Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1971. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1971, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67501 | Jennifer | 51198 |
| 2 | James | 47755 | Michelle | 31074 |
| 3 | David | 46495 | Lisa | 28596 |
| 4 | Robert | 43652 | Kimberly | 27560 |
| 5 | John | 43545 | Angela | 24426 |
| 6 | Christopher | 41659 | Amy | 24245 |
| 7 | Jason | 34542 | Melissa | 20235 |
| 8 | William | 29641 | Tammy | 15867 |
| 9 | Scott | 29350 | Julie | 15300 |
| 10 | Brian | 29283 | Heather | 14287 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 23854 | Mary | 14119 |
| 12 | Richard | 22887 | Stephanie | 13833 |
| 13 | Mark | 22452 | Tracy | 13195 |
| 14 | Kevin | 21975 | Tina | 12660 |
| 15 | Steven | 21392 | Shannon | 12490 |
| 16 | Matthew | 21088 | Dawn | 12341 |
| 17 | Eric | 20894 | Laura | 11762 |
| 18 | Joseph | 19556 | Susan | 11756 |
| 19 | Daniel | 19324 | Karen | 11539 |
| 20 | Thomas | 18911 | Elizabeth | 11192 |
| 21 | Timothy | 18253 | Kelly | 11009 |
| 22 | Charles | 16914 | Rebecca | 10955 |
| 23 | Anthony | 16312 | Christine | 10874 |
| 24 | Paul | 14689 | Cynthia | 10581 |
| 25 | Gregory | 13523 | Lori | 10486 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 12770 | Christina | 9357 |
| 27 | Shawn | 12355 | Wendy | 9339 |
| 28 | Chad | 12151 | Patricia | 9336 |
| 29 | Todd | 11208 | Pamela | 8797 |
| 30 | Stephen | 10703 | Nicole | 8770 |
| 31 | Ronald | 10534 | Stacy | 8726 |
| 32 | Donald | 10048 | Teresa | 8098 |
| 33 | Andrew | 9654 | Sandra | 8070 |
| 34 | Patrick | 9613 | Andrea | 7874 |
| 35 | Sean | 9189 | Deborah | 7136 |
| 36 | Edward | 8896 | Denise | 6809 |
| 37 | Aaron | 8493 | Stacey | 6746 |
| 38 | Gary | 8178 | Brenda | 6599 |
| 39 | Douglas | 8059 | Donna | 6466 |
| 40 | Keith | 7856 | Michele | 6169 |
| 41 | Jeremy | 7620 | Dana | 6154 |
| 42 | Jonathan | 7557 | Sharon | 6135 |
| 43 | Troy | 7175 | Rhonda | 6048 |
| 44 | Larry | 7119 | Monica | 5870 |
| 45 | Craig | 7006 | Linda | 5790 |
| 46 | Ryan | 6428 | April | 5499 |
| 47 | George | 6287 | Rachel | 5446 |
| 48 | Jeffery | 6164 | Tonya | 5423 |
| 49 | Bryan | 6158 | Barbara | 5406 |
| 50 | Dennis | 5928 | Tiffany | 5354 |
| 51 | Jerry | 5845 | Carrie | 5348 |
| 52 | Travis | 5230 | Cheryl | 5281 |
| 53 | Shane | 5213 | Maria | 5248 |
| 54 | Terry | 5093 | Tara | 5243 |
| 55 | Raymond | 5020 | Robin | 5201 |
| 56 | Bradley | 4990 | Debra | 4965 |
| 57 | Peter | 4873 | Nancy | 4884 |
| 58 | Frank | 4811 | Jill | 4870 |
| 59 | Adam | 4750 | Paula | 4706 |
| 60 | Tony | 4538 | Heidi | 4621 |
| 61 | Chris | 3965 | Katherine | 4568 |
| 62 | Brent | 3947 | Cindy | 4559 |
| 63 | Benjamin | 3934 | Sarah | 4551 |
| 64 | Derek | 3924 | Melanie | 4492 |
| 65 | Rodney | 3920 | Kathleen | 4441 |
| 66 | Marcus | 3712 | Renee | 4183 |
| 67 | Samuel | 3639 | Tanya | 4131 |
| 68 | Jose | 3589 | Theresa | 4089 |
| 69 | Russell | 3529 | Jessica | 4066 |
| 70 | Phillip | 3444 | Catherine | 4006 |
| 71 | Randy | 3364 | Leslie | 3970 |
| 72 | Joshua | 3146 | Sherry | 3875 |
| 73 | Marc | 3144 | Tamara | 3785 |
| 74 | Jon | 3097 | Kristin | 3734 |
| 75 | Roger | 2802 | Gina | 3726 |
| 76 | Corey | 2744 | Crystal | 3596 |
| 77 | Carl | 2690 | Holly | 3566 |
| 78 | Joel | 2620 | Jacqueline | 3307 |
| 79 | Danny | 2596 | Deanna | 3000 |
| 80 | Brandon | 2557 | Tracey | 2999 |
| 81 | Erik | 2518 | Sheila | 2991 |
| 82 | Justin | 2331 | Shelly | 2793 |
| 83 | Derrick | 2325 | Diane | 2763 |
| 84 | Lance | 2310 | Jodi | 2750 |
| 85 | Billy | 2301 | Erin | 2717 |
| 86 | Curtis | 2246 | Regina | 2638 |
| 87 | Randall | 2241 | Kathy | 2592 |
| 88 | Brett | 2123 | Ann | 2503 |
| 89 | Carlos | 2055 | Yolanda | 2502 |
| 90 | Gerald | 2029 | Tricia | 2448 |
| 91 | Bobby | 2018 | Diana | 2447 |
| 92 | Lawrence | 1972 | Amanda | 2438 |
| 93 | Jamie | 1959 | Valerie | 2415 |
| 94 | Johnny | 1947 | Christy | 2399 |
| 95 | Antonio | 1889 | Kristen | 2383 |
| 96 | Juan | 1886 | Suzanne | 2355 |
| 97 | Willie | 1881 | Melinda | 2249 |
| 98 | Shannon | 1876 | Kristina | 2204 |
| 99 | Walter | 1845 | Carol | 2101 |
| 100 | Joe | 1742 | Erica | 2069 |
| 101 | Jimmy | 1704 | Kristi | 2044 |
| 102 | Alan | 1656 | Beth | 1992 |
| 103 | Jay | 1633 | Kristine | 1967 |
| 104 | Nathan | 1616 | Jamie | 1942 |
| 105 | Vincent | 1582 | Carla | 1925 |
| 106 | Dale | 1571 | Alicia | 1917 |
| 107 | Wayne | 1560 | Danielle | 1892 |
| 108 | Martin | 1506 | Victoria | 1866 |
| 109 | Kyle | 1497 | Traci | 1815 |
| 110 | Frederick | 1438 | Veronica | 1782 |
| 111 | Darren | 1396 | Laurie | 1720 |
| 112 | Jesse | 1376 | Anna | 1584 |
| 113 | Bruce | 1361 | Kathryn | 1489 |
| 114 | Albert | 1331 | Margaret | 1437 |
| 115 | Christian | 1263 | Carolyn | 1432 |
| 116 | Darrell | 1249 | Terri | 1406 |
| 117 | Victor | 1241 | Felicia | 1365 |
| 118 | Ricky | 1202 | Sonya | 1252 |
| 119 | Barry | 1172 | Sara | 1228 |
| 120 | Brad | 1152 | Sherri | 1161 |
| 121 | Manuel | 1147 | Colleen | 1139 |
| 122 | Jesus | 1107 | Janet | 1075 |
| 123 | Reginald | 1072 | Wanda | 922 |
| 124 | Roy | 1064 | Martha | 892 |
| 125 | Nicholas | 1064 | Kelli | 870 |
| 126 | Cory | 1061 | Anne | 859 |
| 127 | Arthur | 1044 | Lynn | 849 |
| 128 | Dean | 1025 | Yvonne | 837 |
| 129 | Henry | 1011 | Monique | 795 |
| 130 | Mario | 1001 | Kim | 779 |
| 131 | Gabriel | 974 | Connie | 775 |
| 132 | Luis | 940 | Sonia | 761 |
| 133 | Philip | 933 | Sabrina | 746 |
| 134 | Micheal | 915 | Claudia | 708 |
| 135 | Kelly | 907 | Stacie | 701 |
| 136 | Ricardo | 874 | Beverly | 701 |
| 137 | Alexander | 871 | Leticia | 672 |
| 138 | Kurt | 854 | Anita | 659 |
| 139 | Ronnie | 850 | Cassandra | 617 |
| 140 | Tommy | 839 | Allison | 608 |
| 141 | Ruben | 825 | Vanessa | 584 |
| 142 | Francisco | 812 | Ginger | 531 |
| 143 | Jeff | 784 | Janice | 525 |
| 144 | Miguel | 720 | Ashley | 507 |
| 145 | Jorge | 720 | Angelia | 482 |
| 146 | Tyrone | 712 | Katrina | 478 |
| 147 | Roberto | 694 | Kari | 459 |
| 148 | Tracy | 669 | Jody | 455 |
| 149 | Armando | 662 | Becky | 451 |
| 150 | Marvin | 650 | Shawna | 448 |
| 151 | Jack | 631 | Cathy | 448 |
| 152 | Kirk | 618 | Leigh | 441 |
| 153 | Allen | 598 | Kristie | 434 |
| 154 | Mike | 543 | Julia | 417 |
| 155 | Steve | 526 | Kristy | 411 |
| 156 | Calvin | 522 | Shelia | 395 |
| 157 | Harold | 508 | Shelley | 381 |
| 158 | Eddie | 500 | Krista | 369 |
| 159 | Dana | 466 | Megan | 347 |
| 160 | Greg | 446 | Vicki | 341 |
| 161 | Darin | 444 | Tami | 317 |
| 162 | Stanley | 430 | Tracie | 312 |
| 163 | Louis | 426 | Penny | 310 |
| 164 | Lee | 426 | Sheri | 279 |
| 165 | Andre | 424 | Jenny | 268 |
| 166 | Scotty | 414 | Shawn | 245 |
| 167 | Dustin | 402 | Christie | 233 |
| 168 | Kelvin | 380 | Teri | 232 |
| 169 | Eugene | 314 | Latonya | 210 |
| 170 | Cedric | 276 | Bethany | 208 |
| 171 | Wade | 275 | Belinda | 201 |
| 172 | Roderick | 252 | Erika | 198 |
| 173 | Glenn | 240 | Alison | 194 |
| 174 | Ernest | 240 | Bonnie | 189 |
| 175 | Francis | 236 | Trina | 146 |
| 176 | Jody | 217 | Betty | 142 |
| 177 | Kent | 213 | Kerry | 134 |
| 178 | Maurice | 212 | Bobbi | 126 |
| 179 | Harry | 196 | Charlene | 124 |
| 180 | Clinton | 189 | Darcy | 114 |
| 181 | Wesley | 179 | Frances | 108 |
| 182 | Leonard | 162 | Marie | 108 |
| 183 | Scottie | 154 | Tammie | 102 |
| 184 | Jared | 113 | Amber | 101 |
| 185 | Dwayne | 113 | Charlotte | 99 |
| 186 | Franklin | 104 | Jean | 98 |
| 187 | Norman | 104 | Joyce | 96 |
| 188 | Dexter | 102 | Misty | 95 |
| 189 | Glen | 88 | Jana | 90 |
| 190 | Byron | 85 | Annette | 89 |
| 191 | Toby | 84 | Bridget | 79 |
| 192 | Cody | 73 | Staci | 76 |
| 193 | Darrin | 66 | Toni | 70 |
| 194 | Gilbert | 63 | Natalie | 57 |
| 195 | Ian | 60 | Kerri | 54 |
| 196 | Tyler | 55 | Shauna | 50 |
| 197 | Shaun | 46 | Camille | 49 |
| 198 | Rene | 45 | Christi | 47 |
| 199 | Trevor | 45 | Brandi | 45 |
| 200 | Geoffrey | 43 | Sylvia | 44 |
| 201 | Neil | 43 | Ladonna | 44 |
| 202 | Ramon | 41 | Molly | 39 |
| 203 | Trent | 37 | Gloria | 37 |
| 204 | Theodore | 35 | Virginia | 37 |
| 205 | Casey | 33 | Leilani | 37 |
| 206 | Ralph | 30 | Joanne | 36 |
| 207 | Bret | 29 | Mindy | 36 |
| 208 | Guy | 23 | Rachelle | 36 |
| 209 | Alfred | 19 | Malia | 34 |
| 210 | Leroy | 18 | Emily | 33 |
| 211 | Alvin | 18 | Kimberlee | 32 |
| 212 | Melvin | 18 | Robyn | 32 |
| 213 | Grant | 18 | Jenifer | 31 |
| 214 | Jermaine | 18 | Aimee | 28 |
| 215 | Jacob | 17 | Marci | 28 |
| 216 | Donovan | 16 | Judith | 26 |
| 217 | Garrett | 16 | Hope | 24 |
| 218 | Ethan | 16 | Rochelle | 23 |
| 219 | Dwight | 16 | Darlene | 21 |
| 220 | Earl | 16 | Lauren | 20 |
| 221 | Seth | 14 | Kimberley | 20 |
| 222 | Ty | 13 | Peggy | 18 |
| 223 | Allan | 10 | Gretchen | 18 |
| 224 | Clayton | 8 | Joy | 16 |
| 225 | Rick | 7 | Nichole | 16 |
| 226 | Leslie | 6 | Maile | 16 |
| 227 | Adrian | 6 | Roxanne | 15 |