1971
Top Baby Names of 1971
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1971
1
Jennifer 56,771 2
Michelle 33,159 3
Lisa 32,910 4
Kimberly 30,706 5
Amy 26,237 6
Angela 25,900 7
Melissa 23,876 8
Tammy 17,656 9
Mary 16,702 10
Julie 15,324 11
Stephanie 15,134 12
Heather 15,019 13
Tracy 14,329 14
Dawn 14,288 15
Karen 14,213 16
Laura 13,874 17
Susan 13,783 18
Christine 13,677 19
Elizabeth 13,605 20
Tina 13,265 21
Shannon 12,647 22
Kelly 12,599 23
Rebecca 12,192 24
Cynthia 12,144 25
Lori 11,829 26
Patricia 11,469 27
Nicole 10,423 28
Pamela 10,149 29
Wendy 10,063 30
Christina 9,916 31
Sandra 9,713 32
Stacy 9,116 33
Deborah 8,674 34
Teresa 8,562 35
Andrea 8,482 36
Denise 8,219 37
Maria 8,137 38
Donna 8,014 39
Michele 7,955 40
Sharon 7,523 41
Stacey 7,482 42
Linda 7,376 43
Brenda 7,161 44
Dana 6,934 45
Tonya 6,897 46
Rhonda 6,649 47
Barbara 6,454 48
Monica 6,427 49
Tara 6,335 50
Cheryl 6,327 51
Robin 6,213 52
Nancy 6,212 53
Kathleen 6,154 54
Rachel 6,113 55
Carrie 5,976 56
April 5,939 57
Debra 5,928 58
Sarah 5,844 59
Jill 5,724 60
Sherry 5,562 61
Theresa 5,446 62
Tiffany 5,413 63
Paula 5,378 64
Jessica 5,360 65
Catherine 5,336 66
Melanie 5,134 67
Katherine 5,122 68
Leslie 5,111 69
Gina 4,921 70
Cindy 4,905 71
Kristin 4,861 72
Tanya 4,854 73
Renee 4,830 74
Tracey 4,789 75
Jacqueline 4,785 76
Holly 4,746 77
Heidi 4,715 78
Ann 4,558 79
Crystal 4,530 80
Tamara 4,486 81
Sheila 4,333 82
Diana 4,211 83
Diane 4,209 84
Amanda 4,130 85
Melinda 4,057 86
Margaret 4,001 87
Kristen 3,967 88
Suzanne 3,931 88
Christy 3,931 90
Regina 3,874 91
Kathy 3,863 92
Carol 3,859 93
Erin 3,856 94
Jodi 3,827 95
Deanna 3,791 96
Laurie 3,750 97
Victoria 3,722 98
Yolanda 3,721 99
Danielle 3,718 100
Beth 3,686 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1971
1
Michael 77,585 2
James 54,603 3
David 53,118 4
John 51,508 5
Robert 50,635 6
Christopher 48,224 7
William 35,416 8
Jason 34,179 9
Brian 32,625 10
Scott 30,902 11
Richard 26,157 12
Jeffrey 25,835 13
Mark 25,132 14
Kevin 24,850 15
Joseph 24,514 16
Steven 23,683 17
Thomas 23,150 18
Eric 22,964 19
Matthew 22,542 20
Daniel 21,787 21
Timothy 20,089 22
Charles 19,851 23
Anthony 19,225 24
Paul 17,468 25
Kenneth 14,762 25
Gregory 14,762 27
Stephen 13,101 28
Shawn 12,825 29
Chad 12,138 30
Todd 12,056 31
Ronald 11,618 32
Edward 11,061 33
Andrew 10,915 34
Donald 10,873 35
Patrick 10,810 36
Sean 10,510 37
Keith 9,852 38
Gary 9,189 39
Douglas 8,738 40
Jonathan 8,629 41
Aaron 8,403 42
George 8,226 43
Craig 7,958 44
Larry 7,764 45
Jeremy 7,499 46
Troy 7,338 47
Peter 7,024 48
Bryan 6,612 49
Dennis 6,583 50
Jerry 6,572 51
Ryan 6,184 52
Raymond 6,104 53
Jeffery 6,100 54
Frank 6,089 55
Jose 6,004 56
Terry 5,858 57
Adam 5,847 58
Bradley 5,781 59
Rodney 5,195 60
Shane 5,093 61
Travis 5,015 62
Tony 4,889 63
Derek 4,667 64
Russell 4,543 65
Marcus 4,409 66
Samuel 4,406 67
Randy 4,344 68
Chris 4,292 69
Benjamin 4,250 70
Marc 4,210 71
Roger 4,128 72
Carl 4,056 73
Brent 4,053 74
Johnny 3,939 75
Billy 3,907 76
Phillip 3,850 77
Corey 3,766 78
Jon 3,717 79
Bobby 3,652 80
Joshua 3,649 81
Juan 3,646 82
Danny 3,610 83
Gerald 3,588 84
Derrick 3,580 85
Lawrence 3,523 86
Joel 3,499 87
Vincent 3,434 88
Curtis 3,426 88
Carlos 3,426 90
Brett 3,359 91
Walter 3,356 92
Wayne 3,333 93
Jimmy 3,315 94
Philip 3,302 95
Brandon 3,262 96
Jamie 3,231 97
Erik 3,212 98
Lance 3,176 99
Alan 3,168 100
Darren 3,156 About 1971 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1971, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.