Most popular girls’ 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	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

Rank	Name	Babies
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