EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1981

United States · 3,459,237 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jennifer57,046—
#2Jessica42,531↑1
#3Amanda34,372↓1
#4Sarah28,175↑1
#5Melissa28,005↓1
#6Amy20,345↑2
#7Nicole20,310—
#8Stephanie20,212↑5
#9Elizabeth20,168—
#10Heather17,946↓4
#11Michelle17,781↓1
#12Rebecca16,737↑5
#13Kimberly16,689↓2
#14Tiffany16,416—
#15Angela15,924↓3
#16Crystal15,888↑2
#17Christina14,392↓2
#18Lisa14,294↓2
#19Erin13,853↑1
#20Amber13,814↑2
#21Laura13,292—
#22Rachel12,590↑1
#23Kelly11,873↓4
#24Andrea11,686↑4
#25April11,406↑1
#26Sara11,359↑1
#27Mary11,042↓2
#28Jamie10,982↓4
#29Emily10,799↑2
#30Danielle10,038↑3
#31Kristin9,737↑6
#32Shannon9,226↓3
#33Megan8,964↓3
#34Ashley8,874↑6
#35Lauren8,813↑3
#36Erica8,626↓2
#37Julie8,567↓5
#38Kristen8,540↑1
#39Katherine8,433↓4
#40Maria7,681↓4
#41Brandy6,898↑1
#42Christine6,854↓1
#43Courtney6,636↑5
#44Katie6,600—
#45Tara6,366↓2
#46Alicia5,855↑1
#47Lindsay5,843↑24
#48Kathryn5,823↑2
#49Monica5,782↓4
#50Brandi5,527↑13
#51Samantha5,516↑7
#52Brooke5,328↑5
#53Patricia5,284↓2
#54Anna5,192↑1
#55Carrie5,094↓9
#56Leslie4,934↑5
#57Allison4,904↑2
#58Lindsey4,863↑33
#59Cynthia4,859↑5
#60Natalie4,858↑5
#61Misty4,799↓12
#62Vanessa4,749↑7
#63Holly4,564↓11
#64Karen4,539↓10
#65Stacy4,479↓12
#66Melanie4,475↓6
#67Jacqueline4,334↑14
#68Veronica4,313↑2
#69Latoya4,266
#70Dana4,246↓2
#71Susan4,244↓9
#72Kristina4,061↑1
#73Catherine4,057↑4
#74Sandra4,037↑6
#75Diana3,971
#76Pamela3,881↑10
#77Tracy3,869↓21
#78Jill3,857↓12
#79Dawn3,839↓12
#80Tina3,821↓8
#81Leah3,808↑3
#82Kathleen3,776—
#83Stacey3,754↓10
#84Heidi3,738↓5
#85Natasha3,730↑4
#86Candice3,698↑13
#87Victoria3,689
#88Julia3,668↑10
#89Valerie3,611↓4
#90Wendy3,608↓15
#91Lori3,479↓15
#92Tanya3,408↓4
#93Erika3,399↓6
#94Kristy3,263↓16
#95Katrina3,257↓5
#96Denise3,201↓1
#97Teresa3,121↓3
#98Renee2,997
#99Christy2,943↓16
#99Theresa2,943

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael68,750—
#2Christopher50,221—
#3Matthew43,330↑3
#4Jason41,927↓1
#5David40,629↓1
#6Joshua39,024↑1
#7James38,283↓2
#8John34,868—
#9Robert34,395—
#10Daniel30,985↑1
#11Joseph30,761↓1
#12Justin27,307↑1
#13Ryan26,811↑2
#14Brian26,583↓2
#15William24,798↓1
#16Jonathan22,588↑5
#17Eric20,712↓1
#18Andrew20,232↑1
#19Brandon20,206↑12
#20Adam20,044↑2
#21Nicholas19,775↓4
#22Jeremy19,113↓4
#23Anthony18,569↑1
#24Timothy18,228↓4
#25Kevin17,454↓2
#26Thomas17,159↓1
#27Richard16,855↓1
#28Steven16,482—
#29Jeffrey15,931↓2
#30Aaron14,694↑4
#31Charles14,427↓2
#32Benjamin14,360—
#33Mark13,542↓3
#34Scott12,719↓1
#35Paul11,776—
#36Nathan11,256—
#37Jesse10,443↑8
#38Patrick10,384—
#39Stephen10,302↑1
#40Travis10,109↓3
#41Kenneth9,472—
#42Dustin9,350↑2
#43Jacob9,342—
#44Sean8,893↑4
#45Jose8,773↑1
#46Gregory8,756↓4
#47Chad8,412↓8
#48Bryan7,215↑1
#49Shawn7,076↓2
#50Bradley6,895↑1
#51Edward6,661↑1
#52Kyle6,570↑5
#53Derek6,481↓3
#54Samuel6,036—
#55Peter5,997—
#56Donald5,910↓3
#57Jared5,865↑4
#58Keith5,621↓2
#59Ronald5,538↓1
#60Juan5,499↓1
#61George5,157↓1
#62Gary4,946↑1
#63Zachary4,841↑9
#64Douglas4,788↓2
#65Joel4,540↑2
#66Phillip4,539↓1
#67Marcus4,510↑4
#68Raymond4,367↓2
#69Corey4,247↓1
#70Alexander4,237↑21
#71Carlos4,185↑7
#72Craig4,097↑1
#73Larry3,955↓3
#74Todd3,953↑1
#75Antonio3,926↑2
#76Erik3,921↓12
#77Jeremiah3,896↓1
#78Derrick3,850↓4
#79Brett3,775↑17
#80Nathaniel3,719↑6
#81Shane3,710↓12
#82Frank3,638↓1
#83Dennis3,634↓3
#84Philip3,581↓2
#85Casey3,518↑8
#86Shaun3,383↓7
#87Gabriel3,373↓2
#88Brent3,371↓4
#88Lucas3,371↑10
#90Cory3,352↓7
#91Randy3,343↓4
#92Luis3,342↓4
#93Jeffery3,334↓3
#94Curtis3,198↓5
#95Seth3,137↑4
#96Tyler3,117
#97Jerry3,056↓3
#98Russell3,048↓6
#99Wesley3,040↓4
#100Luke3,013↓3