Popular baby names in Florida, 1971

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,553 babies) and Michael for boys (2,545). Social Security records list 101,565 babies born in Florida in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1971

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tangela: 44 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lissette: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tarsha: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lourdes: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Latasha: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ivette: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lashawn: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Selena: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bridgett: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cristina: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Alphonso: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Roosevelt: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Willie: 266 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alton: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alejandro: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roderick: 84 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dexter: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julius: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,553	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,187	–	4
3	Michelle	1,047	↑1	2
4	Lisa	934	↓1	3
5	Angela	880	–	6
6	Melissa	746	–	7
7	Tammy	634	–	8
8	Amy	554	↑3	5
9	Mary	545	↓1	9
10	Tracy	520	↓1	13
11	Shannon	519	↑5	21
12	Stephanie	510	↓2	11
13	Heather	474	↑12	12
14	Cynthia	466	↑7	24
15	Karen	455	–	15
16	Patricia	447	↓3	26
17	Elizabeth	446	↓5	19
18	Tina	441	↑4	20
19	Dawn	405	↓2	14
20	Laura	399	↓2	16
21	Pamela	385	↓7	28
22	Susan	383	↓2	17
23	Julie	357	↓4	10
24	Christine	352	–	18
25	Kelly	343	↓2	22
26	Christina	341	↑10	30
27	Lori	340	↓1	25
28	Wendy	330	↓1	29
29	Teresa	329	↑1	34
30	Rebecca	323	↑4	23
31	Deborah	316	–	33
32	Donna	316	↓4	38
33	Sandra	307	↓4	31
34	Barbara	295	↓1	47
35	Stacy	295	↑15	32
36	Tonya	295	↓1	45
37	April	263	new	56
38	Sharon	260	↓6	40
39	Nicole	257	↓1	27
40	Rhonda	249	↑1	46
41	Tiffany	249	new	62
42	Linda	239	↑1	42
43	Tara	232	new	49
44	Michele	231	↓7	39
45	Maria	228	new	37
46	Dana	227	new	44
47	Andrea	226	↓2	35
48	Stacey	223	↑1	41
49	Robin	222	↓10	51
50	Brenda	215	↓6	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	2,545	–	1
2	James	2,054	–	2
3	John	1,765	↑2	4
4	Robert	1,764	↓1	5
5	David	1,621	↓1	3
6	Christopher	1,602	↑1	6
7	William	1,364	↓1	7
8	Richard	933	–	11
9	Jason	902	↑9	8
10	Charles	794	↓1	22
11	Brian	793	↑3	9
12	Scott	738	↑7	10
13	Kevin	732	–	14
14	Joseph	702	↓4	15
15	Thomas	699	↓3	17
16	Eric	679	↑1	18
17	Mark	637	↓6	13
18	Steven	632	↓3	16
19	Timothy	619	↓3	21
20	Anthony	613	–	23
21	Jeffrey	561	–	12
22	Daniel	552	↑1	20
23	Kenneth	551	↓1	25
24	Gregory	500	–	26
25	Matthew	488	↑3	19
26	Paul	486	↓1	24
27	Ronald	437	↓1	31
28	Donald	421	↑1	34
29	Stephen	420	↓2	27
30	Shawn	387	↑6	28
31	Sean	378	↑1	36
32	Edward	377	↓2	32
33	George	342	↓2	42
34	Keith	328	–	37
35	Patrick	314	↓2	35
36	Gary	296	↓1	38
37	Todd	290	–	30
38	Larry	287	–	44
39	Andrew	270	–	33
40	Willie	266	↑1	>100
41	Douglas	247	↓1	39
42	Jonathan	240	–	40
43	Chad	234	new	29
44	Jerry	230	↑3	50
45	Terry	212	↓2	56
46	Craig	205	↓1	43
47	Dennis	200	new	49
48	Frank	198	↑1	54
49	Aaron	194	new	41
50	Travis	192	new	61

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