Most Popular Baby Names in 1971

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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