Top baby names of 1981
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4Jessica47,576
- 5Matthew46,544
- 6Jason45,040
- 7David43,650
- 8Joshua41,960
- 9James41,150
- 10Amanda38,466
- 11John37,478
- 12Robert36,968
- 13Daniel33,302
- 14Joseph33,060
- 15Sarah31,520
- 16Melissa31,338
- 17Justin29,352
- 18Ryan28,818
- 19Brian28,572
- 20William26,636
- 21Jonathan24,260
- 22Amy22,762
- 23Nicole22,732
- 24Stephanie22,610
- 25Elizabeth22,558
- 26Eric22,258
- 27Andrew21,736
- 28Brandon21,716
- 29Adam21,530
- 30Nicholas21,258
- 31Jeremy20,530
- 32Heather20,080
- 33Anthony19,958
- 34Michelle19,874
- 35Timothy19,580
- 36Kevin18,760
- 37Rebecca18,720
- 38Kimberly18,678
- 39Thomas18,426
- 40Tiffany18,362
- 41Richard18,110
- 42Angela17,810
- 43Crystal17,776
- 44Steven17,714
- 45Jeffrey17,124
- 46Christina16,098
- 47Lisa15,994
- 48Aaron15,782
- 49Erin15,498
- 50Charles15,498
- 51Amber15,448
- 52Benjamin15,418
- 53Laura14,870
- 54Mark14,560
- 55Rachel14,074
- 56Scott13,658
- 57Kelly13,286
- 58Andrea13,070
- 59April12,762
- 60Sara12,702
- 61Paul12,650
- 62Mary12,342
- 63Jamie12,284
- 64Nathan12,094
- 65Emily12,088
- 66Danielle11,220
- 67Jesse11,220
- 68Patrick11,150
- 69Stephen11,068
- 70Kristin10,892
- 71Travis10,870
- 72Shannon10,324
- 73Kenneth10,190
- 74Dustin10,046
- 75Jacob10,036
- 76Megan10,028
- 77Ashley9,934
- 78Lauren9,852
- 79Erica9,646
- 80Julie9,582
- 81Kristen9,558
- 82Sean9,550
- 83Katherine9,426
- 84Jose9,418
- 85Gregory9,408
- 86Chad9,032
- 87Maria8,568
- 88Bryan7,754
- 89Brandy7,714
- 90Christine7,666
- 91Shawn7,608
- 92Courtney7,424
- 93Bradley7,412
- 94Katie7,382
- 95Tara7,124
- 96Alicia6,556
- 97Lindsay6,530
- 98Kathryn6,516
- 99Monica6,470
- 100Brandi6,184