Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1970

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1970 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	46,157	2.520	-344	-45,242	1	Michael	85,302	4.477	-13	-73,682
2	Lisa	38,963	2.127	-889	-38,661	2	James	61,759	3.241	-2	-48,234
3	Kimberly	34,136	1.863	-167	-32,440	3	David	61,752	3.241	-19	-52,055
4	Michelle	34,050	1.859	-259	-32,811	4	John	58,525	3.071	-23	-49,406
5	Amy	25,209	1.376	-200	-23,712	5	Robert	57,203	3.002	-66	-52,063
6	Angela	24,927	1.361	-258	-23,691	6	Christopher	41,772	2.192	-36	-34,511
7	Melissa	23,737	1.296	-290	-22,623	7	William	38,910	2.042	4	-24,394
8	Tammy	19,586	1.069	-4,094	-19,551	8	Brian	31,930	1.676	-227	-30,312
9	Mary	19,203	1.048	-117	-16,876	9	Mark	31,492	1.653	-201	-29,633
10	Tracy	18,468	1.008	-2,332	-18,390	10	Richard	30,456	1.598	-178	-28,337
11	Julie	17,159	0.937	-577	-16,643	11	Jeffrey	30,153	1.582	-320	-29,150
12	Karen	16,701	0.912	-623	-16,233	12	Scott	28,592	1.501	-508	-28,051
13	Laura	16,493	0.900	-327	-15,558	13	Jason	27,287	1.432	-87	-23,440
14	Christine	16,061	0.877	-912	-15,774	14	Kevin	26,980	1.416	-111	-23,856
15	Susan	15,738	0.859	-1,064	-15,504	15	Steven	26,816	1.407	-183	-24,794
16	Dawn	15,682	0.856	-1,944	-15,582	16	Joseph	26,736	1.403	-7	-17,181
17	Stephanie	15,389	0.840	-301	-14,363	17	Thomas	26,685	1.400	-32	-19,906
18	Elizabeth	15,119	0.825	5	-6,606	18	Eric	23,573	1.237	-142	-21,184
19	Heather	14,668	0.801	-1,130	-14,458	19	Daniel	23,530	1.235	4	-12,357
20	Kelly	14,610	0.798	-598	-14,126	20	Timothy	22,436	1.177	-145	-20,106
21	Tina	13,863	0.757	-1,663	-13,740	21	Charles	22,430	1.177	-31	-15,826
22	Shannon	13,546	0.739	-1,456	-13,398	22	Anthony	21,185	1.112	-16	-13,182
23	Lori	13,446	0.734	-1,552	-13,310	23	Paul	20,205	1.060	-211	-18,580
24	Patricia	13,405	0.732	-889	-13,112	24	Matthew	20,200	1.060	4	-10,276
25	Cynthia	12,922	0.705	-668	-12,506	25	Kenneth	16,816	0.883	-201	-15,161
26	Pamela	12,909	0.705	-1,558	-12,774	26	Gregory	16,291	0.855	-382	-15,513
27	Sandra	11,247	0.614	-948	-10,978	27	Stephen	14,774	0.775	-257	-13,538
28	Wendy	11,099	0.606	-941	-10,829	28	Todd	14,428	0.757	-1,173	-14,272
29	Rebecca	10,855	0.593	-185	-9,413	29	Ronald	13,615	0.715	-464	-13,037
30	Nicole	10,691	0.584	-188	-9,275	30	Donald	12,403	0.651	-496	-11,870
31	Michele	10,096	0.551	-4,468	-10,065	31	Edward	12,294	0.645	-138	-10,026
32	Donna	9,968	0.544	-1,535	-9,831	32	Andrew	11,998	0.630	-11	-4,764
33	Deborah	9,848	0.538	-746	-9,501	33	Patrick	11,740	0.616	-156	-9,629
34	Teresa	9,606	0.524	-764	-9,265	34	Shawn	10,951	0.575	-359	-10,149
35	Christina	9,586	0.523	-404	-8,867	35	Gary	10,722	0.563	-639	-10,355
36	Denise	9,341	0.510	-1,033	-9,105	36	Douglas	10,415	0.547	-636	-10,044
37	Sharon	9,176	0.501	-1,090	-8,960	37	Sean	10,354	0.543	-232	-9,044
38	Linda	8,730	0.477	-688	-8,341	38	Keith	9,613	0.504	-466	-9,048
39	Maria	8,677	0.474	-77	-6,082	39	Craig	9,373	0.492	-1,149	-9,214
40	Brenda	8,336	0.455	-972	-8,081	40	George	8,919	0.468	-87	-5,860
41	Barbara	8,026	0.438	-889	-7,741	41	Troy	8,448	0.443	-322	-7,544
42	Stacy	7,773	0.424	-1,274	-7,601	42	Jonathan	8,203	0.430	-21	-2,491
43	Andrea	7,710	0.421	-91	-5,556	43	Larry	8,105	0.425	-663	-7,766
44	Cheryl	7,441	0.406	-2,854	-7,384	44	Peter	8,058	0.423	-167	-6,246
45	Kathleen	7,408	0.404	-849	-7,107	45	Jerry	7,424	0.390	-556	-6,973
46	Rhonda	7,379	0.403	-5,880	-7,358	46	Dennis	7,320	0.384	-510	-6,827
47	Debra	7,197	0.393	-3,150	-7,147	47	Bradley	6,823	0.358	-200	-5,337
48	Stacey	7,155	0.391	-2,338	-7,079	48	Frank	6,805	0.357	-344	-6,002
49	Tonya	7,138	0.390	-5,522	-7,115	49	Raymond	6,789	0.356	-250	-5,640
50	Nancy	7,063	0.386	-789	-6,741	50	Jeffery	6,705	0.352	-804	-6,449

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.