Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1971

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	56,771
2	Michelle	33,160
3	Lisa	32,907
4	Kimberly	30,708
5	Amy	26,237
6	Angela	25,901
7	Melissa	23,875
8	Tammy	17,656
9	Mary	16,703
10	Julie	15,322
11	Stephanie	15,135
12	Heather	15,017
13	Tracy	14,330
14	Dawn	14,288
15	Karen	14,214
16	Laura	13,875
17	Susan	13,782
18	Christine	13,678
19	Elizabeth	13,606
20	Tina	13,266
21	Shannon	12,647
22	Kelly	12,599
23	Rebecca	12,192
24	Cynthia	12,143
25	Lori	11,829
26	Patricia	11,470
27	Nicole	10,423
28	Pamela	10,149
29	Wendy	10,063
30	Christina	9,915
31	Sandra	9,714
32	Stacy	9,117
33	Deborah	8,675
34	Teresa	8,563
35	Andrea	8,483
36	Denise	8,219
37	Maria	8,141
38	Donna	8,013
39	Michele	7,955
40	Sharon	7,523
41	Stacey	7,482
42	Linda	7,376
43	Brenda	7,160
44	Dana	6,934
45	Tonya	6,897
46	Rhonda	6,649
47	Barbara	6,453
48	Monica	6,426
49	Tara	6,336
50	Cheryl	6,327
51	Robin	6,213
52	Nancy	6,212
53	Kathleen	6,154
54	Rachel	6,115
55	Carrie	5,977
56	April	5,939
57	Debra	5,928
58	Sarah	5,843
59	Jill	5,724
60	Sherry	5,562
61	Theresa	5,446
62	Tiffany	5,414
63	Paula	5,379
64	Jessica	5,359
65	Catherine	5,337
66	Melanie	5,135
67	Katherine	5,120
68	Leslie	5,111
69	Gina	4,922
70	Cindy	4,904
71	Kristin	4,861
72	Tanya	4,855
73	Renee	4,830
74	Tracey	4,789
75	Jacqueline	4,784
76	Holly	4,747
77	Heidi	4,714
78	Ann	4,558
79	Crystal	4,530
80	Tamara	4,486
81	Sheila	4,333
82	Diana	4,211
83	Diane	4,208
84	Amanda	4,130
85	Melinda	4,057
86	Margaret	4,001
87	Kristen	3,967
88	Suzanne	3,932
89	Christy	3,930
90	Regina	3,874
91	Kathy	3,863
92	Carol	3,857
93	Erin	3,856
94	Jodi	3,826
95	Deanna	3,791
96	Laurie	3,749
97	Victoria	3,722
98	Yolanda	3,721
99	Danielle	3,716
100	Beth	3,686

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	77,577
2	James	54,597
3	David	53,113
4	John	51,512
5	Robert	50,634
6	Christopher	48,225
7	William	35,413
8	Jason	34,173
9	Brian	32,624
10	Scott	30,901
11	Richard	26,154
12	Jeffrey	25,834
13	Mark	25,132
14	Kevin	24,850
15	Joseph	24,517
16	Steven	23,686
17	Thomas	23,149
18	Eric	22,962
19	Matthew	22,543
20	Daniel	21,785
21	Timothy	20,089
22	Charles	19,851
23	Anthony	19,223
24	Paul	17,469
25	Kenneth	14,763
26	Gregory	14,760
27	Stephen	13,102
28	Shawn	12,825
29	Chad	12,137
30	Todd	12,055
31	Ronald	11,617
32	Edward	11,062
33	Andrew	10,911
34	Donald	10,872
35	Patrick	10,808
36	Sean	10,510
37	Keith	9,851
38	Gary	9,190
39	Douglas	8,737
40	Jonathan	8,628
41	Aaron	8,403
42	George	8,226
43	Craig	7,957
44	Larry	7,763
45	Jeremy	7,498
46	Troy	7,340
47	Peter	7,025
48	Bryan	6,611
49	Dennis	6,584
50	Jerry	6,572
51	Ryan	6,184
52	Raymond	6,104
53	Jeffery	6,100
54	Frank	6,089
55	Jose	6,004
56	Terry	5,858
57	Adam	5,846
58	Bradley	5,780
59	Rodney	5,195
60	Shane	5,093
61	Travis	5,016
62	Tony	4,889
63	Derek	4,667
64	Russell	4,545
65	Marcus	4,410
66	Samuel	4,407
67	Randy	4,345
68	Chris	4,293
69	Benjamin	4,251
70	Marc	4,212
71	Roger	4,129
72	Carl	4,055
73	Brent	4,053
74	Johnny	3,939
75	Billy	3,907
76	Phillip	3,850
77	Corey	3,766
78	Jon	3,717
79	Bobby	3,652
80	Joshua	3,650
81	Juan	3,648
82	Danny	3,611
83	Gerald	3,588
84	Derrick	3,582
85	Lawrence	3,523
86	Joel	3,499
87	Vincent	3,435
88	Carlos	3,426
88	Curtis	3,426
90	Brett	3,357
91	Walter	3,356
92	Wayne	3,331
93	Jimmy	3,315
94	Philip	3,302
95	Brandon	3,263
96	Jamie	3,231
97	Erik	3,212
98	Lance	3,175
99	Alan	3,168
100	Darren	3,156