1981
Top Baby Names of 1981
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1981
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Jennifer 57,048 2
Jessica 42,532 3
Amanda 34,373 4
Sarah 28,174 5
Melissa 28,005 6
Amy 20,344 7
Nicole 20,311 8
Stephanie 20,213 9
Elizabeth 20,169 10
Heather 17,946 11
Michelle 17,782 12
Rebecca 16,737 13
Kimberly 16,689 14
Tiffany 16,416 15
Angela 15,926 16
Crystal 15,888 17
Christina 14,392 18
Lisa 14,295 19
Erin 13,853 20
Amber 13,813 21
Laura 13,291 22
Rachel 12,590 23
Kelly 11,873 24
Andrea 11,685 25
April 11,405 26
Sara 11,358 27
Mary 11,043 28
Jamie 10,982 29
Emily 10,799 30
Danielle 10,039 31
Kristin 9,737 32
Shannon 9,227 33
Megan 8,966 34
Ashley 8,874 35
Lauren 8,813 36
Erica 8,624 37
Julie 8,568 38
Kristen 8,541 39
Katherine 8,433 40
Maria 7,683 41
Brandy 6,897 42
Christine 6,854 43
Courtney 6,638 44
Katie 6,600 45
Tara 6,366 46
Alicia 5,855 47
Lindsay 5,843 48
Kathryn 5,823 49
Monica 5,782 50
Brandi 5,527 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1981
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Michael 68,759 2
Christopher 50,221 3
Matthew 43,328 4
Jason 41,928 5
David 40,633 6
Joshua 39,027 7
James 38,289 8
John 34,872 9
Robert 34,397 10
Daniel 30,989 11
Joseph 30,764 12
Justin 27,308 13
Ryan 26,814 14
Brian 26,582 15
William 24,801 16
Jonathan 22,593 17
Eric 20,715 18
Andrew 20,234 19
Brandon 20,205 20
Adam 20,042 21
Nicholas 19,777 22
Jeremy 19,111 23
Anthony 18,574 24
Timothy 18,228 25
Kevin 17,456 26
Thomas 17,160 27
Richard 16,855 28
Steven 16,484 29
Jeffrey 15,932 30
Aaron 14,692 31
Charles 14,428 32
Benjamin 14,361 33
Mark 13,544 34
Scott 12,721 35
Paul 11,778 36
Nathan 11,258 37
Jesse 10,444 38
Patrick 10,384 39
Stephen 10,302 40
Travis 10,109 41
Kenneth 9,473 42
Dustin 9,353 43
Jacob 9,345 44
Sean 8,892 45
Jose 8,773 46
Gregory 8,758 47
Chad 8,413 48
Bryan 7,215 49
Shawn 7,076 50
Bradley 6,896 About 1981 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1981, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.