100 Most popular boy names of 1970, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1970 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1970.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
85288
4.66
-
2
James
61756
3.37
+1
3
David
61754
3.37
-1
4
John
58525
3.19
-
5
Robert
57197
3.12
-
6
Christopher
41770
2.28
+1
7
William
38900
2.12
-1
8
Brian
31926
1.74
+1
9
Mark
31488
1.72
-1
10
Richard
30451
1.66
-
11
Jeffrey
30151
1.65
-
12
Scott
28588
1.56
-
13
Jason
27282
1.49
+12
14
Kevin
26975
1.47
+2
15
Steven
26807
1.46
-1
16
Joseph
26727
1.46
-1
17
Thomas
26686
1.46
-4
18
Eric
23567
1.29
+3
19
Daniel
23532
1.28
-1
20
Timothy
22431
1.22
-3
21
Charles
22425
1.22
-2
22
Anthony
21182
1.16
-2
23
Paul
20202
1.1
-1
24
Matthew
20196
1.1
-
25
Kenneth
16809
0.92
-2
26
Gregory
16292
0.89
-
27
Stephen
14773
0.81
-
28
Todd
14429
0.79
-
29
Ronald
13615
0.74
-
30
Donald
12401
0.68
-
31
Edward
12290
0.67
+1
32
Andrew
11995
0.65
+1
33
Patrick
11738
0.64
-2
34
Shawn
10952
0.6
+7
35
Gary
10722
0.59
-
36
Douglas
10412
0.57
-2
37
Sean
10350
0.57
-
38
Keith
9615
0.52
-2
39
Craig
9372
0.51
-
40
George
8917
0.49
-2
41
Troy
8448
0.46
+1
42
Jonathan
8202
0.45
+4
43
Larry
8106
0.44
-3
44
Peter
8057
0.44
-1
45
Jerry
7426
0.41
-
46
Dennis
7319
0.4
-2
47
Bradley
6825
0.37
+6
48
Frank
6806
0.37
-1
49
Raymond
6790
0.37
+1
50
Jeffery
6701
0.37
-2
51
Chad
6632
0.36
+18
52
Aaron
6583
0.36
+9
53
Bryan
6451
0.35
-2
54
Terry
6185
0.34
-2
55
Rodney
5858
0.32
-6
56
Jose
5695
0.31
-
57
Tony
5482
0.3
-3
58
Russell
5114
0.28
-1
59
Randy
5040
0.28
-4
60
Marc
5013
0.27
+3
61
Roger
4585
0.25
-2
62
Samuel
4558
0.25
+2
63
Chris
4464
0.24
+3
64
Shane
4451
0.24
+23
65
Johnny
4440
0.24
+2
66
Carl
4400
0.24
-4
66
Gerald
4400
0.24
-1
68
Jon
4373
0.24
-
69
Travis
4325
0.24
+44
70
Jeremy
4321
0.24
+77
71
Adam
4318
0.24
+43
72
Marcus
4316
0.24
+66
73
Phillip
4276
0.23
+1
74
Brent
4271
0.23
+18
75
Darren
4199
0.23
-15
76
Lance
4164
0.23
+27
77
Derek
4147
0.23
+32
78
Billy
4124
0.23
-1
79
Vincent
4027
0.22
-9
80
Wayne
4006
0.22
-5
81
Benjamin
3929
0.21
+10
82
Joel
3844
0.21
-2
83
Lawrence
3824
0.21
-12
84
Corey
3813
0.21
-26
85
Danny
3767
0.21
-12
86
Jimmy
3658
0.2
-7
87
Bobby
3636
0.2
-5
88
Curtis
3614
0.2
-7
89
Walter
3585
0.2
-5
90
Joe
3569
0.19
-7
91
Alan
3558
0.19
-15
92
Philip
3519
0.19
-6
93
Martin
3504
0.19
-15
94
Bruce
3483
0.19
-22
95
Juan
3475
0.19
+9
96
Derrick
3447
0.19
+11
97
Jay
3418
0.19
-3
98
Carlos
3384
0.18
+12
99
Brett
3374
0.18
-4
100
Randall
3271
0.18
-15
101
Erik
3246
0.18
+18
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1970)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html