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Top Baby Names 1971

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,663,836 · Total Boys: 1,768,519

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	56,771	3.412%
2	Michelle	33,159	1.993%
3	Lisa	32,910	1.978%
4	Kimberly	30,706	1.845%
5	Amy	26,237	1.577%
6	Angela	25,900	1.557%
7	Melissa	23,876	1.435%
8	Tammy	17,656	1.061%
9	Mary	16,702	1.004%
10	Julie	15,324	0.921%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Stephanie	15,134	0.910%
12	Heather	15,019	0.903%
13	Tracy	14,329	0.861%
14	Dawn	14,288	0.859%
15	Karen	14,213	0.854%
16	Laura	13,874	0.834%
17	Susan	13,783	0.828%
18	Christine	13,677	0.822%
19	Elizabeth	13,605	0.818%
20	Tina	13,265	0.797%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Shannon	12,647	0.760%
22	Kelly	12,599	0.757%
23	Rebecca	12,192	0.733%
24	Cynthia	12,144	0.730%
25	Lori	11,829	0.711%
26	Patricia	11,469	0.689%
27	Nicole	10,423	0.626%
28	Pamela	10,149	0.610%
29	Wendy	10,063	0.605%
30	Christina	9,916	0.596%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Sandra	9,713	0.584%
32	Stacy	9,116	0.548%
33	Deborah	8,674	0.521%
34	Teresa	8,562	0.515%
35	Andrea	8,482	0.510%
36	Denise	8,219	0.494%
37	Maria	8,137	0.489%
38	Donna	8,014	0.482%
39	Michele	7,955	0.478%
40	Sharon	7,523	0.452%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Stacey	7,482	0.450%
42	Linda	7,376	0.443%
43	Brenda	7,161	0.430%
44	Dana	6,934	0.417%
45	Tonya	6,897	0.415%
46	Rhonda	6,649	0.400%
47	Barbara	6,454	0.388%
48	Monica	6,427	0.386%
49	Tara	6,335	0.381%
50	Cheryl	6,327	0.380%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Robin	6,213	0.373%
52	Nancy	6,212	0.373%
53	Kathleen	6,154	0.370%
54	Rachel	6,113	0.367%
55	Carrie	5,976	0.359%
56	April	5,939	0.357%
57	Debra	5,928	0.356%
58	Sarah	5,844	0.351%
59	Jill	5,724	0.344%
60	Sherry	5,562	0.334%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Theresa	5,446	0.327%
62	Tiffany	5,413	0.325%
63	Paula	5,378	0.323%
64	Jessica	5,360	0.322%
65	Catherine	5,336	0.321%
66	Melanie	5,134	0.309%
67	Katherine	5,122	0.308%
68	Leslie	5,111	0.307%
69	Gina	4,921	0.296%
70	Cindy	4,905	0.295%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Kristin	4,861	0.292%
72	Tanya	4,854	0.292%
73	Renee	4,830	0.290%
74	Tracey	4,789	0.288%
75	Jacqueline	4,785	0.288%
76	Holly	4,746	0.285%
77	Heidi	4,715	0.283%
78	Ann	4,558	0.274%
79	Crystal	4,530	0.272%
80	Tamara	4,486	0.270%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Sheila	4,333	0.260%
82	Diana	4,211	0.253%
83	Diane	4,209	0.253%
84	Amanda	4,130	0.248%
85	Melinda	4,057	0.244%
86	Margaret	4,001	0.240%
87	Kristen	3,967	0.238%
88	Christy	3,931	0.236%
89	Suzanne	3,931	0.236%
90	Regina	3,874	0.233%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Kathy	3,863	0.232%
92	Carol	3,859	0.232%
93	Erin	3,856	0.232%
94	Jodi	3,827	0.230%
95	Deanna	3,791	0.228%
96	Laurie	3,750	0.225%
97	Victoria	3,722	0.224%
98	Yolanda	3,721	0.224%
99	Danielle	3,718	0.223%
100	Beth	3,686	0.222%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	77,585	4.387%
2	James	54,603	3.088%
3	David	53,118	3.004%
4	John	51,508	2.912%
5	Robert	50,635	2.863%
6	Christopher	48,224	2.727%
7	William	35,416	2.003%
8	Jason	34,179	1.933%
9	Brian	32,625	1.845%
10	Scott	30,902	1.747%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Richard	26,157	1.479%
12	Jeffrey	25,835	1.461%
13	Mark	25,132	1.421%
14	Kevin	24,850	1.405%
15	Joseph	24,514	1.386%
16	Steven	23,683	1.339%
17	Thomas	23,150	1.309%
18	Eric	22,964	1.298%
19	Matthew	22,542	1.275%
20	Daniel	21,787	1.232%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Timothy	20,089	1.136%
22	Charles	19,851	1.122%
23	Anthony	19,225	1.087%
24	Paul	17,468	0.988%
25	Gregory	14,762	0.835%
26	Kenneth	14,762	0.835%
27	Stephen	13,101	0.741%
28	Shawn	12,825	0.725%
29	Chad	12,138	0.686%
30	Todd	12,056	0.682%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Ronald	11,618	0.657%
32	Edward	11,061	0.625%
33	Andrew	10,915	0.617%
34	Donald	10,873	0.615%
35	Patrick	10,810	0.611%
36	Sean	10,510	0.594%
37	Keith	9,852	0.557%
38	Gary	9,189	0.520%
39	Douglas	8,738	0.494%
40	Jonathan	8,629	0.488%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Aaron	8,403	0.475%
42	George	8,226	0.465%
43	Craig	7,958	0.450%
44	Larry	7,764	0.439%
45	Jeremy	7,499	0.424%
46	Troy	7,338	0.415%
47	Peter	7,024	0.397%
48	Bryan	6,612	0.374%
49	Dennis	6,583	0.372%
50	Jerry	6,572	0.372%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Ryan	6,184	0.350%
52	Raymond	6,104	0.345%
53	Jeffery	6,100	0.345%
54	Frank	6,089	0.344%
55	Jose	6,004	0.339%
56	Terry	5,858	0.331%
57	Adam	5,847	0.331%
58	Bradley	5,781	0.327%
59	Rodney	5,195	0.294%
60	Shane	5,093	0.288%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Travis	5,015	0.284%
62	Tony	4,889	0.276%
63	Derek	4,667	0.264%
64	Russell	4,543	0.257%
65	Marcus	4,409	0.249%
66	Samuel	4,406	0.249%
67	Randy	4,344	0.246%
68	Chris	4,292	0.243%
69	Benjamin	4,250	0.240%
70	Marc	4,210	0.238%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Roger	4,128	0.233%
72	Carl	4,056	0.229%
73	Brent	4,053	0.229%
74	Johnny	3,939	0.223%
75	Billy	3,907	0.221%
76	Phillip	3,850	0.218%
77	Corey	3,766	0.213%
78	Jon	3,717	0.210%
79	Bobby	3,652	0.207%
80	Joshua	3,649	0.206%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Juan	3,646	0.206%
82	Danny	3,610	0.204%
83	Gerald	3,588	0.203%
84	Derrick	3,580	0.202%
85	Lawrence	3,523	0.199%
86	Joel	3,499	0.198%
87	Vincent	3,434	0.194%
88	Carlos	3,426	0.194%
89	Curtis	3,426	0.194%
90	Brett	3,359	0.190%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Walter	3,356	0.190%
92	Wayne	3,333	0.188%
93	Jimmy	3,315	0.187%
94	Philip	3,302	0.187%
95	Brandon	3,262	0.184%
96	Jamie	3,231	0.183%
97	Erik	3,212	0.182%
98	Lance	3,176	0.180%
99	Alan	3,168	0.179%
100	Darren	3,156	0.178%

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