Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1971

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1971 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1970						Change from 1970
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	56,783	3.240	0	10,626	1	Michael	77,594	4.267	0	-7,708
2	Michelle	33,160	1.892	2	-890	2	James	54,621	3.004	0	-7,138
3	Lisa	32,909	1.878	-1	-6,054	3	David	53,118	2.921	0	-8,634
4	Kimberly	30,696	1.752	-1	-3,440	4	John	51,518	2.833	0	-7,007
5	Amy	26,237	1.497	0	1,028	5	Robert	50,654	2.786	0	-6,549
6	Angela	25,896	1.478	0	969	6	Christopher	48,234	2.653	0	6,462
7	Melissa	23,869	1.362	0	132	7	William	35,432	1.949	0	-3,478
8	Tammy	17,657	1.008	0	-1,929	8	Jason	34,187	1.880	5	6,900
9	Mary	16,697	0.953	0	-2,506	9	Brian	32,637	1.795	-1	707
10	Julie	15,326	0.875	1	-1,833	10	Scott	30,921	1.701	2	2,329
11	Stephanie	15,143	0.864	6	-246	11	Richard	26,161	1.439	-1	-4,295
12	Heather	15,020	0.857	7	352	12	Jeffrey	25,847	1.421	-1	-4,306
13	Tracy	14,327	0.818	-3	-4,141	13	Mark	25,137	1.382	-4	-6,355
14	Dawn	14,282	0.815	2	-1,400	14	Kevin	24,870	1.368	0	-2,110
15	Karen	14,209	0.811	-3	-2,492	15	Joseph	24,523	1.349	1	-2,213
16	Laura	13,876	0.792	-3	-2,617	16	Steven	23,677	1.302	-1	-3,139
17	Susan	13,777	0.786	-2	-1,961	17	Thomas	23,164	1.274	0	-3,521
18	Christine	13,676	0.780	-4	-2,385	18	Eric	22,975	1.264	0	-598
19	Elizabeth	13,602	0.776	-1	-1,517	19	Matthew	22,556	1.240	5	2,356
20	Tina	13,267	0.757	1	-596	20	Daniel	21,785	1.198	-1	-1,745
21	Shannon	12,652	0.722	1	-894	21	Timothy	20,097	1.105	-1	-2,339
22	Kelly	12,596	0.719	-2	-2,014	22	Charles	19,852	1.092	-1	-2,578
23	Rebecca	12,192	0.696	6	1,337	23	Anthony	19,228	1.057	-1	-1,957
24	Cynthia	12,145	0.693	1	-777	24	Paul	17,477	0.961	-1	-2,728
25	Lori	11,834	0.675	-2	-1,612	25	Gregory	14,767	0.812	1	-1,524
26	Patricia	11,465	0.654	-2	-1,940	26	Kenneth	14,764	0.812	-1	-2,052
27	Nicole	10,426	0.595	3	-265	27	Stephen	13,108	0.721	0	-1,666
28	Pamela	10,143	0.579	-2	-2,766	28	Shawn	12,832	0.706	6	1,881
29	Wendy	10,064	0.574	-1	-1,035	29	Chad	12,136	0.667	22	5,504
30	Christina	9,914	0.566	5	328	30	Todd	12,067	0.664	-2	-2,361
31	Sandra	9,709	0.554	-4	-1,538	31	Ronald	11,632	0.640	-2	-1,983
32	Stacy	9,114	0.520	10	1,341	32	Edward	11,060	0.608	-1	-1,234
33	Deborah	8,673	0.495	0	-1,175	33	Andrew	10,920	0.601	-1	-1,078
34	Teresa	8,562	0.489	0	-1,044	34	Donald	10,872	0.598	-4	-1,531
35	Andrea	8,478	0.484	8	768	35	Patrick	10,807	0.594	-2	-933
36	Denise	8,217	0.469	0	-1,124	36	Sean	10,515	0.578	1	161
37	Maria	8,119	0.463	2	-558	37	Keith	9,860	0.542	1	247
38	Donna	8,010	0.457	-6	-1,958	38	Gary	9,191	0.505	-3	-1,531
39	Michele	7,955	0.454	-8	-2,141	39	Douglas	8,737	0.481	-3	-1,678
40	Sharon	7,523	0.429	-3	-1,653	40	Jonathan	8,632	0.475	2	429
41	Stacey	7,482	0.427	7	327	41	Aaron	8,407	0.462	11	1,825
42	Linda	7,374	0.421	-4	-1,356	42	George	8,223	0.452	-2	-696
43	Brenda	7,158	0.408	-3	-1,178	43	Craig	7,960	0.438	-4	-1,413
44	Dana	6,933	0.396	10	526	44	Larry	7,764	0.427	-1	-341
45	Tonya	6,900	0.394	4	-238	45	Jeremy	7,494	0.412	25	3,173
46	Rhonda	6,649	0.379	0	-730	46	Troy	7,338	0.404	-5	-1,110
47	Barbara	6,451	0.368	-6	-1,575	47	Peter	7,031	0.387	-3	-1,027
48	Monica	6,425	0.367	8	237	48	Bryan	6,615	0.364	5	162
49	Tara	6,334	0.361	20	1,004	49	Dennis	6,591	0.362	-3	-729
50	Cheryl	6,329	0.361	-6	-1,112	50	Jerry	6,572	0.361	-5	-852

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.