Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1970
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 7,951 |
| 2 | John | 5,558 |
| 3 | David | 5,113 |
| 4 | Robert | 4,957 |
| 5 | James | 4,579 |
| 6 | Christopher | 4,000 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,664 |
| 8 | William | 3,195 |
| 9 | Richard | 3,026 |
| 10 | Thomas | 2,994 |
| 11 | Anthony | 2,631 |
| 12 | Daniel | 2,363 |
| 13 | Mark | 2,362 |
| 14 | Brian | 2,354 |
| 15 | Scott | 2,332 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 2,264 |
| 17 | Kevin | 2,256 |
| 18 | Steven | 2,094 |
| 19 | Eric | 2,051 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,881 |
| 21 | Matthew | 1,836 |
| 22 | Jason | 1,752 |
| 23 | Peter | 1,661 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,563 |
| 25 | Edward | 1,532 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Andrew | 1,466 |
| 27 | Charles | 1,417 |
| 28 | Kenneth | 1,372 |
| 29 | Stephen | 1,329 |
| 30 | Gregory | 1,210 |
| 31 | Jose | 1,161 |
| 32 | Sean | 1,148 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1,112 |
| 34 | Frank | 1,056 |
| 35 | Todd | 1,041 |
| 36 | Ronald | 1,035 |
| 37 | George | 996 |
| 38 | Keith | 907 |
| 39 | Craig | 879 |
| 40 | Jonathan | 856 |
| 41 | Donald | 809 |
| 41 | Shawn | 809 |
| 43 | Marc | 765 |
| 44 | Raymond | 759 |
| 45 | Douglas | 751 |
| 46 | Adam | 741 |
| 47 | Gary | 702 |
| 48 | Luis | 693 |
| 49 | Vincent | 671 |
| 50 | Dennis | 617 |
| 51 | Carlos | 567 |
| 52 | Louis | 465 |
| 53 | Alexander | 459 |
| 54 | Nicholas | 458 |
| 55 | Philip | 452 |
| 56 | Lawrence | 433 |
| 57 | Victor | 426 |
| 58 | Angel | 417 |
| 59 | Samuel | 414 |
| 60 | Juan | 410 |
| 61 | Wayne | 400 |
| 62 | Edwin | 397 |
| 63 | Aaron | 373 |
| 64 | Gerald | 357 |
| 65 | Erik | 351 |
| 66 | Albert | 341 |
| 67 | Benjamin | 335 |
| 68 | Frederick | 329 |
| 69 | Christian | 327 |
| 69 | Martin | 327 |
| 71 | Andre | 325 |
| 71 | Henry | 325 |
| 73 | Miguel | 318 |
| 74 | Darren | 316 |
| 75 | Glenn | 314 |
| 75 | Russell | 314 |
| 77 | Carl | 311 |
| 78 | Walter | 307 |
| 79 | Ralph | 306 |
| 80 | Troy | 300 |
| 81 | Rafael | 299 |
| 82 | Alan | 296 |
| 83 | Hector | 293 |
| 84 | Derek | 289 |
| 85 | Corey | 286 |
| 86 | Bruce | 285 |
| 87 | Derrick | 283 |
| 88 | Antonio | 277 |
| 89 | Roger | 274 |
| 90 | Arthur | 273 |
| 90 | Tyrone | 273 |
| 92 | Joshua | 271 |
| 93 | Salvatore | 267 |
| 94 | Marcus | 260 |
| 95 | Larry | 258 |
| 96 | Lance | 255 |
| 97 | Howard | 252 |
| 98 | Eugene | 249 |
| 99 | Rodney | 247 |
| 100 | Dean | 246 |