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

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1971 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jennifer	56,783	3.240	-344	-55,868	1	Michael	77,594	4.267	-13	-65,974
2	Michelle	33,160	1.892	-261	-31,921	2	James	54,621	3.004	-2	-41,096
3	Lisa	32,909	1.878	-888	-32,607	3	David	53,118	2.921	-19	-43,421
4	Kimberly	30,696	1.752	-166	-29,000	4	John	51,518	2.833	-23	-42,399
5	Amy	26,237	1.497	-200	-24,740	5	Robert	50,654	2.786	-66	-45,514
6	Angela	25,896	1.478	-258	-24,660	6	Christopher	48,234	2.653	-36	-40,973
7	Melissa	23,869	1.362	-290	-22,755	7	William	35,432	1.949	4	-20,916
8	Tammy	17,657	1.008	-4,094	-17,622	8	Jason	34,187	1.880	-92	-30,340
9	Mary	16,697	0.953	-117	-14,370	9	Brian	32,637	1.795	-226	-31,019
10	Julie	15,326	0.875	-578	-14,810	10	Scott	30,921	1.701	-510	-30,380
11	Stephanie	15,143	0.864	-307	-14,117	11	Richard	26,161	1.439	-177	-24,042
12	Heather	15,020	0.857	-1,137	-14,810	12	Jeffrey	25,847	1.421	-319	-24,844
13	Tracy	14,327	0.818	-2,329	-14,249	13	Mark	25,137	1.382	-197	-23,278
14	Dawn	14,282	0.815	-1,946	-14,182	14	Kevin	24,870	1.368	-111	-21,746
15	Karen	14,209	0.811	-620	-13,741	15	Joseph	24,523	1.349	-8	-14,968
16	Laura	13,876	0.792	-324	-12,941	16	Steven	23,677	1.302	-182	-21,655
17	Susan	13,777	0.786	-1,062	-13,543	17	Thomas	23,164	1.274	-32	-16,385
18	Christine	13,676	0.780	-908	-13,389	18	Eric	22,975	1.264	-142	-20,586
19	Elizabeth	13,602	0.776	6	-5,089	19	Matthew	22,556	1.240	-1	-12,632
20	Tina	13,267	0.757	-1,664	-13,144	20	Daniel	21,785	1.198	5	-10,612
21	Shannon	12,652	0.722	-1,457	-12,504	21	Timothy	20,097	1.105	-144	-17,767
22	Kelly	12,596	0.719	-596	-12,112	22	Charles	19,852	1.092	-30	-13,248
23	Rebecca	12,192	0.696	-191	-10,750	23	Anthony	19,228	1.057	-15	-11,225
24	Cynthia	12,145	0.693	-669	-11,729	24	Paul	17,477	0.961	-210	-15,852
25	Lori	11,834	0.675	-1,550	-11,698	25	Gregory	14,767	0.812	-383	-13,989
26	Patricia	11,465	0.654	-887	-11,172	26	Kenneth	14,764	0.812	-200	-13,109
27	Nicole	10,426	0.595	-191	-9,010	27	Stephen	13,108	0.721	-257	-11,872
28	Pamela	10,143	0.579	-1,556	-10,008	28	Shawn	12,832	0.706	-365	-12,030
29	Wendy	10,064	0.574	-940	-9,794	29	Chad	12,136	0.667	-868	-11,896
30	Christina	9,914	0.566	-409	-9,195	30	Todd	12,067	0.664	-1,171	-11,911
31	Sandra	9,709	0.554	-944	-9,440	31	Ronald	11,632	0.640	-462	-11,054
32	Stacy	9,114	0.520	-1,284	-8,942	32	Edward	11,060	0.608	-137	-8,792
33	Deborah	8,673	0.495	-746	-8,326	33	Andrew	10,920	0.601	-10	-3,686
34	Teresa	8,562	0.489	-764	-8,221	34	Donald	10,872	0.598	-492	-10,339
35	Andrea	8,478	0.484	-99	-6,324	35	Patrick	10,807	0.594	-154	-8,696
36	Denise	8,217	0.469	-1,033	-7,981	36	Sean	10,515	0.578	-233	-9,205
37	Maria	8,119	0.463	-79	-5,524	37	Keith	9,860	0.542	-467	-9,295
38	Donna	8,010	0.457	-1,529	-7,873	38	Gary	9,191	0.505	-636	-8,824
39	Michele	7,955	0.454	-4,460	-7,924	39	Douglas	8,737	0.481	-633	-8,366
40	Sharon	7,523	0.429	-1,087	-7,307	40	Jonathan	8,632	0.475	-23	-2,920
41	Stacey	7,482	0.427	-2,345	-7,406	41	Aaron	8,407	0.462	-19	-2,454
42	Linda	7,374	0.421	-684	-6,985	42	George	8,223	0.452	-85	-5,164
43	Brenda	7,158	0.408	-969	-6,903	43	Craig	7,960	0.438	-1,145	-7,801
44	Dana	6,933	0.396	-805	-6,615	44	Larry	7,764	0.427	-662	-7,425
45	Tonya	6,900	0.394	-5,526	-6,877	45	Jeremy	7,494	0.412	-159	-5,539
46	Rhonda	6,649	0.379	-5,880	-6,628	46	Troy	7,338	0.404	-317	-6,434
47	Barbara	6,451	0.368	-883	-6,166	47	Peter	7,031	0.387	-164	-5,219
48	Monica	6,425	0.367	-560	-5,930	48	Bryan	6,615	0.364	-184	-4,982
49	Tara	6,334	0.361	-982	-6,085	49	Dennis	6,591	0.362	-507	-6,098
50	Cheryl	6,329	0.361	-2,848	-6,272	50	Jerry	6,572	0.361	-551	-6,121

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.