New York ★ 1981

Top names in New York, 1981

Jennifer led for girls with 3,836 babies ; Michael for boys with 5,993. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	3,836
2	Jessica	3,142
3	Melissa	2,105
4	Nicole	1,959
5	Sarah	1,458
6	Elizabeth	1,401
7	Michelle	1,369
8	Danielle	1,217
9	Amanda	1,208
10	Lisa	1,206
11	Stephanie	1,112
12	Kimberly	1,094
13	Christina	1,089
14	Amy	1,003
15	Lauren	983
16	Rebecca	938
17	Erin	929
18	Heather	924
19	Tiffany	882
20	Christine	880
21	Kelly	842
22	Laura	834
23	Rachel	806
24	Sara	680
25	Kristin	664
26	Andrea	659
27	Erica	640
28	Maria	634
29	Kristen	622
30	Jamie	609
31	Mary	586
32	Angela	585
33	Katherine	575
34	Crystal	565
35	Tara	553
36	Shannon	531
37	Diana	506
38	Emily	493
39	Julie	479
40	Jacqueline	458
41	Megan	439
42	Vanessa	420
43	Karen	415
44	Patricia	406
45	Samantha	405
46	Allison	391
47	Kathryn	387
48	Kathleen	386
49	Catherine	372
50	April	367
51	Courtney	360
52	Denise	354
53	Michele	353
54	Lindsay	346
55	Cynthia	345
56	Dana	334
57	Susan	332
57	Victoria	332
59	Latoya	324
60	Katie	321
61	Alicia	317
62	Amber	306
63	Dawn	298
64	Gina	296
65	Tanya	293
66	Theresa	292
67	Natasha	290
68	Jillian	288
69	Natalie	287
70	Renee	282
71	Carrie	277
71	Colleen	277
73	Stacey	276
74	Anna	267
75	Erika	265
76	Monique	262
76	Tracy	262
78	Alison	261
79	Melanie	256
80	Pamela	255
81	Tina	254
82	Jasmine	252
83	Jill	248
84	Meghan	245
85	Sandra	242
86	Kristina	237
87	Monica	231
87	Valerie	231
89	Veronica	228
90	Brooke	225
91	Julia	222
91	Stacy	222
93	Ebony	219
94	Margaret	218
95	Jaclyn	214
96	Wendy	208
97	Barbara	204
97	Linda	204
99	Jaime	203
100	Leah	201

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,993
2	Christopher	3,445
3	Jason	2,895
4	David	2,838
5	Joseph	2,774
6	Matthew	2,742
7	John	2,535
8	Daniel	2,425
9	Robert	2,388
10	James	2,255
11	Brian	2,000
12	Anthony	1,875
13	William	1,596
14	Jonathan	1,526
15	Joshua	1,438
16	Thomas	1,435
17	Eric	1,410
18	Kevin	1,397
19	Richard	1,388
20	Andrew	1,330
21	Justin	1,283
22	Nicholas	1,269
23	Adam	1,266
24	Steven	1,249
25	Ryan	1,228
26	Timothy	1,146
27	Jeffrey	1,086
28	Paul	1,002
29	Sean	928
30	Mark	901
31	Peter	883
32	Scott	839
33	Charles	799
34	Patrick	795
35	Stephen	776
36	Jose	773
37	Gregory	760
38	Jeremy	738
39	Benjamin	683
40	Edward	630
41	Kenneth	595
42	Aaron	559
43	Jesse	549
44	Brandon	536
45	Joel	529
46	Luis	500
47	Shawn	497
48	George	487
49	Keith	470
50	Frank	467
51	Alexander	447
52	Vincent	413
53	Raymond	395
54	Carlos	389
55	Bryan	380
56	Juan	369
57	Philip	361
58	Chad	348
59	Gary	339
60	Samuel	333
61	Ronald	329
62	Dennis	323
62	Donald	323
62	Jacob	323
65	Nathan	319
66	Christian	312
67	Craig	310
67	Jared	310
69	Douglas	308
70	Edwin	304
71	Derek	303
72	Victor	291
73	Angel	290
74	Erik	289
75	Kyle	270
76	Louis	268
77	Marc	253
77	Todd	253
79	Shaun	252
80	Ian	238
81	Miguel	234
82	Travis	228
83	Evan	227
84	Andre	223
85	Lawrence	218
86	Omar	217
87	Rafael	216
88	Bradley	208
89	Corey	203
90	Randy	202
91	Brett	200
92	Nathaniel	196
93	Jordan	194
94	Phillip	192
95	Alex	189
95	Gabriel	189
97	Brendan	186
98	Antonio	185
98	Zachary	185
100	Hector	184