Top 200 Boy Names of 1971

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1971 with 77,585 births. The list ends at 1,210 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1971
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	77,585
2	James	54,603
3	David	53,118
4	John	51,508
5	Robert	50,635
6	Christopher	48,224
7	William	35,416
8	Jason	34,179
9	Brian	32,625
10	Scott	30,902
11	Richard	26,157
12	Jeffrey	25,835
13	Mark	25,132
14	Kevin	24,850
15	Joseph	24,514
16	Steven	23,683
17	Thomas	23,150
18	Eric	22,964
19	Matthew	22,542
20	Daniel	21,787
21	Timothy	20,089
22	Charles	19,851
23	Anthony	19,225
24	Paul	17,468
25	Gregory	14,762
25	Kenneth	14,762
27	Stephen	13,101
28	Shawn	12,825
29	Chad	12,138
30	Todd	12,056
31	Ronald	11,618
32	Edward	11,061
33	Andrew	10,915
34	Donald	10,873
35	Patrick	10,810
36	Sean	10,510
37	Keith	9,852
38	Gary	9,189
39	Douglas	8,738
40	Jonathan	8,629
41	Aaron	8,403
42	George	8,226
43	Craig	7,958
44	Larry	7,764
45	Jeremy	7,499
46	Troy	7,338
47	Peter	7,024
48	Bryan	6,612
49	Dennis	6,583
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	5,847
58	Bradley	5,781
59	Rodney	5,195
60	Shane	5,093
61	Travis	5,015
62	Tony	4,889
63	Derek	4,667
64	Russell	4,543
65	Marcus	4,409
66	Samuel	4,406
67	Randy	4,344
68	Chris	4,292
69	Benjamin	4,250
70	Marc	4,210
71	Roger	4,128
72	Carl	4,056
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	3,649
81	Juan	3,646
82	Danny	3,610
83	Gerald	3,588
84	Derrick	3,580
85	Lawrence	3,523
86	Joel	3,499
87	Vincent	3,434
88	Carlos	3,426
88	Curtis	3,426
90	Brett	3,359
91	Walter	3,356
92	Wayne	3,333
93	Jimmy	3,315
94	Philip	3,302
95	Brandon	3,262
96	Jamie	3,231
97	Erik	3,212
98	Lance	3,176
99	Alan	3,168
100	Darren	3,156
101	Joe	3,150
102	Randall	3,101
103	Justin	3,056
104	Nathan	3,048
105	Martin	3,023
106	Shannon	3,008
107	Jesse	3,003
108	Frederick	2,974
109	Bruce	2,972
110	Antonio	2,962
111	Roy	2,960
112	Henry	2,949
113	Victor	2,888
114	Jay	2,866
115	Willie	2,862
116	Kyle	2,825
117	Arthur	2,816
118	Darrell	2,814
119	Albert	2,683
120	Allen	2,671
121	Ricky	2,660
122	Christian	2,641
123	Nicholas	2,609
124	Micheal	2,557
125	Dale	2,546
126	Louis	2,513
127	Glenn	2,475
128	Lee	2,472
129	Andre	2,415
130	Harold	2,388
131	Steve	2,372
132	Jack	2,365
133	Alexander	2,360
134	Barry	2,359
135	Ronnie	2,301
136	Kelly	2,266
137	Dean	2,245
138	Luis	2,226
139	Brad	2,165
140	Jeff	2,155
141	Reginald	2,115
141	Tyrone	2,115
143	Ernest	2,101
144	Tracy	2,076
145	Eugene	2,059
146	Leonard	2,036
147	Eddie	2,024
148	Tommy	1,994
149	Ralph	1,989
150	Cory	1,986
151	Wesley	1,959
152	Marvin	1,931
153	Mike	1,923
154	Mario	1,903
155	Kurt	1,874
156	Howard	1,837
157	Dwayne	1,826
158	Stanley	1,769
159	Kirk	1,744
160	Jerome	1,707
161	Jody	1,704
162	Maurice	1,698
163	Greg	1,695
164	Manuel	1,688
165	Ricardo	1,671
166	Theodore	1,665
167	Duane	1,615
168	Daryl	1,593
169	Calvin	1,590
170	Jesus	1,583
171	Damon	1,581
172	Melvin	1,578
173	Gabriel	1,574
174	Glen	1,533
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	1,371
187	Clarence	1,370
188	Alex	1,363
189	Mitchell	1,345
190	Norman	1,342
191	Karl	1,323
191	Ruben	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	1,224
200	Nathaniel	1,210