Popular baby names in Virginia, 1971

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,154 babies) and Michael for boys (1,836). Social Security records list 69,741 babies born in Virginia in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1971

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

Girls

Aretha: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Whitney: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Tamatha: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virginia: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Letitia: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wanda: 113 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Crystal: 207 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dionne: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sherry: 235 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joyce: 71 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 21 babies, 10× the national rate
Carroll: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Carlton: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lewis: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Cecil: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Randolph: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Stacey: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stuart: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Antoine: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clifton: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,154	↑1	1
2	Kimberly	880	↓1	4
3	Angela	836	↑1	6
4	Lisa	747	↓1	3
5	Michelle	700	–	2
6	Amy	639	↑2	5
7	Melissa	632	↓1	7
8	Mary	543	↑1	9
9	Tammy	520	↓2	8
10	Elizabeth	450	↑1	19
11	Karen	437	↓1	15
12	Stephanie	433	–	11
13	Susan	382	–	17
14	Cynthia	363	↑10	24
15	Rebecca	357	↑12	23
16	Laura	317	–	16
17	Wendy	316	↑3	29
18	Pamela	315	↓3	28
19	Tracy	311	↓5	13
20	Teresa	310	↓3	34
21	Shannon	309	↓3	21
22	Tina	306	↑3	20
23	Patricia	285	–	26
24	Dawn	282	↓2	14
25	Heather	276	↓4	12
26	Donna	255	–	38
27	Deborah	247	↑4	33
28	Tonya	238	↑6	45
29	Sherry	235	↑9	60
30	Lori	234	↑5	25
31	Rhonda	232	↑5	46
32	Sharon	229	↓13	40
33	Christina	222	↑13	30
34	Kelly	222	↓4	22
35	Christine	215	↓3	18
36	Sandra	208	↓7	31
37	Crystal	207	new	79
38	Cheryl	206	↑5	50
39	Julie	205	↓11	10
40	Robin	202	↓7	51
41	Stacy	200	new	32
42	Dana	181	↑8	44
43	Leslie	166	↑4	68
44	Sarah	166	new	58
45	Stacey	165	new	41
46	Andrea	164	new	35
47	Catherine	159	↓10	65
48	Katherine	159	↓8	67
49	Linda	158	↓10	42
50	Monica	157	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,836	–	1
2	James	1,557	–	2
3	Christopher	1,430	↑4	6
4	John	1,254	↑2	4
5	Robert	1,237	↓1	5
6	David	1,188	↓3	3
7	William	1,169	↓2	7
8	Brian	788	↑2	9
9	Kevin	650	↑3	14
10	Charles	613	↓1	22
11	Richard	595	–	11
12	Thomas	578	↑2	17
13	Jeffrey	568	–	12
14	Mark	545	↓6	13
15	Joseph	502	↑1	15
16	Eric	491	↑3	18
17	Steven	490	–	16
18	Timothy	486	↓3	21
19	Jason	473	↑7	8
20	Scott	456	↑4	10
21	Matthew	452	↑2	19
22	Anthony	390	↓4	23
23	Kenneth	382	↓3	25
24	Stephen	359	↓2	27
25	Daniel	356	↑2	20
26	Paul	337	↓1	24
27	Gregory	324	↓6	26
28	Donald	288	↑2	34
29	Shawn	272	↑8	28
30	Ronald	265	↓2	31
31	Keith	259	↑4	37
32	Edward	252	↓3	32
33	Jonathan	252	↑1	40
34	George	245	↓2	42
35	Gary	214	↓4	38
36	Larry	210	–	44
37	Sean	209	↑5	36
38	Andrew	206	↑1	33
39	Patrick	204	↓1	35
40	Douglas	194	↓7	39
41	Jerry	186	–	50
42	Todd	180	↑1	30
43	Rodney	177	↓3	59
44	Bryan	165	↑1	48
45	Samuel	157	new	66
46	Aaron	152	new	41
47	Troy	152	↓1	46
48	Roger	147	new	71
49	Chad	144	new	29
50	Craig	144	new	43

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