100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1971

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 77,579
2 James 0 54,590
3 David 0 53,108
4 John 0 51,500
5 Robert 0 50,646
6 Christopher 0 48,232
7 William 0 35,435
8 Jason +5 34,174
9 Brian -1 32,640
10 Scott +2 30,912
11 Richard -1 26,159
12 Jeffrey -1 25,846
13 Mark -4 25,133
14 Kevin 0 24,869
15 Joseph +1 24,505
16 Steven -1 23,691
17 Thomas 0 23,159
18 Eric 0 22,977
19 Matthew +5 22,561
20 Daniel -1 21,778
21 Timothy -1 20,088
22 Charles -1 19,843
23 Anthony -1 19,206
24 Paul -1 17,472
25 Gregory +1 14,764
26 Kenneth -1 14,761
27 Stephen 0 13,104
28 Shawn +6 12,817
29 Chad +22 12,125
30 Todd -2 12,065
31 Ronald -2 11,635
32 Edward -1 11,062
33 Andrew -1 10,926
34 Donald -4 10,875
35 Patrick -2 10,805
36 Sean +1 10,505
37 Keith +1 9,859
38 Gary -3 9,192
39 Douglas -3 8,741
40 Jonathan +2 8,637
41 Aaron +11 8,403
42 George -2 8,228
43 Craig -4 7,963
44 Larry -1 7,764
45 Jeremy +25 7,489
46 Troy -5 7,338
47 Peter -3 7,035
48 Bryan +5 6,612
49 Dennis -3 6,590
50 Jerry -5 6,571
51 Ryan +89 6,198
52 Raymond -3 6,102
53 Jeffery -3 6,092
54 Frank -6 6,086
55 Jose +1 6,001
56 Terry -2 5,855
57 Adam +14 5,851
58 Bradley -11 5,785
59 Rodney -4 5,199
60 Shane +4 5,089
61 Travis +8 5,021
62 Tony -5 4,886
63 Derek +14 4,674
64 Russell -6 4,535
65 Marcus +7 4,411
66 Samuel -4 4,407
67 Randy -8 4,346
68 Chris -5 4,292
69 Benjamin +12 4,248
70 Marc -10 4,208
71 Roger -10 4,130
72 Carl -6 4,058
73 Brent +1 4,050
74 Johnny -9 3,937
75 Billy +3 3,907
76 Phillip -3 3,849
77 Corey +7 3,773
78 Jon -10 3,713
79 Bobby +8 3,654
80 Joshua +70 3,646
81 Juan +14 3,638
82 Danny +3 3,607
83 Gerald -16 3,592
84 Derrick +12 3,574
85 Lawrence -2 3,529
86 Joel -4 3,493
87 Vincent -8 3,436
88 Curtis 0 3,429
89 Carlos +9 3,422
90 Brett +9 3,355
91 Walter -2 3,355
92 Wayne -12 3,333
93 Jimmy -7 3,314
94 Philip -2 3,307
95 Brandon +36 3,267
96 Jamie +29 3,236
97 Erik +4 3,209
98 Lance -22 3,179
99 Alan -8 3,166
100 Darren -25 3,157
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 56,779
2 Michelle +2 33,157
3 Lisa -1 32,906
4 Kimberly -1 30,688
5 Amy 0 26,231
6 Angela 0 25,879
7 Melissa 0 23,868
8 Tammy 0 17,651
9 Mary 0 16,699
10 Julie +1 15,326
11 Stephanie +6 15,141
12 Heather +7 15,020
13 Tracy -3 14,318
14 Dawn +2 14,281
15 Karen -3 14,213
16 Laura -3 13,872
17 Susan -2 13,777
18 Christine -4 13,672
19 Elizabeth -1 13,602
20 Tina +1 13,256
21 Shannon +1 12,650
22 Kelly -2 12,596
23 Rebecca +6 12,198
24 Cynthia +2 12,139
25 Lori -2 11,834
26 Patricia -2 11,468
27 Nicole +3 10,427
28 Pamela -3 10,140
29 Wendy -1 10,057
30 Christina +5 9,909
31 Sandra -4 9,712
32 Stacy +10 9,113
33 Deborah 0 8,676
34 Teresa 0 8,560
35 Andrea +8 8,475
36 Denise 0 8,215
37 Maria +2 8,097
38 Donna -6 8,011
39 Michele -8 7,955
40 Sharon -3 7,524
41 Stacey +7 7,482
42 Linda -4 7,380
43 Brenda -3 7,161
44 Dana +9 6,929
45 Tonya +4 6,895
46 Rhonda 0 6,649
47 Barbara -6 6,451
48 Monica +8 6,426
49 Cheryl -5 6,327
50 Tara +19 6,327
51 Robin 0 6,213
52 Nancy -2 6,209
53 Kathleen -8 6,155
54 Rachel +4 6,121
55 Carrie +18 5,980
56 April +27 5,940
57 Debra -10 5,931
58 Sarah +7 5,847
59 Jill -7 5,725
60 Sherry 0 5,563
61 Theresa -7 5,449
62 Tiffany +37 5,415
63 Paula -6 5,382
64 Jessica +34 5,358
65 Catherine -6 5,329
66 Melanie +25 5,140
67 Katherine 0 5,121
68 Leslie -4 5,110
69 Gina -8 4,920
70 Cindy +2 4,906
71 Kristin -8 4,859
72 Tanya +4 4,850
73 Renee -5 4,831
74 Tracey -19 4,792
75 Jacqueline -9 4,785
76 Holly -1 4,744
77 Heidi +4 4,717
78 Ann -16 4,556
79 Crystal +22 4,531
80 Tamara -1 4,485
81 Sheila -7 4,330
82 Diana +7 4,213
83 Diane -13 4,202
84 Amanda +24 4,131
85 Melinda +8 4,056
86 Margaret -6 4,002
87 Kristen -5 3,965
88 Suzanne -1 3,931
89 Christy +16 3,930
90 Regina -4 3,870
91 Kathy -14 3,865
92 Carol -21 3,864
93 Erin +18 3,857
94 Jodi +1 3,826
95 Deanna -5 3,791
96 Laurie -8 3,752
97 Victoria -12 3,723
98 Yolanda +8 3,723
99 Danielle +15 3,718
100 Beth -8 3,684