Year rank 1981

Names picked for kids in 1981

For a girl

1. jennifer

57048

2. jessica

42537

3. amanda

34375

4. sarah

28172

5. melissa

28005

6. amy

20346

7. nicole

20313

8. stephanie

20210

9. elizabeth

20170

10. heather

17946

11. michelle

17778

12. rebecca

16738

13. kimberly

16689

14. tiffany

16414

15. angela

15922

16. crystal

15883

17. christina

14396

18. lisa

14293

19. erin

13854

20. amber

13812

21. laura

13290

22. rachel

12590

23. kelly

11876

24. andrea

11686

25. april

11404

26. sara

11357

27. mary

11044

28. jamie

10981

29. emily

10800

30. danielle

10039

31. kristin

9737

32. shannon

9228

33. megan

8966

34. ashley

8876

35. lauren

8813

36. erica

8625

37. julie

8566

38. kristen

8542

39. katherine

8434

40. maria

7682

41. brandy

6895

42. christine

6854

43. courtney

6639

44. katie

6601

45. tara

6366

46. alicia

5854

47. lindsay

5843

48. kathryn

5823

49. monica

5782

50. brandi

5527

51. samantha

5519

52. brooke

5330

53. patricia

5284

54. anna

5192

55. carrie

5094

56. leslie

4934

57. allison

4905

58. lindsey

4863

59. natalie

4858

60. cynthia

4857

61. misty

4799

62. vanessa

4748

63. holly

4565

64. karen

4538

65. stacy

4480

66. melanie

4473

67. jacqueline

4335

68. veronica

4314

69. latoya

4267

70. dana

4247

71. susan

4246

72. kristina

4060

73. catherine

4056

74. sandra

4035

75. diana

3971

76. pamela

3884

77. tracy

3869

78. jill

3857

79. dawn

3838

80. tina

3821

81. leah

3808

82. kathleen

3777

83. stacey

3754

84. heidi

3737

85. natasha

3730

86. candice

3698

87. victoria

3689

88. julia

3670

89. valerie

3611

90. wendy

3609

91. lori

3480

92. tanya

3408

93. erika

3398

94. kristy

3263

95. katrina

3260

96. denise

3201

97. teresa

3122

98. renee

2997

99. theresa

2943

100. christy

2943

For a boy

1. michael

68774

2. christopher

50224

3. matthew

43334

4. jason

41927

5. david

40658

6. joshua

39041

7. james

38301

8. john

34880

9. robert

34397

10. daniel

30995

11. joseph

30766

12. justin

27311

13. ryan

26820

14. brian

26591

15. william

24806

16. jonathan

22598

17. eric

20719

18. andrew

20238

19. brandon

20212

20. adam

20040

21. nicholas

19778

22. jeremy

19114

23. anthony

18576

24. timothy

18228

25. kevin

17456

26. thomas

17167

27. richard

16854

28. steven

16481

29. jeffrey

15932

30. aaron

14696

31. charles

14432

32. benjamin

14358

33. mark

13545

34. scott

12723

35. paul

11778

36. nathan

11259

37. jesse

10448

38. patrick

10388

39. stephen

10301

40. travis

10110

41. kenneth

9476

42. dustin

9355

43. jacob

9351

44. sean

8893

45. jose

8770

46. gregory

8756

47. chad

8413

48. bryan

7215

49. shawn

7077

50. bradley

6895

51. edward

6660

52. kyle

6571

53. derek

6483

54. samuel

6037

55. peter

6002

56. donald

5909

57. jared

5866

58. keith

5620

59. ronald

5537

60. juan

5500

61. george

5159

62. gary

4948

63. zachary

4851

64. douglas

4789

65. joel

4541

66. phillip

4541

67. marcus

4509

68. raymond

4366

69. corey

4247

70. alexander

4241

71. carlos

4184

72. craig

4096

73. todd

3957

74. larry

3954

75. antonio

3926

76. erik

3923

77. jeremiah

3896

78. derrick

3849

79. brett

3774

80. nathaniel

3719

81. shane

3712

82. frank

3642

83. dennis

3633

84. philip

3581

85. casey

3519

86. shaun

3384

87. lucas

3376

88. gabriel

3374

89. brent

3372

90. cory

3357

91. luis

3345

92. randy

3342

93. jeffery

3335

94. curtis

3197

95. seth

3137

96. tyler

3119

97. jerry

3056

98. russell

3047

99. wesley

3042

100. luke

3018