Popular Baby Names in 1981

The most popular baby names in 1981.

All Girls Boys
Rank Name Gender Count
1 Michael Boy 68,759
2 Christopher Boy 50,221
3 Matthew Boy 43,328
4 Jason Boy 41,928
5 David Boy 40,633
6 Joshua Boy 39,027
7 James Boy 38,289
8 John Boy 34,872
9 Robert Boy 34,397
10 Daniel Boy 30,989
11 Joseph Boy 30,764
12 Justin Boy 27,308
13 Ryan Boy 26,814
14 Brian Boy 26,582
15 William Boy 24,801
16 Jonathan Boy 22,593
17 Eric Boy 20,715
18 Andrew Boy 20,234
19 Brandon Boy 20,205
20 Adam Boy 20,042
21 Nicholas Boy 19,777
22 Jeremy Boy 19,111
23 Anthony Boy 18,574
24 Timothy Boy 18,228
25 Kevin Boy 17,456
26 Thomas Boy 17,160
27 Richard Boy 16,855
28 Steven Boy 16,484
29 Jeffrey Boy 15,932
30 Aaron Boy 14,692
31 Charles Boy 14,428
32 Benjamin Boy 14,361
33 Mark Boy 13,544
34 Scott Boy 12,721
35 Paul Boy 11,778
36 Nathan Boy 11,258
37 Jesse Boy 10,444
38 Patrick Boy 10,384
39 Stephen Boy 10,302
40 Travis Boy 10,109
41 Kenneth Boy 9,473
42 Dustin Boy 9,353
43 Jacob Boy 9,345
44 Sean Boy 8,892
45 Jose Boy 8,773
46 Gregory Boy 8,758
47 Chad Boy 8,413
48 Bryan Boy 7,215
49 Shawn Boy 7,076
50 Bradley Boy 6,896
51 Edward Boy 6,661
52 Kyle Boy 6,571
53 Derek Boy 6,481
54 Samuel Boy 6,037
55 Peter Boy 5,999
56 Donald Boy 5,911
57 Jared Boy 5,865
58 Keith Boy 5,621
59 Ronald Boy 5,538
60 Juan Boy 5,500
61 George Boy 5,159
62 Gary Boy 4,947
63 Zachary Boy 4,846
64 Douglas Boy 4,788
65 Joel Boy 4,540
66 Phillip Boy 4,539
67 Marcus Boy 4,509
68 Raymond Boy 4,367
69 Corey Boy 4,247
70 Alexander Boy 4,236
71 Carlos Boy 4,182
72 Craig Boy 4,095
73 Larry Boy 3,954
74 Todd Boy 3,953
75 Antonio Boy 3,926
76 Erik Boy 3,922
77 Jeremiah Boy 3,896
78 Derrick Boy 3,850
79 Brett Boy 3,775
80 Nathaniel Boy 3,719
81 Shane Boy 3,711
82 Frank Boy 3,640
83 Dennis Boy 3,634
84 Philip Boy 3,581
85 Casey Boy 3,518
86 Shaun Boy 3,383
87 Gabriel Boy 3,373
88 Lucas Boy 3,372
89 Brent Boy 3,370
90 Cory Boy 3,355
91 Luis Boy 3,343
92 Randy Boy 3,343
93 Jeffery Boy 3,335
94 Curtis Boy 3,198
95 Seth Boy 3,137
96 Tyler Boy 3,117
97 Jerry Boy 3,056
98 Russell Boy 3,048
99 Wesley Boy 3,042
100 Luke Boy 3,015