Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1981
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |