Top 200 Boy Names of 1981

Michael was the most common U.S. boy name in 1981 with 68,759 births. The list ends at 1,240 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1981
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	68,759
2	Christopher	50,221
3	Matthew	43,328
4	Jason	41,928
5	David	40,633
6	Joshua	39,027
7	James	38,289
8	John	34,872
9	Robert	34,397
10	Daniel	30,989
11	Joseph	30,764
12	Justin	27,308
13	Ryan	26,814
14	Brian	26,582
15	William	24,801
16	Jonathan	22,593
17	Eric	20,715
18	Andrew	20,234
19	Brandon	20,205
20	Adam	20,042
21	Nicholas	19,777
22	Jeremy	19,111
23	Anthony	18,574
24	Timothy	18,228
25	Kevin	17,456
26	Thomas	17,160
27	Richard	16,855
28	Steven	16,484
29	Jeffrey	15,932
30	Aaron	14,692
31	Charles	14,428
32	Benjamin	14,361
33	Mark	13,544
34	Scott	12,721
35	Paul	11,778
36	Nathan	11,258
37	Jesse	10,444
38	Patrick	10,384
39	Stephen	10,302
40	Travis	10,109
41	Kenneth	9,473
42	Dustin	9,353
43	Jacob	9,345
44	Sean	8,892
45	Jose	8,773
46	Gregory	8,758
47	Chad	8,413
48	Bryan	7,215
49	Shawn	7,076
50	Bradley	6,896
51	Edward	6,661
52	Kyle	6,571
53	Derek	6,481
54	Samuel	6,037
55	Peter	5,999
56	Donald	5,911
57	Jared	5,865
58	Keith	5,621
59	Ronald	5,538
60	Juan	5,500
61	George	5,159
62	Gary	4,947
63	Zachary	4,846
64	Douglas	4,788
65	Joel	4,540
66	Phillip	4,539
67	Marcus	4,509
68	Raymond	4,367
69	Corey	4,247
70	Alexander	4,236
71	Carlos	4,182
72	Craig	4,095
73	Larry	3,954
74	Todd	3,953
75	Antonio	3,926
76	Erik	3,922
77	Jeremiah	3,896
78	Derrick	3,850
79	Brett	3,775
80	Nathaniel	3,719
81	Shane	3,711
82	Frank	3,640
83	Dennis	3,634
84	Philip	3,581
85	Casey	3,518
86	Shaun	3,383
87	Gabriel	3,373
88	Lucas	3,372
89	Brent	3,370
90	Cory	3,355
91	Luis	3,343
91	Randy	3,343
93	Jeffery	3,335
94	Curtis	3,198
95	Seth	3,137
96	Tyler	3,117
97	Jerry	3,056
98	Russell	3,048
99	Wesley	3,042
100	Luke	3,015
101	Ian	2,929
102	Jordan	2,924
103	Billy	2,883
104	Victor	2,842
105	Terry	2,814
106	Carl	2,793
107	Vincent	2,774
108	Jesus	2,758
109	Mario	2,712
110	Bobby	2,658
111	Tony	2,650
112	Alan	2,588
113	Johnny	2,556
114	Troy	2,512
115	Adrian	2,468
116	Miguel	2,400
117	Ricardo	2,364
118	Jamie	2,356
119	Cody	2,328
120	Roger	2,244
121	Christian	2,235
122	Ricky	2,222
123	Lee	2,215
124	Clinton	2,206
125	Lawrence	2,194
126	Henry	2,186
127	Martin	2,152
128	Jorge	2,109
129	Jimmy	2,096
130	Danny	2,094
131	Allen	2,063
132	Jon	2,058
133	Andre	2,054
134	Marc	2,047
135	Rodney	2,029
136	Micheal	2,023
137	Randall	2,010
138	Walter	1,990
139	Evan	1,972
140	Mitchell	1,969
141	Willie	1,966
142	Manuel	1,962
143	Brad	1,958
144	Francisco	1,956
145	Albert	1,942
146	Kristopher	1,930
147	Roberto	1,927
148	Alex	1,873
149	Joe	1,860
150	Isaac	1,836
151	Louis	1,805
152	Arthur	1,802
153	Jay	1,787
154	Gerald	1,764
155	Trevor	1,757
156	Wayne	1,751
157	Roy	1,726
158	Johnathan	1,712
159	Blake	1,702
160	Lance	1,682
161	Jermaine	1,681
162	Jonathon	1,642
163	Maurice	1,641
164	Bruce	1,634
165	Mathew	1,627
166	Jack	1,615
167	Garrett	1,497
168	Alejandro	1,489
169	Ruben	1,473
170	Frederick	1,470
171	Oscar	1,464
172	Calvin	1,458
173	Austin	1,455
174	Omar	1,434
175	Caleb	1,428
176	Darren	1,426
177	Hector	1,410
177	Jaime	1,410
179	Reginald	1,409
180	Noah	1,400
181	Ronnie	1,370
182	Levi	1,366
183	Jerome	1,364
184	Darrell	1,361
185	Clayton	1,349
186	Barry	1,347
187	Edwin	1,334
188	Neil	1,330
189	Cameron	1,327
190	Raul	1,318
191	Eddie	1,317
192	Javier	1,306
193	Ernest	1,305
194	Angel	1,300
195	Terrance	1,276
196	Jessie	1,253
197	Dale	1,248
198	Geoffrey	1,245
199	Fernando	1,241
200	Ross	1,240