Top 200 Boy Names of 1970

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1970 with 85,271 births. The list ends at 1,295 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1970
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	85,271
2	James	61,740
3	David	61,729
4	John	58,496
5	Robert	57,179
6	Christopher	41,751
7	William	38,889
8	Brian	31,918
9	Mark	31,464
10	Richard	30,440
11	Jeffrey	30,142
12	Scott	28,572
13	Jason	27,274
14	Kevin	26,970
15	Steven	26,795
16	Joseph	26,718
17	Thomas	26,674
18	Eric	23,573
19	Daniel	23,521
20	Timothy	22,427
21	Charles	22,412
22	Anthony	21,176
23	Paul	20,197
24	Matthew	20,188
25	Kenneth	16,803
26	Gregory	16,287
27	Stephen	14,760
28	Todd	14,425
29	Ronald	13,617
30	Donald	12,397
31	Edward	12,278
32	Andrew	11,988
33	Patrick	11,734
34	Shawn	10,945
35	Gary	10,716
36	Douglas	10,410
37	Sean	10,344
38	Keith	9,615
39	Craig	9,367
40	George	8,913
41	Troy	8,448
42	Jonathan	8,194
43	Larry	8,105
44	Peter	8,057
45	Jerry	7,422
46	Dennis	7,313
47	Bradley	6,819
48	Frank	6,805
49	Raymond	6,789
50	Jeffery	6,701
51	Chad	6,629
52	Aaron	6,583
53	Bryan	6,451
54	Terry	6,187
55	Rodney	5,856
56	Jose	5,691
57	Tony	5,480
58	Russell	5,106
59	Randy	5,037
60	Marc	5,011
61	Roger	4,584
62	Samuel	4,559
63	Chris	4,461
64	Shane	4,451
65	Johnny	4,438
66	Carl	4,401
67	Gerald	4,399
68	Jon	4,370
69	Travis	4,323
70	Jeremy	4,318
71	Marcus	4,315
72	Adam	4,314
73	Phillip	4,275
74	Brent	4,270
75	Darren	4,197
76	Lance	4,160
77	Derek	4,147
78	Billy	4,122
79	Vincent	4,021
80	Wayne	4,006
81	Benjamin	3,927
82	Joel	3,840
83	Lawrence	3,824
84	Corey	3,813
85	Danny	3,768
86	Jimmy	3,659
87	Bobby	3,636
88	Curtis	3,615
89	Walter	3,584
90	Joe	3,569
91	Alan	3,553
92	Philip	3,521
93	Martin	3,502
94	Bruce	3,482
95	Juan	3,474
96	Derrick	3,446
97	Jay	3,416
98	Carlos	3,380
99	Brett	3,370
100	Randall	3,271
101	Erik	3,245
102	Darrell	3,148
103	Willie	3,138
104	Henry	3,127
105	Ricky	3,091
106	Victor	3,087
107	Albert	3,072
108	Roy	3,041
109	Glenn	3,008
110	Dale	3,003
111	Arthur	2,981
112	Dean	2,941
113	Allen	2,932
113	Steve	2,932
115	Frederick	2,887
116	Jeff	2,881
117	Barry	2,797
118	Lee	2,791
119	Jesse	2,768
120	Kyle	2,764
121	Antonio	2,743
122	Harold	2,725
123	Nicholas	2,702
124	Louis	2,642
125	Jamie	2,641
126	Micheal	2,632
127	Christian	2,623
128	Shannon	2,571
129	Jack	2,563
130	Nathan	2,546
131	Brandon	2,544
132	Tyrone	2,530
133	Ronnie	2,516
134	Andre	2,509
135	Kelly	2,495
136	Mike	2,465
137	Alexander	2,464
138	Justin	2,382
139	Brad	2,326
140	Ryan	2,323
141	Dwayne	2,317
142	Reginald	2,307
143	Ernest	2,304
144	Leonard	2,297
145	Luis	2,284
146	Eugene	2,264
147	Ralph	2,249
148	Tommy	2,220
149	Kurt	2,197
150	Joshua	2,174
151	Eddie	2,151
152	Wesley	2,059
153	Marvin	2,036
154	Greg	2,006
155	Glen	1,998
156	Howard	1,996
157	Stanley	1,950
158	Kirk	1,920
159	Mario	1,898
160	Theodore	1,829
161	Daryl	1,793
162	Tracy	1,777
163	Duane	1,772
164	Cory	1,762
165	Maurice	1,741
166	Calvin	1,734
167	Edwin	1,725
168	Jerome	1,723
169	Harry	1,696
170	Manuel	1,695
171	Melvin	1,679
172	Ricardo	1,653
173	Earl	1,630
174	Damon	1,622
175	Clinton	1,595
176	Clifford	1,582
177	Karl	1,576
178	Neil	1,566
179	Mitchell	1,541
180	Darrin	1,525
181	Norman	1,522
182	Warren	1,507
183	Fred	1,503
184	Jody	1,500
185	Jesus	1,482
186	Ray	1,462
187	Terrence	1,460
188	Darin	1,441
189	Wade	1,423
190	Alfred	1,418
191	Alex	1,403
192	Francis	1,390
193	Clarence	1,384
194	Lonnie	1,382
195	Darryl	1,367
196	Roberto	1,363
197	Miguel	1,345
198	Ruben	1,326
199	Tim	1,323
200	Adrian	1,295