Top Names of 1971
The most popular names recorded in 1971 were Michelle for girls and Jason for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jason | 3,059 |
| 2 | David | 2,722 |
| 3 | Michael | 2,563 |
| 4 | Andrew | 2,120 |
| 5 | Mark | 1,958 |
| 6 | Paul | 1,900 |
| 7 | Peter | 1,687 |
| 8 | Matthew | 1,581 |
| 9 | John | 1,477 |
| 10 | Scott | 1,463 |
| 11 | Anthony | 1,447 |
| 12 | Robert | 1,445 |
| 13 | Craig | 1,384 |
| 14 | Christopher | 1,301 |
| 15 | Shane | 1,241 |
| 16 | Darren | 1,136 |
| 17 | Stephen | 1,058 |
| 18 | Steven | 968 |
| 19 | Brett | 886 |
| 20 | James | 851 |
| 21 | Richard | 820 |
| 22 | Adam | 795 |
| 23 | Gregory | 719 |
| 24 | Daniel | 649 |
| 25 | Troy | 633 |
| 26 | Simon | 630 |
| 27 | Wayne | 599 |
| 28 | Bradley | 598 |
| 29 | Timothy | 571 |
| 30 | Rodney | 498 |
| 31 | Ian | 495 |
| 32 | Justin | 460 |
| 33 | Dean | 449 |
| 34 | Benjamin | 418 |
| 35 | Jamie | 416 |
| 36 | Glenn | 405 |
| 37 | Stuart | 402 |
| 38 | Gavin | 393 |
| 39 | Grant | 388 |
| 40 | William | 388 |
| 41 | Glen | 374 |
| 42 | Sean | 372 |
| 43 | Brian | 331 |
| 44 | Kevin | 330 |
| 45 | Adrian | 323 |
| 46 | Gary | 322 |
| 47 | Jeffrey | 318 |
| 48 | Geoffrey | 310 |
| 49 | Phillip | 307 |
| 50 | Tony | 292 |