1981
Top Baby Names of 1981
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1981
1
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 51
Samantha 5,517 52
Brooke 5,330 53
Patricia 5,284 54
Anna 5,192 55
Carrie 5,093 56
Leslie 4,934 57
Allison 4,905 58
Lindsey 4,863 59
Cynthia 4,859 59
Natalie 4,859 61
Misty 4,799 62
Vanessa 4,749 63
Holly 4,564 64
Karen 4,539 65
Stacy 4,479 66
Melanie 4,474 67
Jacqueline 4,336 68
Veronica 4,313 69
Latoya 4,266 70
Dana 4,246 71
Susan 4,244 72
Kristina 4,060 73
Catherine 4,056 74
Sandra 4,036 75
Diana 3,971 76
Pamela 3,882 77
Tracy 3,869 78
Jill 3,857 79
Dawn 3,839 80
Tina 3,820 81
Leah 3,808 82
Kathleen 3,776 83
Stacey 3,754 84
Heidi 3,738 85
Natasha 3,730 86
Candice 3,698 87
Victoria 3,689 88
Julia 3,668 89
Valerie 3,611 90
Wendy 3,608 91
Lori 3,479 92
Tanya 3,408 93
Erika 3,398 94
Kristy 3,263 95
Katrina 3,258 96
Denise 3,201 97
Teresa 3,122 98
Renee 2,997 99
Theresa 2,943 99
Christy 2,943 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1981
1
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 51
Edward 6,661 52
Kyle 6,571 53
Derek 6,481 54
Samuel 6,037 55
Peter 5,999 56
Donald 5,911 57
Jared 5,865 58
Keith 5,621 59
Ronald 5,538 60
Juan 5,500 61
George 5,159 62
Gary 4,947 63
Zachary 4,846 64
Douglas 4,788 65
Joel 4,540 66
Phillip 4,539 67
Marcus 4,509 68
Raymond 4,367 69
Corey 4,247 70
Alexander 4,236 71
Carlos 4,182 72
Craig 4,095 73
Larry 3,954 74
Todd 3,953 75
Antonio 3,926 76
Erik 3,922 77
Jeremiah 3,896 78
Derrick 3,850 79
Brett 3,775 80
Nathaniel 3,719 81
Shane 3,711 82
Frank 3,640 83
Dennis 3,634 84
Philip 3,581 85
Casey 3,518 86
Shaun 3,383 87
Gabriel 3,373 88
Lucas 3,372 89
Brent 3,370 90
Cory 3,355 91
Luis 3,343 91
Randy 3,343 93
Jeffery 3,335 94
Curtis 3,198 95
Seth 3,137 96
Tyler 3,117 97
Jerry 3,056 98
Russell 3,048 99
Wesley 3,042 100
Luke 3,015 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 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.