Popular baby names in Florida, 1981

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (2,209 babies) and Michael for boys (2,643). Social Security records list 117,043 babies born in Florida in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1981

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lissette: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Toccara: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shameka: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vivian: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cristina: 107 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shayla: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Selena: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carolina: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ericka: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lakesha: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 39 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jean: 50 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Antwan: 45 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Johnnie: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Rashad: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cornelius: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Willie: 174 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Demetrius: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,209	–	1
2	Jessica	1,619	↑1	2
3	Amanda	1,269	↓1	3
4	Melissa	1,058	–	5
5	Tiffany	809	↑4	14
6	Christina	754	–	17
7	Stephanie	749	↑7	8
8	Sarah	735	↑3	4
9	Heather	721	↓2	10
10	Michelle	717	↓2	11
11	Kimberly	699	↓6	13
12	Nicole	667	↓2	7
13	Crystal	623	↑3	16
14	Elizabeth	618	↓1	9
15	Amy	601	–	6
16	Rebecca	546	↑2	12
17	Angela	524	↓5	15
18	Lisa	461	↑1	18
19	Kelly	447	↓2	23
20	April	442	–	25
21	Mary	422	–	27
22	Erin	416	↑1	19
23	Danielle	414	↑3	30
24	Ashley	397	↑5	34
25	Amber	390	–	20
26	Rachel	390	↑1	22
27	Shannon	387	↓5	32
28	Andrea	366	↑3	24
29	Laura	362	↓5	21
30	Lauren	359	↑3	35
31	Kristin	352	↑6	31
32	Jamie	347	↓4	28
33	Kristen	304	↑6	38
34	Sara	300	↑1	26
35	Erica	298	↓5	36
36	Latoya	298	↑13	69
37	Brandy	294	↓3	41
38	Samantha	271	↑7	51
39	Katherine	261	↑1	39
40	Alicia	257	↑2	46
41	Tara	251	↑5	45
42	Emily	248	new	29
43	Courtney	247	↑7	43
44	Maria	246	↓6	40
45	Christine	241	↓9	42
46	Patricia	231	↓3	53
47	Julie	228	↓15	37
48	Monica	224	↓7	49
49	Vanessa	221	↓5	62
50	Brandi	212	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	2,643	–	1
2	Christopher	2,104	–	2
3	James	1,746	–	7
4	David	1,629	↑1	5
5	Jason	1,566	↓1	4
6	Robert	1,461	–	9
7	John	1,391	–	8
8	Joshua	1,256	↑2	6
9	Matthew	1,183	↑2	3
10	Daniel	1,136	↑2	10
11	Joseph	1,086	↓3	11
12	William	1,065	↓3	15
13	Justin	995	↑1	12
14	Brian	900	↓1	14
15	Ryan	855	–	13
16	Jonathan	833	↑1	16
17	Richard	804	↓1	27
18	Charles	736	↑1	31
19	Anthony	718	↑4	23
20	Eric	689	↓2	17
21	Timothy	685	–	24
22	Thomas	609	–	26
23	Nicholas	590	↑2	21
24	Kevin	578	↓4	25
25	Adam	569	↑1	20
26	Jeremy	550	↓2	22
27	Steven	542	↑1	28
28	Andrew	535	↓1	18
29	Jeffrey	479	↑3	29
30	Aaron	456	↑9	30
31	Brandon	456	↑15	19
32	Travis	450	↓1	40
33	Mark	433	↓4	33
34	Kenneth	425	↓4	41
35	Stephen	425	↓2	39
36	Paul	403	↓1	35
37	Scott	371	↓1	34
38	Benjamin	369	↓4	32
39	Sean	352	↑2	44
40	Patrick	351	↓3	38
41	Gregory	327	↓1	46
42	Jesse	317	↑8	37
43	Ronald	293	↑5	59
44	Donald	292	↓2	56
45	Edward	279	↑2	51
46	Bryan	277	↓8	48
47	Jose	270	↓3	45
48	Shawn	270	↓5	49
49	Dustin	258	new	42
50	George	257	new	61

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