Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1970
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,313 |
| 2 | James | 3,516 |
| 3 | David | 3,395 |
| 4 | John | 3,294 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,027 |
| 6 | Christopher | 2,168 |
| 7 | William | 1,792 |
| 8 | Richard | 1,589 |
| 9 | Jason | 1,547 |
| 10 | Mark | 1,528 |
| 11 | Jose | 1,455 |
| 12 | Kevin | 1,450 |
| 13 | Charles | 1,384 |
| 14 | Steven | 1,294 |
| 15 | Juan | 1,202 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 1,184 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,125 |
| 18 | Daniel | 1,104 |
| 19 | Paul | 1,016 |
| 20 | Thomas | 988 |
| 21 | Eric | 946 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 928 |
| 23 | Stephen | 924 |
| 24 | Anthony | 910 |
| 25 | Scott | 900 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Joe | 841 |
| 27 | Joseph | 835 |
| 28 | Gregory | 790 |
| 29 | Timothy | 747 |
| 30 | Ronald | 711 |
| 31 | Jerry | 665 |
| 32 | Edward | 662 |
| 33 | Patrick | 659 |
| 34 | Larry | 655 |
| 35 | Gary | 607 |
| 36 | Johnny | 604 |
| 37 | Matthew | 597 |
| 38 | Donald | 595 |
| 39 | Billy | 568 |
| 40 | Jesus | 561 |
| 41 | George | 553 |
| 42 | Carlos | 543 |
| 43 | Jimmy | 504 |
| 44 | Keith | 484 |
| 45 | Bryan | 483 |
| 46 | Andrew | 457 |
| 47 | Rodney | 449 |
| 48 | Troy | 447 |
| 49 | Bobby | 442 |
| 50 | Ricardo | 439 |
| 51 | Marcus | 436 |
| 52 | Craig | 431 |
| 52 | Frank | 431 |
| 54 | Ruben | 428 |
| 55 | Shawn | 425 |
| 56 | Jeffery | 420 |
| 57 | Raymond | 418 |
| 58 | Terry | 412 |
| 59 | Bradley | 405 |
| 60 | Russell | 404 |
| 61 | Lance | 397 |
| 62 | Douglas | 395 |
| 62 | Todd | 395 |
| 64 | Tony | 394 |
| 65 | Luis | 389 |
| 66 | Chris | 387 |
| 66 | Jesse | 387 |
| 68 | Manuel | 383 |
| 69 | Sean | 377 |
| 70 | Chad | 376 |
| 71 | Roberto | 375 |
| 72 | Victor | 373 |
| 73 | Danny | 370 |
| 74 | Mario | 367 |
| 75 | Samuel | 354 |
| 76 | Rene | 351 |
| 77 | Raul | 343 |
| 77 | Roy | 343 |
| 79 | Joel | 335 |
| 80 | Martin | 320 |
| 81 | Javier | 310 |
| 82 | Jonathan | 309 |
| 83 | Randy | 308 |
| 83 | Tommy | 308 |
| 85 | Antonio | 306 |
| 86 | Albert | 305 |
| 87 | Aaron | 303 |
| 88 | Brent | 301 |
| 89 | Francisco | 299 |
| 90 | Darrell | 289 |
| 90 | Gilbert | 289 |
| 92 | Roger | 284 |
| 93 | Dennis | 282 |
| 94 | Jaime | 281 |
| 95 | Ricky | 278 |
| 96 | Hector | 273 |
| 97 | Shane | 268 |
| 98 | Kyle | 265 |
| 99 | Curtis | 263 |
| 99 | Phillip | 263 |