Top Baby Names of 1971
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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 👦
Boy Names
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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.