Top Names of 1981
The most popular names recorded in 1981 were Rebecca for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,044 |
| 2 | Daniel | 1,980 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,867 |
| 4 | David | 1,770 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,684 |
| 6 | Benjamin | 1,607 |
| 7 | Christopher | 1,510 |
| 8 | Luke | 1,455 |
| 9 | Adam | 1,352 |
| 10 | Nathan | 1,164 |
| 11 | Mark | 1,132 |
| 12 | Peter | 1,091 |
| 13 | James | 1,064 |
| 14 | Timothy | 968 |
| 15 | Scott | 937 |
| 16 | Jason | 915 |
| 17 | Robert | 899 |
| 18 | Paul | 894 |
| 19 | John | 816 |
| 20 | Steven | 779 |
| 21 | Anthony | 726 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 718 |
| 23 | Aaron | 688 |
| 24 | Joshua | 639 |
| 25 | Shane | 607 |
| 26 | Bradley | 576 |
| 27 | Ryan | 565 |
| 28 | Stephen | 544 |
| 29 | Justin | 507 |
| 30 | Craig | 499 |
| 31 | Simon | 468 |
| 32 | Brett | 431 |
| 33 | Troy | 378 |
| 34 | Joel | 359 |
| 35 | Mathew | 353 |
| 36 | Shaun | 349 |
| 37 | Gregory | 345 |
| 38 | Brendan | 318 |
| 39 | Richard | 312 |
| 40 | Damien | 309 |
| 41 | Cameron | 304 |
| 42 | William | 300 |
| 43 | Adrian | 296 |
| 44 | Grant | 294 |
| 45 | Dean | 291 |
| 46 | Ben | 284 |
| 47 | Jamie | 284 |
| 48 | Sean | 277 |
| 49 | Ian | 275 |
| 50 | Thomas | 275 |