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Most popular baby names in 1981
Below you can find the most popular (top 100) baby names in 1981. The name "Michael" was the most popular name for a boy in 1981 with 68765 births. For a girl it was Jennifer with 62669 births. See the full top 100 baby names in 1981 below.
Boy names
# Births
1. Michael
68765
2. Christopher
50224
3. Matthew
43326
4. Jason
41928
5. David
40646
6. Joshua
39050
7. James
38306
8. John
34880
9. Robert
34393
10. Daniel
30990
11. Joseph
30768
12. Justin
27310
13. Ryan
26819
14. Brian
26599
15. William
24798
16. Jonathan
22597
17. Eric
20725
18. Andrew
20226
19. Brandon
20217
20. Adam
20043
21. Nicholas
19778
22. Jeremy
19113
23. Anthony
18573
24. Timothy
18219
25. Kevin
17458
Girl names
# Births
1. Jennifer
62669
2. Jessica
46269
3. Amanda
36487
4. Sarah
31005
5. Melissa
30851
6. Nicole
22662
7. Elizabeth
22483
8. Stephanie
22127
9. Amy
21805
10. Michelle
20233
11. Heather
19435
12. Rebecca
18200
13. Kimberly
18053
14. Tiffany
17817
15. Crystal
17253
16. Angela
17213
17. Christina
16474
18. Lisa
15827
19. Amber
15392
20. Erin
15161
21. Laura
14674
22. Rachel
13698
23. Andrea
12955
24. Kelly
12937
25. Sara
12532
26. Thomas
17161
27. Richard
16855
28. Steven
16487
29. Jeffrey
15931
30. Aaron
14689
31. Charles
14429
32. Benjamin
14351
33. Mark
13543
34. Scott
12724
35. Paul
11774
36. Nathan
11261
37. Jesse
10448
38. Patrick
10390
39. Stephen
10296
40. Travis
10109
41. Kenneth
9478
42. Dustin
9352
43. Jacob
9345
44. Sean
8897
45. Gregory
8756
46. Jose
8739
47. Chad
8411
48. Bryan
7220
49. Shawn
7077
50. Bradley
6897
51. Edward
6658
52. Kyle
6576
53. Derek
6476
54. Samuel
6035
55. Peter
5991
56. Donald
5912
57. Jared
5863
58. Keith
5621
59. Ronald
5533
60. Juan
5477
61. George
5155
62. Gary
4945
63. Zachary
4849
64. Douglas
4787
65. Joel
4541
66. Phillip
4537
67. Marcus
4507
68. Raymond
4367
69. Corey
4248
70. Alexander
4235
71. Carlos
4165
72. Craig
4095
73. Todd
3955
74. Larry
3934
75. Erik
3923
76. Antonio
3904
77. Jeremiah
3894
78. Derrick
3840
79. Brett
3772
80. Nathaniel
3720
81. Shane
3715
82. Dennis
3629
83. Frank
3628
84. Philip
3578
85. Casey
3518
86. Shaun
3378
87. Gabriel
3376
88. Lucas
3369
89. Brent
3368
90. Cory
3358
91. Randy
3337
92. Jeffery
3330
93. Luis
3309
94. Curtis
3189
95. Seth
3137
96. Tyler
3114
97. Russell
3043
98. Jerry
3042
99. Wesley
3040
100. Luke
3017
26. April
12260
27. Jamie
11969
28. Mary
11886
29. Emily
11622
30. Danielle
11243
31. Kristin
10556
32. Shannon
10195
33. Maria
9907
34. Megan
9852
35. Lauren
9664
36. Erica
9638
37. Julie
9484
38. Ashley
9391
39. Kristen
9275
40. Katherine
9228
41. Christine
7736
42. Brandy
7302
43. Courtney
7159
44. Katie
7125
45. Monica
7017
46. Tara
6772
47. Alicia
6653
48. Lindsay
6340
49. Kathryn
6334
50. Patricia
6098
51. Samantha
5968
52. Vanessa
5881
53. Brandi
5875
54. Anna
5842
55. Brooke
5770
56. Cynthia
5716
57. Veronica
5552
58. Natalie
5528
59. Carrie
5429
60. Leslie
5369
61. Allison
5337
62. Lindsey
5244
63. Misty
5120
64. Jacqueline
4990
65. Karen
4971
66. Sandra
4926
67. Melanie
4890
68. Holly
4860
69. Diana
4853
70. Stacy
4828
71. Susan
4607
72. Kristina
4562
73. Dana
4536
74. Latoya
4480
75. Catherine
4421
76. Wendy
4199
77. Tina
4191
78. Tracy
4185
79. Leah
4185
80. Julia
4185
81. Victoria
4173
82. Valerie
4147
83. Kathleen
4123
84. Pamela
4112
85. Dawn
4109
86. Candice
4101
87. Jill
4092
88. Heidi
4091
89. Erika
4079
90. Stacey
4035
91. Natasha
4025
92. Denise
3789
93. Tanya
3781
94. Nancy
3697
95. Lori
3675
96. Teresa
3585
97. Katrina
3582
98. Kristy
3506
99. Monique
3500
100. Renee
3349
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