Top 100 baby names 1981

Rank	Name	Gender	Count
1	Michael	male	2,044
2	Daniel	male	1,980
3	Matthew	male	1,867
4	David	male	1,770
5	Andrew	male	1,684
6	Benjamin	male	1,607
7	Rebecca	female	1,537
8	Christopher	male	1,510
9	Luke	male	1,455
10	Adam	male	1,352
11	Amanda	female	1,268
12	Sarah	female	1,210
13	Nathan	male	1,164
14	Mark	male	1,132
15	Peter	male	1,091
16	Melissa	female	1,072
17	James	male	1,064
18	Timothy	male	968
19	Nicole	female	942
20	Scott	male	937
21	Jason	male	915
22	Robert	male	899
23	Paul	male	894
24	Michelle	female	853
25	John	male	816
26	Lisa	female	797
27	Steven	male	779
28	Anthony	male	726
29	Nicholas	male	718
30	Kelly	female	698
31	Kylie	female	693
32	Aaron	male	688
33	Emma	female	685
34	Kristy	female	665
35	Belinda	female	642
36	Joshua	male	639
37	Amy	female	632
38	Kate	female	612
39	Shane	male	607
40	Bradley	male	576
41	Ryan	male	565
42	Stephen	male	544
43	Natalie	female	539
44	Lauren	female	539
45	Justin	male	507
46	Craig	male	499
47	Elizabeth	female	496
48	Simon	male	468
49	Jessica	female	466
50	Jennifer	female	460
51	Angela	female	454
52	Renee	female	448
53	Erin	female	437
54	Brett	male	431
55	Katrina	female	420
56	Rachel	female	412
57	Megan	female	411
58	Danielle	female	402
59	Samantha	female	389
60	Melanie	female	383
61	Tanya	female	383
62	Troy	male	378
63	Brooke	female	370
64	Catherine	female	369
65	Joel	male	359
66	Katherine	female	359
67	Jodie	female	357
68	Mathew	male	353
69	Shaun	male	349
70	Alison	female	347
71	Gregory	male	345
72	Anna	female	337
73	Karen	female	329
74	Natasha	female	326
75	Katie	female	324
76	Brendan	male	318
77	Richard	male	312
78	Damien	male	309
79	Cameron	male	304
80	William	male	300
81	Adrian	male	296
82	Grant	male	294
83	Kathryn	female	292
84	Dean	male	291
85	Joanne	female	287
86	Jamie	male	284
87	Ben	male	284
88	Louise	female	280
89	Laura	female	278
90	Sean	male	277
91	Thomas	male	275
92	Ian	male	275
93	Joseph	male	273
94	Samuel	male	271
95	Stacey	female	271
96	Jonathan	male	267
97	Fiona	female	261
98	Trent	male	258
99	Darren	male	256
100	Phillip	male	250