Kenneth 16,803 ](/kenneth)[ 26 Gregory 16,287 ](/gregory)[ 27 Stephen 14,760 ](/stephen)[ 28 Todd 14,425 ](/todd)[ 29 Ronald 13,617 ](/ronald)[ 30 Donald 12,397 ](/donald)[ 31 Edward 12,278 ](/edward)[ 32 Andrew 11,988 ](/andrew)[ 33 Patrick 11,734 ](/patrick)[ 34 Shawn 10,945 ](/shawn)[ 35 Gary 10,716 ](/gary)[ 36 Douglas 10,410 ](/douglas)[ 37 Sean 10,344 ](/sean)[ 38 Keith 9,615 ](/keith)[ 39 Craig 9,367 ](/craig)[ 40 George 8,913 ](/george)[ 41 Troy 8,448 ](/troy)[ 42 Jonathan 8,194 ](/jonathan)[ 43 Larry 8,105 ](/larry)[ 44 Peter 8,057 ](/peter)[ 45 Jerry 7,422 ](/jerry)[ 46 Dennis 7,313 ](/dennis)[ 47 Bradley 6,819 ](/bradley)[ 48 Frank 6,805 ](/frank)[ 49 Raymond 6,789 ](/raymond)[ 50 Jeffery 6,701 ](/jeffery)[ 51 Chad 6,629 ](/chad)[ 52 Aaron 6,583 ](/aaron)[ 53 Bryan 6,451 ](/bryan)[ 54 Terry 6,187 ](/terry)[ 55 Rodney 5,856 ](/rodney)[ 56 Jose 5,691 ](/jose)[ 57 Tony 5,480 ](/tony)[ 58 Russell 5,106 ](/russell)[ 59 Randy 5,037 ](/randy)[ 60 Marc 5,011 ](/marc)[ 61 Roger 4,584 ](/roger)[ 62 Samuel 4,559 ](/samuel)[ 63 Chris 4,461 ](/chris)[ 64 Shane 4,451 ](/shane)[ 65 Johnny 4,438 ](/johnny)[ 66 Carl 4,401 ](/carl)[ 67 Gerald 4,399 ](/gerald)[ 68 Jon 4,370 ](/jon)[ 69 Travis 4,323 ](/travis)[ 70 Jeremy 4,318 ](/jeremy)[ 71 Marcus 4,315 ](/marcus)[ 72 Adam 4,314 ](/adam)[ 73 Phillip 4,275 ](/phillip)[ 74 Brent 4,270 ](/brent)[ 75 Darren 4,197 ](/darren)[ 76 Lance 4,160 ](/lance)[ 77 Derek 4,147 ](/derek)[ 78 Billy 4,122 ](/billy)[ 79 Vincent 4,021 ](/vincent)[ 80 Wayne 4,006 ](/wayne)[ 81 Benjamin 3,927 ](/benjamin)[ 82 Joel 3,840 ](/joel)[ 83 Lawrence 3,824 ](/lawrence)[ 84 Corey 3,813 ](/corey)[ 85 Danny 3,768 ](/danny)[ 86 Jimmy 3,659 ](/jimmy)[ 87 Bobby 3,636 ](/bobby)[ 88 Curtis 3,615 ](/curtis)[ 89 Walter 3,584 ](/walter)[ 90 Joe 3,569 ](/joe)[ 91 Alan 3,553 ](/alan)[ 92 Philip 3,521 ](/philip)[ 93 Martin 3,502 ](/martin)[ 94 Bruce 3,482 ](/bruce)[ 95 Juan 3,474 ](/juan)[ 96 Derrick 3,446 ](/derrick)[ 97 Jay 3,416 ](/jay)[ 98 Carlos 3,380 ](/carlos)[ 99 Brett 3,370 ](/brett)[ 100 Randall 3,271 ](/randall) [ 1969 ](/year/1969) 1970 [ 1971 ](/year/1971) ## About 1970 Baby Name Rankings These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1970, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA. Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states. ### Explore More [ 1970s Decade ](/decade/1970s) [Rankings Overview ](/rankings) [Trending Names ](/trends) [Browse All Names ](/names)