Top Names of 1971
The most popular names recorded in 1971 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 | Gregory | 14,762 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 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 |