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The most popular names in 1981

Ranks are per sex, and names with the same count share a rank. Pick any name to see its whole story.

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Top 100 girls' names

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #11Michelle17,781
  12. #12Rebecca16,737
  13. #13Kimberly16,689
  14. #14Tiffany16,416
  15. #15Angela15,924
  16. #16Crystal15,888
  17. #17Christina14,392
  18. #18Lisa14,294
  19. #19Erin13,853
  20. #20Amber13,814
  21. #21Laura13,292
  22. #22Rachel12,590
  23. #23Kelly11,873
  24. #24Andrea11,686
  25. #25April11,406
  26. #26Sara11,359
  27. #27Mary11,042
  28. #28Jamie10,982
  29. #29Emily10,799
  30. #30Danielle10,038
  31. #31Kristin9,737
  32. #32Shannon9,226
  33. #33Megan8,964
  34. #34Ashley8,874
  35. #35Lauren8,813
  36. #36Erica8,626
  37. #37Julie8,567
  38. #38Kristen8,540
  39. #39Katherine8,433
  40. #40Maria7,681
  41. #41Brandy6,898
  42. #42Christine6,854
  43. #43Courtney6,636
  44. #44Katie6,600
  45. #45Tara6,366
  46. #46Alicia5,855
  47. #47Lindsay5,843
  48. #48Kathryn5,823
  49. #49Monica5,782
  50. #50Brandi5,527
  51. #51Samantha5,516
  52. #52Brooke5,328
  53. #53Patricia5,284
  54. #54Anna5,192
  55. #55Carrie5,094
  56. #56Leslie4,934
  57. #57Allison4,904
  58. #58Lindsey4,863
  59. #59Cynthia4,859
  60. #60Natalie4,858
  61. #61Misty4,799
  62. #62Vanessa4,749
  63. #63Holly4,564
  64. #64Karen4,539
  65. #65Stacy4,479
  66. #66Melanie4,475
  67. #67Jacqueline4,334
  68. #68Veronica4,313
  69. #69Latoya4,266
  70. #70Dana4,246
  71. #71Susan4,244
  72. #72Kristina4,061
  73. #73Catherine4,057
  74. #74Sandra4,037
  75. #75Diana3,971
  76. #76Pamela3,881
  77. #77Tracy3,869
  78. #78Jill3,857
  79. #79Dawn3,839
  80. #80Tina3,821
  81. #81Leah3,808
  82. #82Kathleen3,776
  83. #83Stacey3,754
  84. #84Heidi3,738
  85. #85Natasha3,730
  86. #86Candice3,698
  87. #87Victoria3,689
  88. #88Julia3,668
  89. #89Valerie3,611
  90. #90Wendy3,608
  91. #91Lori3,479
  92. #92Tanya3,408
  93. #93Erika3,399
  94. #94Kristy3,263
  95. #95Katrina3,257
  96. #96Denise3,201
  97. #97Teresa3,121
  98. #98Renee2,997
  99. #99Christy2,943
  100. #99Theresa2,943

Top 100 boys' names

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #11Joseph30,761
  12. #12Justin27,307
  13. #13Ryan26,811
  14. #14Brian26,583
  15. #15William24,798
  16. #16Jonathan22,588
  17. #17Eric20,712
  18. #18Andrew20,232
  19. #19Brandon20,206
  20. #20Adam20,044
  21. #21Nicholas19,775
  22. #22Jeremy19,113
  23. #23Anthony18,569
  24. #24Timothy18,228
  25. #25Kevin17,454
  26. #26Thomas17,159
  27. #27Richard16,855
  28. #28Steven16,482
  29. #29Jeffrey15,931
  30. #30Aaron14,694
  31. #31Charles14,427
  32. #32Benjamin14,360
  33. #33Mark13,542
  34. #34Scott12,719
  35. #35Paul11,776
  36. #36Nathan11,256
  37. #37Jesse10,443
  38. #38Patrick10,384
  39. #39Stephen10,302
  40. #40Travis10,109
  41. #41Kenneth9,472
  42. #42Dustin9,350
  43. #43Jacob9,342
  44. #44Sean8,893
  45. #45Jose8,773
  46. #46Gregory8,756
  47. #47Chad8,412
  48. #48Bryan7,215
  49. #49Shawn7,076
  50. #50Bradley6,895
  51. #51Edward6,661
  52. #52Kyle6,570
  53. #53Derek6,481
  54. #54Samuel6,036
  55. #55Peter5,997
  56. #56Donald5,910
  57. #57Jared5,865
  58. #58Keith5,621
  59. #59Ronald5,538
  60. #60Juan5,499
  61. #61George5,157
  62. #62Gary4,946
  63. #63Zachary4,841
  64. #64Douglas4,788
  65. #65Joel4,540
  66. #66Phillip4,539
  67. #67Marcus4,510
  68. #68Raymond4,367
  69. #69Corey4,247
  70. #70Alexander4,237
  71. #71Carlos4,185
  72. #72Craig4,097
  73. #73Larry3,955
  74. #74Todd3,953
  75. #75Antonio3,926
  76. #76Erik3,921
  77. #77Jeremiah3,896
  78. #78Derrick3,850
  79. #79Brett3,775
  80. #80Nathaniel3,719
  81. #81Shane3,710
  82. #82Frank3,638
  83. #83Dennis3,634
  84. #84Philip3,581
  85. #85Casey3,518
  86. #86Shaun3,383
  87. #87Gabriel3,373
  88. #88Brent3,371
  89. #88Lucas3,371
  90. #90Cory3,352
  91. #91Randy3,343
  92. #92Luis3,342
  93. #93Jeffery3,334
  94. #94Curtis3,198
  95. #95Seth3,137
  96. #96Tyler3,117
  97. #97Jerry3,056
  98. #98Russell3,048
  99. #99Wesley3,040
  100. #100Luke3,013