100 Most popular girl names of 1981, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular female names in US prevalent in 1981 with their respective percentage. View girl name from popular names trending in America in 1981.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Jennifer
57048
3.19
-
2
Jessica
42537
2.38
+1
3
Amanda
34375
1.92
-1
4
Sarah
28172
1.58
+1
5
Melissa
28003
1.57
-1
6
Amy
20345
1.14
+2
7
Nicole
20313
1.14
-
8
Stephanie
20211
1.13
+5
9
Elizabeth
20172
1.13
-
10
Heather
17946
1
-4
11
Michelle
17777
0.99
-1
12
Rebecca
16738
0.94
+5
13
Kimberly
16689
0.93
-2
14
Tiffany
16413
0.92
-
15
Angela
15922
0.89
-3
16
Crystal
15883
0.89
+2
17
Christina
14395
0.8
-2
18
Lisa
14294
0.8
-2
19
Erin
13856
0.77
+1
20
Amber
13812
0.77
+2
21
Laura
13292
0.74
-
22
Rachel
12590
0.7
+1
23
Kelly
11877
0.66
-4
24
Andrea
11686
0.65
+4
25
April
11403
0.64
-
26
Sara
11358
0.64
+1
27
Mary
11045
0.62
-1
28
Jamie
10981
0.61
-4
29
Emily
10800
0.6
+2
30
Danielle
10039
0.56
+3
31
Kristin
9737
0.54
+6
32
Shannon
9228
0.52
-3
33
Megan
8967
0.5
-3
34
Ashley
8876
0.5
+6
35
Lauren
8814
0.49
+3
36
Erica
8625
0.48
-2
37
Julie
8565
0.48
-5
38
Kristen
8542
0.48
+1
39
Katherine
8434
0.47
-4
40
Maria
7681
0.43
-4
41
Brandy
6895
0.39
+1
42
Christine
6854
0.38
-1
43
Courtney
6639
0.37
+5
44
Katie
6601
0.37
-
45
Tara
6367
0.36
-2
46
Alicia
5855
0.33
+1
47
Lindsay
5844
0.33
+24
48
Kathryn
5823
0.33
+2
49
Monica
5784
0.32
-4
50
Brandi
5526
0.31
+13
51
Samantha
5521
0.31
+7
52
Brooke
5330
0.3
+5
53
Patricia
5284
0.3
-2
54
Anna
5192
0.29
+1
55
Carrie
5094
0.28
-9
56
Leslie
4934
0.28
+5
57
Allison
4905
0.27
+2
58
Lindsey
4863
0.27
+33
59
Natalie
4858
0.27
+6
60
Cynthia
4857
0.27
+4
61
Misty
4799
0.27
-12
62
Vanessa
4747
0.27
+7
63
Holly
4565
0.26
-11
64
Karen
4538
0.25
-10
65
Stacy
4480
0.25
-12
66
Melanie
4475
0.25
-6
67
Jacqueline
4336
0.24
+14
68
Veronica
4314
0.24
+2
69
Latoya
4267
0.24
+54
70
Susan
4248
0.24
-8
71
Dana
4247
0.24
-3
72
Kristina
4060
0.23
+1
73
Catherine
4056
0.23
+4
74
Sandra
4035
0.23
+6
75
Diana
3971
0.22
+43
76
Pamela
3884
0.22
+10
77
Tracy
3869
0.22
-21
78
Jill
3857
0.22
-12
79
Dawn
3838
0.21
-12
80
Tina
3821
0.21
-8
81
Leah
3808
0.21
+3
82
Kathleen
3777
0.21
-
83
Stacey
3753
0.21
-9
84
Heidi
3737
0.21
-5
85
Natasha
3729
0.21
+4
86
Candice
3698
0.21
+13
87
Victoria
3689
0.21
+16
88
Julia
3671
0.21
+10
89
Valerie
3611
0.2
-4
90
Wendy
3609
0.2
-15
91
Lori
3480
0.19
-15
92
Tanya
3408
0.19
-4
93
Erika
3398
0.19
-6
94
Kristy
3263
0.18
-16
95
Katrina
3260
0.18
-5
96
Denise
3201
0.18
-1
97
Teresa
3122
0.17
-3
98
Renee
2996
0.17
+9
99
Christy
2943
0.16
-16
99
Theresa
2943
0.16
+5
101
Nancy
2911
0.16
+9
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See also

100 Most Popular Boy Names in USA (1981)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html