Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1971
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,834 |
| 2 | John | 4,622 |
| 3 | Robert | 4,166 |
| 4 | Christopher | 4,132 |
| 5 | David | 4,094 |
| 6 | James | 3,704 |
| 7 | Joseph | 3,196 |
| 8 | William | 2,725 |
| 9 | Richard | 2,503 |
| 10 | Scott | 2,479 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,478 |
| 12 | Brian | 2,326 |
| 13 | Anthony | 2,197 |
| 14 | Daniel | 2,065 |
| 15 | Jason | 2,008 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,928 |
| 17 | Matthew | 1,853 |
| 18 | Jeffrey | 1,835 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,807 |
| 20 | Mark | 1,781 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,705 |
| 22 | Paul | 1,623 |
| 23 | Peter | 1,417 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,334 |
| 25 | Edward | 1,265 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Andrew | 1,258 |
| 27 | Charles | 1,243 |
| 28 | Jose | 1,157 |
| 29 | Kenneth | 1,145 |
| 30 | Stephen | 1,129 |
| 31 | Sean | 1,122 |
| 32 | Gregory | 1,081 |
| 33 | Frank | 955 |
| 34 | Patrick | 942 |
| 35 | Keith | 915 |
| 36 | Shawn | 900 |
| 37 | George | 853 |
| 38 | Todd | 839 |
| 39 | Ronald | 774 |
| 40 | Adam | 769 |
| 41 | Jonathan | 751 |
| 42 | Craig | 711 |
| 43 | Douglas | 663 |
| 44 | Donald | 637 |
| 45 | Raymond | 625 |
| 46 | Luis | 618 |
| 47 | Vincent | 573 |
| 48 | Marc | 566 |
| 49 | Gary | 555 |
| 50 | Carlos | 529 |
| 51 | Dennis | 513 |
| 52 | Aaron | 441 |
| 53 | Louis | 439 |
| 54 | Lawrence | 431 |
| 54 | Philip | 431 |
| 56 | Angel | 410 |
| 57 | Juan | 408 |
| 58 | Nicholas | 407 |
| 59 | Alexander | 405 |
| 60 | Victor | 391 |
| 61 | Chad | 384 |
| 61 | Joshua | 384 |
| 63 | Jeremy | 365 |
| 64 | Samuel | 358 |
| 65 | Erik | 344 |
| 66 | Edwin | 318 |
| 67 | Benjamin | 316 |
| 68 | Miguel | 311 |
| 69 | Bryan | 309 |
| 70 | Christian | 307 |
| 71 | Hector | 302 |
| 72 | Frederick | 301 |
| 73 | Derek | 295 |
| 74 | Wayne | 290 |
| 75 | Carl | 283 |
| 76 | Martin | 279 |
| 77 | Antonio | 278 |
| 78 | Ryan | 277 |
| 79 | Walter | 275 |
| 80 | Gerald | 273 |
| 81 | Arthur | 270 |
| 82 | Andre | 269 |
| 82 | Glenn | 269 |
| 84 | Russell | 268 |
| 85 | Henry | 267 |
| 86 | Alan | 265 |
| 87 | Rafael | 259 |
| 88 | Albert | 254 |
| 89 | Brett | 246 |
| 90 | Eugene | 238 |
| 90 | Troy | 238 |
| 92 | Howard | 237 |
| 92 | Ralph | 237 |
| 94 | Larry | 230 |
| 95 | Derrick | 228 |
| 96 | Kyle | 225 |
| 97 | Roger | 224 |
| 98 | Justin | 221 |
| 98 | Salvatore | 221 |
| 100 | Darren | 218 |