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Top Baby Names 1981

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,668,058 · Total Boys: 1,791,317

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	57,048	3.420%
2	Jessica	42,532	2.550%
3	Amanda	34,373	2.061%
4	Sarah	28,174	1.689%
5	Melissa	28,005	1.679%
6	Amy	20,344	1.220%
7	Nicole	20,311	1.218%
8	Stephanie	20,213	1.212%
9	Elizabeth	20,169	1.209%
10	Heather	17,946	1.076%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Michelle	17,782	1.066%
12	Rebecca	16,737	1.003%
13	Kimberly	16,689	1.001%
14	Tiffany	16,416	0.984%
15	Angela	15,926	0.955%
16	Crystal	15,888	0.952%
17	Christina	14,392	0.863%
18	Lisa	14,295	0.857%
19	Erin	13,853	0.830%
20	Amber	13,813	0.828%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Laura	13,291	0.797%
22	Rachel	12,590	0.755%
23	Kelly	11,873	0.712%
24	Andrea	11,685	0.701%
25	April	11,405	0.684%
26	Sara	11,358	0.681%
27	Mary	11,043	0.662%
28	Jamie	10,982	0.658%
29	Emily	10,799	0.647%
30	Danielle	10,039	0.602%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Kristin	9,737	0.584%
32	Shannon	9,227	0.553%
33	Megan	8,966	0.538%
34	Ashley	8,874	0.532%
35	Lauren	8,813	0.528%
36	Erica	8,624	0.517%
37	Julie	8,568	0.514%
38	Kristen	8,541	0.512%
39	Katherine	8,433	0.506%
40	Maria	7,683	0.461%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Brandy	6,897	0.413%
42	Christine	6,854	0.411%
43	Courtney	6,638	0.398%
44	Katie	6,600	0.396%
45	Tara	6,366	0.382%
46	Alicia	5,855	0.351%
47	Lindsay	5,843	0.350%
48	Kathryn	5,823	0.349%
49	Monica	5,782	0.347%
50	Brandi	5,527	0.331%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Samantha	5,517	0.331%
52	Brooke	5,330	0.320%
53	Patricia	5,284	0.317%
54	Anna	5,192	0.311%
55	Carrie	5,093	0.305%
56	Leslie	4,934	0.296%
57	Allison	4,905	0.294%
58	Lindsey	4,863	0.292%
59	Cynthia	4,859	0.291%
60	Natalie	4,859	0.291%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Misty	4,799	0.288%
62	Vanessa	4,749	0.285%
63	Holly	4,564	0.274%
64	Karen	4,539	0.272%
65	Stacy	4,479	0.269%
66	Melanie	4,474	0.268%
67	Jacqueline	4,336	0.260%
68	Veronica	4,313	0.259%
69	Latoya	4,266	0.256%
70	Dana	4,246	0.255%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Susan	4,244	0.254%
72	Kristina	4,060	0.243%
73	Catherine	4,056	0.243%
74	Sandra	4,036	0.242%
75	Diana	3,971	0.238%
76	Pamela	3,882	0.233%
77	Tracy	3,869	0.232%
78	Jill	3,857	0.231%
79	Dawn	3,839	0.230%
80	Tina	3,820	0.229%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Leah	3,808	0.228%
82	Kathleen	3,776	0.226%
83	Stacey	3,754	0.225%
84	Heidi	3,738	0.224%
85	Natasha	3,730	0.224%
86	Candice	3,698	0.222%
87	Victoria	3,689	0.221%
88	Julia	3,668	0.220%
89	Valerie	3,611	0.216%
90	Wendy	3,608	0.216%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Lori	3,479	0.209%
92	Tanya	3,408	0.204%
93	Erika	3,398	0.204%
94	Kristy	3,263	0.196%
95	Katrina	3,258	0.195%
96	Denise	3,201	0.192%
97	Teresa	3,122	0.187%
98	Renee	2,997	0.180%
99	Christy	2,943	0.176%
100	Theresa	2,943	0.176%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	68,759	3.838%
2	Christopher	50,221	2.804%
3	Matthew	43,328	2.419%
4	Jason	41,928	2.341%
5	David	40,633	2.268%
6	Joshua	39,027	2.179%
7	James	38,289	2.137%
8	John	34,872	1.947%
9	Robert	34,397	1.920%
10	Daniel	30,989	1.730%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Joseph	30,764	1.717%
12	Justin	27,308	1.524%
13	Ryan	26,814	1.497%
14	Brian	26,582	1.484%
15	William	24,801	1.385%
16	Jonathan	22,593	1.261%
17	Eric	20,715	1.156%
18	Andrew	20,234	1.130%
19	Brandon	20,205	1.128%
20	Adam	20,042	1.119%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Nicholas	19,777	1.104%
22	Jeremy	19,111	1.067%
23	Anthony	18,574	1.037%
24	Timothy	18,228	1.018%
25	Kevin	17,456	0.974%
26	Thomas	17,160	0.958%
27	Richard	16,855	0.941%
28	Steven	16,484	0.920%
29	Jeffrey	15,932	0.889%
30	Aaron	14,692	0.820%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Charles	14,428	0.805%
32	Benjamin	14,361	0.802%
33	Mark	13,544	0.756%
34	Scott	12,721	0.710%
35	Paul	11,778	0.658%
36	Nathan	11,258	0.628%
37	Jesse	10,444	0.583%
38	Patrick	10,384	0.580%
39	Stephen	10,302	0.575%
40	Travis	10,109	0.564%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Kenneth	9,473	0.529%
42	Dustin	9,353	0.522%
43	Jacob	9,345	0.522%
44	Sean	8,892	0.496%
45	Jose	8,773	0.490%
46	Gregory	8,758	0.489%
47	Chad	8,413	0.470%
48	Bryan	7,215	0.403%
49	Shawn	7,076	0.395%
50	Bradley	6,896	0.385%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Edward	6,661	0.372%
52	Kyle	6,571	0.367%
53	Derek	6,481	0.362%
54	Samuel	6,037	0.337%
55	Peter	5,999	0.335%
56	Donald	5,911	0.330%
57	Jared	5,865	0.327%
58	Keith	5,621	0.314%
59	Ronald	5,538	0.309%
60	Juan	5,500	0.307%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	George	5,159	0.288%
62	Gary	4,947	0.276%
63	Zachary	4,846	0.271%
64	Douglas	4,788	0.267%
65	Joel	4,540	0.253%
66	Phillip	4,539	0.253%
67	Marcus	4,509	0.252%
68	Raymond	4,367	0.244%
69	Corey	4,247	0.237%
70	Alexander	4,236	0.236%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Carlos	4,182	0.233%
72	Craig	4,095	0.229%
73	Larry	3,954	0.221%
74	Todd	3,953	0.221%
75	Antonio	3,926	0.219%
76	Erik	3,922	0.219%
77	Jeremiah	3,896	0.217%
78	Derrick	3,850	0.215%
79	Brett	3,775	0.211%
80	Nathaniel	3,719	0.208%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Shane	3,711	0.207%
82	Frank	3,640	0.203%
83	Dennis	3,634	0.203%
84	Philip	3,581	0.200%
85	Casey	3,518	0.196%
86	Shaun	3,383	0.189%
87	Gabriel	3,373	0.188%
88	Lucas	3,372	0.188%
89	Brent	3,370	0.188%
90	Cory	3,355	0.187%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Luis	3,343	0.187%
92	Randy	3,343	0.187%
93	Jeffery	3,335	0.186%
94	Curtis	3,198	0.179%
95	Seth	3,137	0.175%
96	Tyler	3,117	0.174%
97	Jerry	3,056	0.171%
98	Russell	3,048	0.170%
99	Wesley	3,042	0.170%
100	Luke	3,015	0.168%

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