Most popular girls’ 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	Jennifer	4,963
2	Lisa	2,736
3	Michelle	2,408
4	Christine	1,884
5	Kimberly	1,658
6	Amy	1,608
7	Melissa	1,538
8	Karen	1,447
9	Elizabeth	1,403
10	Dawn	1,259
11	Maria	1,247
12	Nicole	1,201
13	Mary	1,144
14	Patricia	1,127
15	Susan	1,107
16	Laura	1,101
17	Michele	1,090
18	Kelly	1,068
19	Denise	1,005
20	Heather	982
21	Tammy	973
22	Tracy	946
23	Deborah	910
24	Kathleen	851
25	Julie	823

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lori	819
27	Cynthia	817
28	Angela	809
29	Stephanie	797
30	Sandra	773
31	Tara	756
32	Donna	732
33	Nancy	721
34	Tina	712
35	Christina	709
36	Andrea	690
37	Linda	679
38	Rebecca	677
39	Jacqueline	669
40	Wendy	660
41	Stacey	644
42	Pamela	638
43	Sharon	636
44	Catherine	609
45	Barbara	605
46	Debra	568
47	Kim	565
48	Jessica	563
49	Danielle	557
50	Gina	531
51	Theresa	522
52	Diane	521
53	Renee	519
54	Rachel	507
55	Diana	481
55	Shannon	481
57	Ann	480
58	Cheryl	477
59	Margaret	476
60	Stacy	473
61	Suzanne	463
62	Jill	455
63	Tanya	441
64	Colleen	434
65	Tracey	421
66	Kristin	418
67	Brenda	417
68	Sarah	413
69	Kristen	402
70	Dana	401
71	Katherine	400
72	Robin	398
73	Laurie	396
74	Joanne	357
75	Beth	350
76	Victoria	336
77	Carmen	333
78	Maureen	330
79	Melanie	329
80	Allison	328
80	Carrie	328
82	Carol	324
83	Yolanda	322
84	Janet	321
85	Teresa	320
86	Carolyn	318
87	Jodi	317
88	Lynn	313
88	Valerie	313
90	Monica	312
91	Cindy	311
92	April	306
93	Marisol	305
93	Vanessa	305
95	Kerry	303
95	Monique	303
97	Paula	297
98	Eileen	296
98	Erica	296
100	Anne	295
100	Leslie	295