Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1981

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1981

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1981.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Michael. In total there were 113,474 boys born sharing 1,253 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1981 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 19 (5.3%)	5,988
2	Christopher	1 in 33 (3%)	3,444
3	Jason	1 in 39 (2.6%)	2,894
4	David	1 in 40 (2.5%)	2,841
5	Joseph	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,771
6	Matthew	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,735
7	John	1 in 45 (2.2%)	2,536
8	Daniel	1 in 47 (2.1%)	2,422
9	Robert	1 in 48 (2.1%)	2,386
10	James	1 in 50 (2%)	2,255
11	Brian	1 in 57 (1.8%)	2,002
12	Anthony	1 in 61 (1.7%)	1,874
13	William	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,595
14	Jonathan	1 in 74 (1.3%)	1,524
15	Joshua	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,439
16	Thomas	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,436
17	Eric	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,408
18	Kevin	1 in 81 (1.2%)	1,396
19	Richard	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,388
20	Andrew	1 in 85 (1.2%)	1,329
21	Justin	1 in 88 (1.1%)	1,283
22	Nicholas	1 in 89 (1.1%)	1,269
23	Adam	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,265
24	Steven	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,248
25	Ryan	1 in 92 (1.1%)	1,228
26	Timothy	1 in 99 (1%)	1,143
27	Jeffrey	1 in 105 (1%)	1,085
28	Paul	1 in 113 (0.9%)	1,002
29	Sean	1 in 122 (0.8%)	929
30	Mark	1 in 126 (0.8%)	902
31	Peter	1 in 128 (0.8%)	884
32	Scott	1 in 135 (0.7%)	842
33	Charles	1 in 142 (0.7%)	798
34	Patrick	1 in 143 (0.7%)	795
35	Stephen	1 in 146 (0.7%)	776
36	Jose	1 in 147 (0.7%)	771
37	Gregory	1 in 149 (0.7%)	762
38	Jeremy	1 in 154 (0.7%)	738
39	Benjamin	1 in 166 (0.6%)	684
40	Edward	1 in 180 (0.6%)	630
41	Kenneth	1 in 191 (0.5%)	595
42	Aaron	1 in 203 (0.5%)	559
43	Jesse	1 in 207 (0.5%)	549
44	Brandon	1 in 212 (0.5%)	534
45	Joel	1 in 215 (0.5%)	529
46	Luis	1 in 227 (0.4%)	500
47	Shawn	1 in 228 (0.4%)	497
48	George	1 in 233 (0.4%)	486
49	Keith	1 in 242 (0.4%)	468
50	Frank	1 in 244 (0.4%)	466
51	Alexander	1 in 254 (0.4%)	446
52	Vincent	1 in 276 (0.4%)	411
53	Raymond	1 in 287 (0.3%)	396
54	Carlos	1 in 293 (0.3%)	387
55	Bryan	1 in 299 (0.3%)	380
56	Juan	1 in 308 (0.3%)	368
57	Philip	1 in 315 (0.3%)	360
58	Chad	1 in 327 (0.3%)	347
59	Gary	1 in 334 (0.3%)	340
60	Samuel	1 in 341 (0.3%)	333
61	Ronald	1 in 345 (0.3%)	329
62	Dennis	1 in 351 (0.3%)	323
63	Donald	1 in 351 (0.3%)	323
64	Jacob	1 in 351 (0.3%)	323
65	Nathan	1 in 355 (0.3%)	320
66	Craig	1 in 366 (0.3%)	310
67	Christian	1 in 367 (0.3%)	309
68	Jared	1 in 368 (0.3%)	308
69	Douglas	1 in 370 (0.3%)	307
70	Edwin	1 in 372 (0.3%)	305
71	Derek	1 in 376 (0.3%)	302
72	Victor	1 in 386 (0.3%)	294
73	Angel	1 in 391 (0.3%)	290
74	Erik	1 in 394 (0.3%)	288
75	Kyle	1 in 420 (0.2%)	270
76	Louis	1 in 423 (0.2%)	268
77	Todd	1 in 449 (0.2%)	253
78	Marc	1 in 450 (0.2%)	252
79	Shaun	1 in 450 (0.2%)	252
80	Ian	1 in 477 (0.2%)	238
81	Miguel	1 in 485 (0.2%)	234
82	Travis	1 in 498 (0.2%)	228
83	Evan	1 in 502 (0.2%)	226
84	Andre	1 in 509 (0.2%)	223
85	Lawrence	1 in 518 (0.2%)	219
86	Omar	1 in 523 (0.2%)	217
87	Rafael	1 in 525 (0.2%)	216
88	Bradley	1 in 546 (0.2%)	208
89	Corey	1 in 562 (0.2%)	202
90	Randy	1 in 567 (0.2%)	200
91	Brett	1 in 570 (0.2%)	199
92	Nathaniel	1 in 582 (0.2%)	195
93	Jordan	1 in 585 (0.2%)	194
94	Phillip	1 in 591 (0.2%)	192
95	Gabriel	1 in 597 (0.2%)	190
96	Alex	1 in 600 (0.2%)	189
97	Brendan	1 in 610 (0.2%)	186
98	Antonio	1 in 613 (0.2%)	185
99	Zachary	1 in 613 (0.2%)	185
100	Hector	1 in 620 (0.2%)	183