Top 100 baby boy names in the USA during year 1970

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Michael	85,318
2	2James	61,784
3	3David	61,773
4	4John	58,538
5	5Robert	57,208
6	6Christopher	41,792
7	7William	38,912
8	8Brian	31,942
9	9Mark	31,504
10	10Richard	30,468
11	11Jeffrey	30,154
12	12Scott	28,601
13	13Jason	27,295
14	14Kevin	26,988
15	15Steven	26,825
16	16Joseph	26,733
17	17Thomas	26,687
18	18Eric	23,591
19	19Daniel	23,543
20	20Timothy	22,441
21	21Charles	22,429
22	22Anthony	21,189
23	23Paul	20,213
24	24Matthew	20,205
25	25Kenneth	16,817
26	26Gregory	16,297
27	27Stephen	14,778
28	28Todd	14,430
29	29Ronald	13,617
30	30Donald	12,403
31	31Edward	12,299
32	32Andrew	12,000
33	33Patrick	11,747
34	34Shawn	10,952
35	35Gary	10,732
36	36Douglas	10,417
37	37Sean	10,359
38	38Keith	9,612
39	39Craig	9,379
40	40George	8,925
41	41Troy	8,446
42	42Jonathan	8,205
43	43Larry	8,112
44	44Peter	8,057
45	45Jerry	7,425
46	46Dennis	7,321
47	47Bradley	6,825
48	48Frank	6,803
49	49Raymond	6,797
50	50Jeffery	6,706
51	51Chad	6,642
52	52Aaron	6,585
53	53Bryan	6,460
54	54Terry	6,191
55	55Rodney	5,864
56	56Jose	5,699
57	57Tony	5,485
58	58Russell	5,118
59	59Randy	5,040
60	60Marc	5,014
61	61Roger	4,586
62	62Samuel	4,563
63	63Chris	4,465
64	64Shane	4,454
65	65Johnny	4,443
66	66Gerald	4,401
67	67Carl	4,400
68	68Jon	4,378
69	69Travis	4,329
70	70Jeremy	4,322
71	71Adam	4,320
72	72Marcus	4,319
73	73Phillip	4,282
74	74Brent	4,273
75	75Darren	4,196
76	76Lance	4,167
77	77Derek	4,147
78	78Billy	4,124
79	79Vincent	4,031
80	80Wayne	4,006
81	81Benjamin	3,932
82	82Joel	3,843
83	83Lawrence	3,823
84	84Corey	3,815
85	85Danny	3,764
86	86Jimmy	3,655
87	87Bobby	3,634
88	88Curtis	3,616
89	89Walter	3,586
90	90Joe	3,572
91	91Alan	3,560
92	92Philip	3,518
93	93Martin	3,509
94	94Bruce	3,488
95	95Juan	3,469
96	96Derrick	3,448
97	97Jay	3,422
98	98Carlos	3,385
99	99Brett	3,376
100	100Randall	3,270

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.