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Top names of the 1980s
The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female
babies born during 1980 - 1989. For each rank and sex, the table shows
the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names
were taken from a universe that includes 19,222,039 male births and
18,446,029 female births.
Popular names of the 1980s
| Males |
Females |
| Rank |
Name |
Number |
Name |
Number |
| 1 |
Michael | 663,322 | Jessica | 469,368 |
| 2 |
Christopher | 554,622 | Jennifer | 440,774 |
| 3 |
Matthew | 458,723 | Amanda | 369,646 |
| 4 |
Joshua | 396,431 | Ashley | 352,093 |
| 5 |
David | 383,426 | Sarah | 272,470 |
| 6 |
James | 356,238 | Stephanie | 218,084 |
| 7 |
Daniel | 345,284 | Melissa | 217,868 |
| 8 |
Robert | 321,498 | Nicole | 210,417 |
| 9 |
John | 320,905 | Elizabeth | 198,889 |
| 10 |
Joseph | 299,243 | Heather | 191,814 |
| 11 |
Jason | 291,919 | Tiffany | 158,582 |
| 12 |
Justin | 289,704 | Michelle | 153,954 |
| 13 |
Andrew | 284,916 | Amber | 153,907 |
| 14 |
Ryan | 278,765 | Megan | 153,470 |
| 15 |
William | 248,150 | Amy | 150,626 |
| 16 |
Brian | 233,884 | Rachel | 146,632 |
| 17 |
Brandon | 232,099 | Kimberly | 146,426 |
| 18 |
Jonathan | 229,812 | Christina | 145,955 |
| 19 |
Nicholas | 223,197 | Lauren | 145,093 |
| 20 |
Anthony | 211,723 | Crystal | 140,984 |
| 21 |
Eric | 204,115 | Brittany | 140,814 |
| 22 |
Adam | 194,962 | Rebecca | 136,195 |
| 23 |
Kevin | 188,558 | Laura | 134,533 |
| 24 |
Thomas | 177,651 | Danielle | 134,337 |
| 25 |
Steven | 177,345 | Emily | 131,717 |
| 26 |
Timothy | 172,767 | Samantha | 121,081 |
| 27 |
Richard | 154,647 | Angela | 116,565 |
| 28 |
Jeremy | 153,366 | Erin | 115,792 |
| 29 |
Jeffrey | 144,747 | Kelly | 109,517 |
| 30 |
Kyle | 141,855 | Sara | 104,621 |
| 31 |
Benjamin | 141,267 | Lisa | 102,579 |
| 32 |
Aaron | 138,271 | Katherine | 99,128 |
| 33 |
Charles | 131,815 | Andrea | 98,225 |
| 34 |
Mark | 129,327 | Jamie | 96,540 |
| 35 |
Jacob | 124,134 | Mary | 95,807 |
| 36 |
Stephen | 113,556 | Erica | 93,123 |
| 37 |
Patrick | 111,321 | Courtney | 84,287 |
| 38 |
Scott | 108,114 | Kristen | 83,216 |
| 39 |
Nathan | 105,906 | Shannon | 78,408 |
| 40 |
Paul | 104,301 | April | 75,930 |
| 41 |
Sean | 103,781 | Katie | 72,830 |
| 42 |
Travis | 102,887 | Lindsey | 71,921 |
| 43 |
Zachary | 101,758 | Kristin | 70,543 |
| 44 |
Dustin | 97,282 | Lindsay | 68,477 |
| 45 |
Gregory | 93,612 | Christine | 67,976 |
| 46 |
Kenneth | 89,090 | Alicia | 66,956 |
| 47 |
Jose | 86,521 | Vanessa | 65,689 |
| 48 |
Tyler | 86,395 | Maria | 65,597 |
| 49 |
Jesse | 85,862 | Kathryn | 62,431 |
| 50 |
Alexander | 81,883 | Allison | 62,312 |
| 51 |
Bryan | 80,464 | Julie | 61,664 |
| 52 |
Samuel | 73,359 | Anna | 57,247 |
| 53 |
Derek | 72,873 | Tara | 56,322 |
| 54 |
Bradley | 69,325 | Kayla | 55,281 |
| 55 |
Chad | 69,028 | Natalie | 54,402 |
| 56 |
Shawn | 65,558 | Victoria | 53,227 |
| 57 |
Edward | 60,774 | Monica | 51,829 |
| 58 |
Jared | 60,267 | Jacqueline | 51,538 |
| 59 |
Cody | 60,241 | Holly | 49,643 |
| 60 |
Jordan | 57,122 | Kristina | 45,937 |
| 61 |
Peter | 56,608 | Patricia | 45,113 |
| 62 |
Corey | 53,584 | Cassandra | 44,894 |
| 63 |
Keith | 52,615 | Brandy | 44,519 |
| 64 |
Marcus | 51,760 | Whitney | 44,364 |
| 65 |
Juan | 51,380 | Chelsea | 43,150 |
| 66 |
Donald | 50,841 | Brandi | 42,883 |
| 67 |
Ronald | 46,646 | Catherine | 42,398 |
| 68 |
Phillip | 45,675 | Cynthia | 41,649 |
| 69 |
George | 45,657 | Kathleen | 39,391 |
| 70 |
Cory | 44,338 | Veronica | 39,208 |
| 71 |
Joel | 43,545 | Leslie | 38,699 |
| 72 |
Shane | 43,143 | Natasha | 38,195 |
| 73 |
Douglas | 41,728 | Krystal | 37,492 |
| 74 |
Antonio | 41,581 | Stacy | 36,984 |
| 75 |
Raymond | 41,477 | Diana | 36,872 |
| 76 |
Carlos | 41,430 | Erika | 36,817 |
| 77 |
Brett | 41,270 | Dana | 36,808 |
| 78 |
Gary | 40,218 | Jenna | 36,576 |
| 79 |
Alex | 38,655 | Meghan | 36,196 |
| 80 |
Nathaniel | 38,629 | Carrie | 36,076 |
| 81 |
Craig | 38,077 | Leah | 36,031 |
| 82 |
Ian | 37,747 | Melanie | 35,925 |
| 83 |
Luis | 37,373 | Brooke | 34,973 |
| 84 |
Derrick | 36,338 | Karen | 34,895 |
| 85 |
Erik | 36,319 | Alexandra | 34,770 |
| 86 |
Casey | 35,965 | Valerie | 34,611 |
| 87 |
Philip | 35,693 | Caitlin | 33,591 |
| 88 |
Frank | 33,557 | Julia | 33,311 |
| 89 |
Evan | 32,463 | Alyssa | 32,948 |
| 90 |
Gabriel | 32,273 | Jasmine | 32,931 |
| 91 |
Victor | 32,226 | Hannah | 32,667 |
| 92 |
Vincent | 32,014 | Stacey | 32,122 |
| 93 |
Larry | 31,273 | Brittney | 31,528 |
| 94 |
Austin | 31,268 | Susan | 30,517 |
| 95 |
Brent | 31,257 | Margaret | 30,337 |
| 96 |
Seth | 31,110 | Sandra | 30,008 |
| 97 |
Wesley | 31,078 | Candice | 29,844 |
| 98 |
Dennis | 30,445 | Latoya | 29,531 |
| 99 |
Todd | 30,314 | Bethany | 29,332 |
| 100 |
Christian | 30,220 | Misty | 29,113 |
| 101 |
Curtis | 29,886 | Katrina | 28,825 |
| 102 |
Jeffery | 29,568 | Tracy | 28,485 |
| 103 |
Randy | 29,495 | Casey | 27,911 |
| 104 |
Jeremiah | 28,313 | Kelsey | 27,746 |
| 105 |
Adrian | 28,101 | Kara | 27,496 |
| 106 |
Jesus | 27,356 | Nichole | 27,232 |
| 107 |
Luke | 27,015 | Alison | 27,010 |
| 108 |
Alan | 26,784 | Heidi | 26,371 |
| 109 |
Trevor | 26,667 | Alexis | 26,304 |
| 110 |
Russell | 26,640 | Molly | 25,880 |
| 111 |
Mario | 26,370 | Tina | 25,827 |
| 112 |
Lucas | 26,068 | Pamela | 25,734 |
| 113 |
Jerry | 25,743 | Rachael | 25,661 |
| 114 |
Miguel | 25,512 | Nancy | 25,470 |
| 115 |
Carl | 25,451 | Jillian | 25,442 |
| 116 |
Blake | 25,376 | Candace | 25,156 |
| 117 |
Cameron | 24,574 | Denise | 25,109 |
| 118 |
Mitchell | 24,521 | Sabrina | 24,625 |
| 119 |
Troy | 24,517 | Gina | 24,444 |
| 120 |
Tony | 24,471 | Renee | 24,407 |
| 121 |
Shaun | 24,464 | Jill | 24,401 |
| 122 |
Terry | 24,156 | Kendra | 24,381 |
| 123 |
Johnny | 23,483 | Morgan | 24,276 |
| 124 |
Martin | 23,183 | Brenda | 24,132 |
| 125 |
Ricardo | 23,064 | Monique | 23,885 |
| 126 |
Bobby | 22,010 | Teresa | 23,393 |
| 127 |
Johnathan | 21,888 | Krista | 22,859 |
| 128 |
Allen | 21,885 | Linda | 22,800 |
| 129 |
Devin | 21,695 | Miranda | 22,714 |
| 130 |
Jorge | 21,693 | Robin | 22,688 |
| 131 |
Andre | 21,566 | Dawn | 22,402 |
| 132 |
Henry | 20,688 | Kristy | 22,380 |
| 133 |
Billy | 20,645 | Theresa | 22,379 |
| 134 |
Caleb | 20,631 | Tanya | 22,293 |
| 135 |
Marc | 20,499 | Wendy | 22,260 |
| 136 |
Garrett | 20,465 | Melinda | 22,206 |
| 137 |
Ricky | 20,150 | Joanna | 22,188 |
| 138 |
Kristopher | 20,067 | Anne | 22,098 |
| 139 |
Francisco | 20,056 | Felicia | 21,941 |
| 140 |
Danny | 19,999 | Desiree | 21,808 |
| 141 |
Manuel | 19,961 | Jaclyn | 21,798 |
| 142 |
Lee | 19,776 | Alisha | 21,744 |
| 143 |
Lawrence | 19,622 | Lori | 21,641 |
| 144 |
Jonathon | 19,576 | Tamara | 21,219 |
| 145 |
Jimmy | 19,509 | Marissa | 21,093 |
| 146 |
Lance | 19,443 | Kelli | 21,047 |
| 147 |
Taylor | 19,406 | Lacey | 20,771 |
| 148 |
Randall | 19,321 | Abigail | 20,636 |
| 149 |
Micheal | 18,731 | Christy | 20,224 |
| 150 |
Mathew | 18,617 | Jenny | 19,710 |
| 151 |
Albert | 18,480 | Tabitha | 19,573 |
| 152 |
Jamie | 18,407 | Colleen | 19,453 |
| 153 |
Isaac | 18,350 | Meredith | 19,193 |
| 154 |
Roger | 17,982 | Barbara | 19,106 |
| 155 |
Rodney | 17,865 | Angelica | 19,067 |
| 156 |
Roberto | 17,803 | Carolyn | 18,625 |
| 157 |
Jon | 17,695 | Rebekah | 18,314 |
| 158 |
Colin | 17,648 | Ebony | 18,256 |
| 159 |
Walter | 17,562 | Deanna | 18,150 |
| 160 |
Clinton | 17,525 | Tonya | 17,982 |
| 161 |
Louis | 17,339 | Caroline | 17,923 |
| 162 |
Clayton | 16,918 | Kristi | 17,706 |
| 163 |
Willie | 16,893 | Kari | 17,543 |
| 164 |
Arthur | 16,780 | Michele | 17,254 |
| 165 |
Chase | 16,539 | Brianna | 17,127 |
| 166 |
Joe | 16,500 | Bridget | 17,096 |
| 167 |
Jack | 15,886 | Angel | 16,739 |
| 168 |
Jay | 15,803 | Marie | 16,509 |
| 169 |
Angel | 15,784 | Sharon | 16,493 |
| 170 |
Calvin | 15,766 | Sheena | 16,399 |
| 171 |
Ross | 15,710 | Tasha | 16,252 |
| 172 |
Darren | 15,687 | Meagan | 16,248 |
| 173 |
Oscar | 15,635 | Jaime | 16,208 |
| 174 |
Drew | 15,572 | Cindy | 16,012 |
| 175 |
Maurice | 15,568 | Priscilla | 15,999 |
| 176 |
Gerald | 15,506 | Ann | 15,923 |
| 177 |
Alejandro | 15,274 | Ashlee | 15,844 |
| 178 |
Spencer | 15,169 | Stefanie | 15,827 |
| 179 |
Hector | 15,085 | Cassie | 15,756 |
| 180 |
Ruben | 14,844 | Adrienne | 15,665 |
| 181 |
Wayne | 14,739 | Tammy | 15,647 |
| 182 |
Brendan | 14,572 | Ana | 15,484 |
| 183 |
Grant | 14,503 | Beth | 15,371 |
| 184 |
Javier | 14,459 | Dominique | 15,093 |
| 185 |
Bruce | 14,315 | Mallory | 15,083 |
| 186 |
Roy | 14,285 | Latasha | 15,031 |
| 187 |
Dylan | 14,156 | Cristina | 15,013 |
| 188 |
Logan | 13,965 | Virginia | 14,981 |
| 189 |
Edwin | 13,895 | Deborah | 14,770 |
| 190 |
Omar | 13,651 | Katelyn | 14,770 |
| 191 |
Brad | 13,564 | Audrey | 14,651 |
| 192 |
Reginald | 13,495 | Regina | 14,570 |
| 193 |
Fernando | 13,177 | Carla | 14,442 |
| 194 |
Darrell | 13,155 | Cheryl | 14,319 |
| 195 |
Sergio | 13,131 | Olivia | 14,009 |
| 196 |
Frederick | 13,040 | Autumn | 13,820 |
| 197 |
Julian | 12,914 | Jordan | 13,784 |
| 198 |
Jaime | 12,835 | Claudia | 13,778 |
| 199 |
Jermaine | 12,803 | Nina | 13,616 |
| 200 |
Geoffrey | 12,720 | Taylor | 13,605 |
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Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end
of February 2012. See the limitations of
this data source. |
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