The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1971
5,655 different boys’ names were recorded in 1971, covering 1,768,447 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Curtis | 3,426 |
| 88 | Carlos | 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 |
| 101 | Joe | 3,149 |
| 102 | Randall | 3,100 |
| 103 | Justin | 3,053 |
| 104 | Nathan | 3,047 |
| 105 | Martin | 3,022 |
| 106 | Shannon | 3,008 |
| 107 | Jesse | 3,001 |
| 108 | Frederick | 2,973 |
| 108 | Bruce | 2,973 |
| 110 | Antonio | 2,962 |
| 111 | Roy | 2,960 |
| 112 | Henry | 2,949 |
| 113 | Victor | 2,885 |
| 114 | Jay | 2,866 |
| 115 | Willie | 2,862 |
| 116 | Kyle | 2,823 |
| 117 | Arthur | 2,816 |
| 118 | Darrell | 2,814 |
| 119 | Albert | 2,683 |
| 120 | Allen | 2,671 |
| 121 | Ricky | 2,659 |
| 122 | Christian | 2,639 |
| 123 | Nicholas | 2,608 |
| 124 | Micheal | 2,557 |
| 125 | Dale | 2,545 |
| 126 | Louis | 2,514 |
| 127 | Glenn | 2,474 |
| 128 | Lee | 2,472 |
| 129 | Andre | 2,415 |
| 130 | Harold | 2,387 |
| 131 | Steve | 2,373 |
| 132 | Jack | 2,364 |
| 133 | Barry | 2,359 |
| 134 | Alexander | 2,358 |
| 135 | Ronnie | 2,300 |
| 136 | Kelly | 2,266 |
| 137 | Dean | 2,245 |
| 138 | Luis | 2,226 |
| 139 | Brad | 2,164 |
| 140 | Jeff | 2,155 |
| 141 | Reginald | 2,115 |
| 141 | Tyrone | 2,115 |
| 143 | Ernest | 2,101 |
| 144 | Tracy | 2,075 |
| 145 | Eugene | 2,059 |
| 146 | Leonard | 2,035 |
| 147 | Eddie | 2,025 |
| 148 | Tommy | 1,994 |
| 149 | Ralph | 1,991 |
| 150 | Cory | 1,985 |
| 151 | Wesley | 1,959 |
| 152 | Marvin | 1,931 |
| 153 | Mike | 1,923 |
| 154 | Mario | 1,904 |
| 155 | Kurt | 1,873 |
| 156 | Howard | 1,837 |
| 157 | Dwayne | 1,826 |
| 158 | Stanley | 1,769 |
| 159 | Kirk | 1,744 |
| 160 | Jerome | 1,706 |
| 161 | Jody | 1,704 |
| 162 | Maurice | 1,698 |
| 163 | Greg | 1,695 |
| 164 | Manuel | 1,689 |
| 165 | Ricardo | 1,670 |
| 166 | Theodore | 1,664 |
| 167 | Duane | 1,615 |
| 168 | Daryl | 1,593 |
| 169 | Calvin | 1,590 |
| 170 | Jesus | 1,583 |
| 171 | Damon | 1,582 |
| 172 | Melvin | 1,578 |
| 173 | Gabriel | 1,573 |
| 174 | Glen | 1,534 |
| 175 | Harry | 1,530 |
| 176 | Edwin | 1,525 |
| 177 | Adrian | 1,507 |
| 178 | Earl | 1,502 |
| 179 | Clinton | 1,486 |
| 180 | Miguel | 1,472 |
| 181 | Dustin | 1,471 |
| 182 | Neil | 1,422 |
| 183 | Roberto | 1,392 |
| 184 | Warren | 1,385 |
| 185 | Clifford | 1,382 |
| 186 | Alfred | 1,372 |
| 187 | Clarence | 1,370 |
| 188 | Alex | 1,361 |
| 189 | Mitchell | 1,344 |
| 190 | Norman | 1,342 |
| 191 | Ruben | 1,323 |
| 191 | Karl | 1,323 |
| 193 | Darin | 1,291 |
| 194 | Fred | 1,281 |
| 195 | Lonnie | 1,274 |
| 196 | Ray | 1,267 |
| 197 | Darrin | 1,264 |
| 198 | Terrence | 1,239 |
| 199 | Francisco | 1,225 |
| 200 | Nathaniel | 1,210 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1971 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.