Top baby names of 1981

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

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Girls

  1. Jennifer57,048
  2. Jessica42,532
  3. Amanda34,373
  4. Sarah28,174
  5. Melissa28,005
  6. Amy20,344
  7. Nicole20,311
  8. Stephanie20,213
  9. Elizabeth20,169
  10. Heather17,946
  11. Michelle17,782
  12. Rebecca16,737
  13. Kimberly16,689
  14. Tiffany16,416
  15. Angela15,926
  16. Crystal15,888
  17. Christina14,392
  18. Lisa14,295
  19. Erin13,853
  20. Amber13,813
  21. Laura13,291
  22. Rachel12,590
  23. Kelly11,873
  24. Andrea11,685
  25. April11,405
  26. Sara11,358
  27. Mary11,043
  28. Jamie10,982
  29. Emily10,799
  30. Danielle10,039
  31. Kristin9,737
  32. Shannon9,227
  33. Megan8,966
  34. Ashley8,874
  35. Lauren8,813
  36. Erica8,624
  37. Julie8,568
  38. Kristen8,541
  39. Katherine8,433
  40. Maria7,683
  41. Brandy6,897
  42. Christine6,854
  43. Courtney6,638
  44. Katie6,600
  45. Tara6,366
  46. Alicia5,855
  47. Lindsay5,843
  48. Kathryn5,823
  49. Monica5,782
  50. Brandi5,527

Boys

  1. Michael68,759
  2. Christopher50,221
  3. Matthew43,328
  4. Jason41,928
  5. David40,633
  6. Joshua39,027
  7. James38,289
  8. John34,872
  9. Robert34,397
  10. Daniel30,989
  11. Joseph30,764
  12. Justin27,308
  13. Ryan26,814
  14. Brian26,582
  15. William24,801
  16. Jonathan22,593
  17. Eric20,715
  18. Andrew20,234
  19. Brandon20,205
  20. Adam20,042
  21. Nicholas19,777
  22. Jeremy19,111
  23. Anthony18,574
  24. Timothy18,228
  25. Kevin17,456
  26. Thomas17,160
  27. Richard16,855
  28. Steven16,484
  29. Jeffrey15,932
  30. Aaron14,692
  31. Charles14,428
  32. Benjamin14,361
  33. Mark13,544
  34. Scott12,721
  35. Paul11,778
  36. Nathan11,258
  37. Jesse10,444
  38. Patrick10,384
  39. Stephen10,302
  40. Travis10,109
  41. Kenneth9,473
  42. Dustin9,353
  43. Jacob9,345
  44. Sean8,892
  45. Jose8,773
  46. Gregory8,758
  47. Chad8,413
  48. Bryan7,215
  49. Shawn7,076
  50. Bradley6,896