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Top Names of 1981

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Top 100 girls

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

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