Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1970
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,155 |
| 2 | John | 3,779 |
| 3 | David | 3,664 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,663 |
| 5 | James | 3,454 |
| 6 | William | 2,644 |
| 7 | Brian | 2,339 |
| 8 | Joseph | 2,221 |
| 9 | Christopher | 2,210 |
| 10 | Mark | 1,945 |
| 11 | Thomas | 1,929 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,898 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 1,895 |
| 14 | Scott | 1,806 |
| 15 | Daniel | 1,504 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,448 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,433 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,385 |
| 19 | Matthew | 1,331 |
| 20 | Timothy | 1,181 |
| 21 | Charles | 1,162 |
| 22 | Jason | 1,146 |
| 23 | Stephen | 1,092 |
| 24 | Paul | 1,082 |
| 25 | Anthony | 1,051 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ronald | 936 |
| 27 | Gregory | 921 |
| 28 | Edward | 914 |
| 29 | Todd | 899 |
| 30 | Kenneth | 878 |
| 31 | Shawn | 868 |
| 32 | Andrew | 848 |
| 33 | Donald | 766 |
| 34 | Douglas | 667 |
| 35 | George | 654 |
| 36 | Sean | 651 |
| 37 | Keith | 623 |
| 38 | Patrick | 611 |
| 39 | Craig | 604 |
| 40 | Gary | 545 |
| 41 | Frank | 504 |
| 42 | Dennis | 486 |
| 42 | Raymond | 486 |
| 44 | Jonathan | 442 |
| 45 | Troy | 419 |
| 46 | Peter | 416 |
| 47 | Bradley | 350 |
| 48 | Bryan | 345 |
| 49 | Marc | 312 |
| 50 | Larry | 301 |
| 51 | Gerald | 294 |
| 52 | Vincent | 289 |
| 53 | Samuel | 288 |
| 54 | Carl | 266 |
| 55 | Aaron | 264 |
| 56 | Randy | 262 |
| 57 | Glenn | 249 |
| 58 | Wayne | 246 |
| 59 | Russell | 241 |
| 60 | Rodney | 240 |
| 61 | Francis | 237 |
| 62 | Lawrence | 236 |
| 63 | Philip | 232 |
| 64 | Benjamin | 231 |
| 65 | Harry | 229 |
| 65 | Terry | 229 |
| 67 | Barry | 227 |
| 68 | Chad | 223 |
| 69 | Nicholas | 218 |
| 70 | Alan | 217 |
| 71 | Adam | 212 |
| 72 | Christian | 209 |
| 73 | Walter | 207 |
| 74 | Erik | 205 |
| 75 | Louis | 201 |
| 76 | Albert | 198 |
| 77 | Martin | 196 |
| 78 | Jeffery | 194 |
| 79 | Jon | 189 |
| 80 | Brett | 187 |
| 80 | Bruce | 187 |
| 82 | Dean | 185 |
| 83 | Eugene | 183 |
| 84 | Frederick | 177 |
| 85 | Chris | 175 |
| 85 | Dale | 175 |
| 87 | Darren | 174 |
| 88 | Arthur | 173 |
| 89 | Jay | 169 |
| 90 | Lance | 168 |
| 91 | Roger | 162 |
| 92 | Joel | 160 |
| 93 | Brent | 153 |
| 94 | Jerry | 152 |
| 95 | Lee | 150 |
| 96 | Jamie | 149 |
| 97 | Derek | 147 |
| 97 | Harold | 147 |
| 97 | Howard | 147 |
| 100 | Kyle | 146 |
| 100 | Ralph | 146 |