Popular baby names in New York, 1971

The most popular baby names in New York in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (4,963 babies) and Michael for boys (6,834). Social Security records list 262,272 babies born in New York in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1971

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

Girls

Milagros: 77 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Damaris: 72 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Yesenia: 257 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lissette: 85 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Maritza: 134 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ivette: 98 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lisette: 78 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Mayra: 64 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marisol: 305 babies, 5× the national rate
Madeline: 101 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 102 babies, 7× the national rate
Salvatore: 221 babies, 6× the national rate
Dominick: 114 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Angel: 410 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Efrain: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julio: 186 babies, 4× the national rate
Rafael: 259 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamal: 120 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Luis: 618 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Abraham: 96 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,963	–	1
2	Lisa	2,736	–	3
3	Michelle	2,408	–	2
4	Christine	1,884	–	18
5	Kimberly	1,658	–	4
6	Amy	1,608	↑3	5
7	Melissa	1,538	↑3	7
8	Karen	1,447	↓2	15
9	Elizabeth	1,403	↓2	19
10	Dawn	1,259	↓2	14
11	Maria	1,247	↑4	37
12	Nicole	1,201	↑4	27
13	Mary	1,144	↓1	9
14	Patricia	1,127	–	26
15	Susan	1,107	↓2	17
16	Laura	1,101	↓5	16
17	Michele	1,090	–	39
18	Kelly	1,068	–	22
19	Denise	1,005	↑1	36
20	Heather	982	↑4	12
21	Tammy	973	↑1	8
22	Tracy	946	↓3	13
23	Deborah	910	–	33
24	Kathleen	851	↓3	53
25	Julie	823	–	10
26	Lori	819	↑2	25
27	Cynthia	817	↓1	24
28	Angela	809	↑8	6
29	Stephanie	797	↑8	11
30	Sandra	773	↓3	31
31	Tara	756	↑16	49
32	Donna	732	↓3	38
33	Nancy	721	↓3	52
34	Tina	712	↑4	20
35	Christina	709	↑5	30
36	Andrea	690	↑6	35
37	Linda	679	↓3	42
38	Rebecca	677	↑10	23
39	Jacqueline	669	–	75
40	Wendy	660	↑1	29
41	Stacey	644	↑5	41
42	Pamela	638	↓11	28
43	Sharon	636	↓8	40
44	Catherine	609	–	65
45	Barbara	605	↓13	47
46	Debra	568	↑4	57
47	Kim	565	↓14	>100
48	Jessica	563	new	64
49	Danielle	557	new	99
50	Gina	531	↓1	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	6,834	–	1
2	John	4,622	–	4
3	Robert	4,166	↑1	5
4	Christopher	4,132	↑2	6
5	David	4,094	↓2	3
6	James	3,704	↓1	2
7	Joseph	3,196	–	15
8	William	2,725	–	7
9	Richard	2,503	–	11
10	Scott	2,479	↑5	10
11	Thomas	2,478	↓1	17
12	Brian	2,326	↑2	9
13	Anthony	2,197	↓2	23
14	Daniel	2,065	↓2	20
15	Jason	2,008	↑7	8
16	Kevin	1,928	↑1	14
17	Matthew	1,853	↑4	19
18	Jeffrey	1,835	↓2	12
19	Eric	1,807	–	18
20	Mark	1,781	↓7	13
21	Steven	1,705	↓3	16
22	Paul	1,623	↓2	24
23	Peter	1,417	–	47
24	Timothy	1,334	–	21
25	Edward	1,265	–	32
26	Andrew	1,258	–	33
27	Charles	1,243	–	22
28	Jose	1,157	↑3	55
29	Kenneth	1,145	↓1	25
30	Stephen	1,129	↓1	27
31	Sean	1,122	↑1	36
32	Gregory	1,081	↓2	26
33	Frank	955	↑1	54
34	Patrick	942	↓1	35
35	Keith	915	↑3	37
36	Shawn	900	↑6	28
37	George	853	–	42
38	Todd	839	↓3	30
39	Ronald	774	↓3	31
40	Adam	769	↑6	57
41	Jonathan	751	↓1	40
42	Craig	711	↓3	43
43	Douglas	663	↑2	39
44	Donald	637	↓3	34
45	Raymond	625	↓1	52
46	Luis	618	↑2	>100
47	Vincent	573	↑2	87
48	Marc	566	↓5	70
49	Gary	555	↓2	38
50	Carlos	529	new	88

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