Most popular boys’ names in Michigan, 1970
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,038 |
| 2 | David | 3,036 |
| 3 | James | 2,805 |
| 4 | Robert | 2,733 |
| 5 | John | 2,456 |
| 6 | Scott | 1,966 |
| 7 | Jeffrey | 1,894 |
| 8 | Christopher | 1,775 |
| 9 | Brian | 1,743 |
| 10 | Mark | 1,673 |
| 11 | William | 1,550 |
| 12 | Steven | 1,543 |
| 13 | Kevin | 1,403 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,390 |
| 15 | Thomas | 1,388 |
| 16 | Richard | 1,351 |
| 17 | Matthew | 1,344 |
| 18 | Timothy | 1,279 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,231 |
| 20 | Joseph | 1,184 |
| 21 | Todd | 1,122 |
| 22 | Jason | 1,093 |
| 23 | Paul | 1,025 |
| 24 | Anthony | 952 |
| 25 | Charles | 927 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kenneth | 852 |
| 27 | Gregory | 752 |
| 28 | Ronald | 733 |
| 29 | Donald | 643 |
| 30 | Andrew | 605 |
| 30 | Douglas | 605 |
| 32 | Patrick | 593 |
| 33 | Stephen | 587 |
| 34 | Edward | 543 |
| 35 | Craig | 537 |
| 35 | Gary | 537 |
| 37 | Dennis | 475 |
| 38 | Keith | 453 |
| 39 | Shawn | 445 |
| 40 | Jeffery | 439 |
| 41 | Sean | 415 |
| 42 | Bradley | 390 |
| 43 | Chad | 367 |
| 43 | Troy | 367 |
| 45 | Larry | 359 |
| 46 | Aaron | 341 |
| 47 | Peter | 318 |
| 48 | George | 299 |
| 49 | Marc | 294 |
| 50 | Raymond | 275 |
| 51 | Jonathan | 274 |
| 51 | Terry | 274 |
| 53 | Gerald | 273 |
| 54 | Jerry | 264 |
| 55 | Bryan | 259 |
| 56 | Derek | 255 |
| 57 | Rodney | 252 |
| 58 | Randy | 246 |
| 59 | Jon | 244 |
| 60 | Brent | 240 |
| 61 | Frank | 237 |
| 62 | Lawrence | 232 |
| 63 | Carl | 224 |
| 64 | Roger | 222 |
| 65 | Dale | 212 |
| 66 | Tony | 211 |
| 67 | Russell | 204 |
| 68 | Kurt | 203 |
| 69 | Phillip | 202 |
| 70 | Marcus | 201 |
| 71 | Joel | 199 |
| 71 | Martin | 199 |
| 73 | Adam | 192 |
| 74 | Bruce | 190 |
| 74 | Wayne | 190 |
| 76 | Dean | 188 |
| 77 | Corey | 183 |
| 78 | Philip | 181 |
| 79 | Alan | 176 |
| 79 | Brett | 176 |
| 79 | Curtis | 176 |
| 79 | Jeremy | 176 |
| 83 | Derrick | 173 |
| 84 | Erik | 172 |
| 85 | Shane | 171 |
| 86 | Frederick | 167 |
| 87 | Samuel | 162 |
| 88 | Andre | 159 |
| 89 | Vincent | 158 |
| 90 | Arthur | 155 |
| 90 | Randall | 155 |
| 92 | Chris | 151 |
| 93 | Darren | 148 |
| 94 | Benjamin | 147 |
| 95 | Jeff | 145 |
| 95 | Walter | 145 |
| 97 | Jack | 143 |
| 98 | Steve | 142 |
| 99 | Allen | 140 |
| 100 | Danny | 135 |