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Top Baby Names 1970

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,748,159 · Total Boys: 1,858,355

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	46,150	2.640%
2	Lisa	38,965	2.229%
3	Kimberly	34,133	1.953%
4	Michelle	34,046	1.948%
5	Amy	25,213	1.442%
6	Angela	24,930	1.426%
7	Melissa	23,734	1.358%
8	Tammy	19,586	1.120%
9	Mary	19,203	1.098%
10	Tracy	18,465	1.056%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Julie	17,158	0.981%
12	Karen	16,700	0.955%
13	Laura	16,492	0.943%
14	Christine	16,062	0.919%
15	Susan	15,739	0.900%
16	Dawn	15,681	0.897%
17	Stephanie	15,387	0.880%
18	Elizabeth	15,112	0.864%
19	Heather	14,670	0.839%
20	Kelly	14,608	0.836%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Tina	13,863	0.793%
22	Shannon	13,547	0.775%
23	Lori	13,449	0.769%
24	Patricia	13,406	0.767%
25	Cynthia	12,913	0.739%
26	Pamela	12,906	0.738%
27	Sandra	11,246	0.643%
28	Wendy	11,100	0.635%
29	Rebecca	10,855	0.621%
30	Nicole	10,691	0.612%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Michele	10,090	0.577%
32	Donna	9,969	0.570%
33	Deborah	9,846	0.563%
34	Teresa	9,612	0.550%
35	Christina	9,588	0.548%
36	Denise	9,342	0.534%
37	Sharon	9,178	0.525%
38	Linda	8,730	0.499%
39	Maria	8,684	0.497%
40	Brenda	8,336	0.477%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Barbara	8,026	0.459%
42	Stacy	7,771	0.445%
43	Andrea	7,708	0.441%
44	Cheryl	7,439	0.426%
45	Kathleen	7,409	0.424%
46	Rhonda	7,379	0.422%
47	Debra	7,197	0.412%
48	Stacey	7,154	0.409%
49	Tonya	7,140	0.408%
50	Nancy	7,062	0.404%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Robin	7,004	0.401%
52	Jill	6,806	0.389%
53	Theresa	6,412	0.367%
54	Dana	6,405	0.366%
55	Tracey	6,230	0.356%
56	Monica	6,188	0.354%
57	Paula	6,055	0.346%
58	Rachel	6,030	0.345%
59	Catherine	6,006	0.344%
60	Sherry	5,917	0.338%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Gina	5,875	0.336%
62	Ann	5,740	0.328%
63	Kristin	5,633	0.322%
64	Leslie	5,622	0.322%
65	Sarah	5,614	0.321%
66	Jacqueline	5,576	0.319%
67	Katherine	5,443	0.311%
68	Renee	5,373	0.307%
69	Tara	5,330	0.305%
70	Diane	5,186	0.297%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Carol	5,063	0.290%
72	Cindy	5,049	0.289%
73	Carrie	4,977	0.285%
74	Holly	4,940	0.283%
75	Sheila	4,937	0.282%
76	Tanya	4,862	0.278%
77	Kathy	4,797	0.274%
78	Kim	4,729	0.271%
79	Tamara	4,721	0.270%
80	Margaret	4,704	0.269%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Heidi	4,641	0.265%
82	April	4,602	0.263%
83	Kristen	4,600	0.263%
84	Carolyn	4,518	0.258%
85	Victoria	4,460	0.255%
86	Regina	4,433	0.254%
87	Suzanne	4,425	0.253%
88	Laurie	4,392	0.251%
89	Diana	4,373	0.250%
90	Deanna	4,331	0.248%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Melanie	4,330	0.248%
92	Beth	4,247	0.243%
93	Melinda	4,225	0.242%
94	Carla	4,214	0.241%
95	Jodi	4,185	0.239%
96	Janet	4,159	0.238%
97	Valerie	4,130	0.236%
98	Jessica	4,022	0.230%
99	Tiffany	4,001	0.229%
100	Traci	3,854	0.220%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	85,271	4.589%
2	James	61,740	3.322%
3	David	61,729	3.322%
4	John	58,496	3.148%
5	Robert	57,179	3.077%
6	Christopher	41,751	2.247%
7	William	38,889	2.093%
8	Brian	31,918	1.718%
9	Mark	31,464	1.693%
10	Richard	30,440	1.638%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Jeffrey	30,142	1.622%
12	Scott	28,572	1.537%
13	Jason	27,274	1.468%
14	Kevin	26,970	1.451%
15	Steven	26,795	1.442%
16	Joseph	26,718	1.438%
17	Thomas	26,674	1.435%
18	Eric	23,573	1.268%
19	Daniel	23,521	1.266%
20	Timothy	22,427	1.207%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Charles	22,412	1.206%
22	Anthony	21,176	1.140%
23	Paul	20,197	1.087%
24	Matthew	20,188	1.086%
25	Kenneth	16,803	0.904%
26	Gregory	16,287	0.876%
27	Stephen	14,760	0.794%
28	Todd	14,425	0.776%
29	Ronald	13,617	0.733%
30	Donald	12,397	0.667%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Edward	12,278	0.661%
32	Andrew	11,988	0.645%
33	Patrick	11,734	0.631%
34	Shawn	10,945	0.589%
35	Gary	10,716	0.577%
36	Douglas	10,410	0.560%
37	Sean	10,344	0.557%
38	Keith	9,615	0.517%
39	Craig	9,367	0.504%
40	George	8,913	0.480%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Troy	8,448	0.455%
42	Jonathan	8,194	0.441%
43	Larry	8,105	0.436%
44	Peter	8,057	0.434%
45	Jerry	7,422	0.399%
46	Dennis	7,313	0.394%
47	Bradley	6,819	0.367%
48	Frank	6,805	0.366%
49	Raymond	6,789	0.365%
50	Jeffery	6,701	0.361%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Chad	6,629	0.357%
52	Aaron	6,583	0.354%
53	Bryan	6,451	0.347%
54	Terry	6,187	0.333%
55	Rodney	5,856	0.315%
56	Jose	5,691	0.306%
57	Tony	5,480	0.295%
58	Russell	5,106	0.275%
59	Randy	5,037	0.271%
60	Marc	5,011	0.270%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Roger	4,584	0.247%
62	Samuel	4,559	0.245%
63	Chris	4,461	0.240%
64	Shane	4,451	0.240%
65	Johnny	4,438	0.239%
66	Carl	4,401	0.237%
67	Gerald	4,399	0.237%
68	Jon	4,370	0.235%
69	Travis	4,323	0.233%
70	Jeremy	4,318	0.232%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Marcus	4,315	0.232%
72	Adam	4,314	0.232%
73	Phillip	4,275	0.230%
74	Brent	4,270	0.230%
75	Darren	4,197	0.226%
76	Lance	4,160	0.224%
77	Derek	4,147	0.223%
78	Billy	4,122	0.222%
79	Vincent	4,021	0.216%
80	Wayne	4,006	0.216%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Benjamin	3,927	0.211%
82	Joel	3,840	0.207%
83	Lawrence	3,824	0.206%
84	Corey	3,813	0.205%
85	Danny	3,768	0.203%
86	Jimmy	3,659	0.197%
87	Bobby	3,636	0.196%
88	Curtis	3,615	0.195%
89	Walter	3,584	0.193%
90	Joe	3,569	0.192%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Alan	3,553	0.191%
92	Philip	3,521	0.189%
93	Martin	3,502	0.188%
94	Bruce	3,482	0.187%
95	Juan	3,474	0.187%
96	Derrick	3,446	0.185%
97	Jay	3,416	0.184%
98	Carlos	3,380	0.182%
99	Brett	3,370	0.181%
100	Randall	3,271	0.176%

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