Top names of the 1980s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for boy and girl babies born during the 1980s. 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 19,239,100 boy births and 18,458,172 girl births
Popular names of the period 1980s
Boys Girls
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 663,807 Jessica 469,510
2 Christopher 554,863 Jennifer 440,914
3 Matthew 458,951 Amanda 369,727
4 Joshua 396,524 Ashley 352,185
5 David 383,687 Sarah 272,637
6 James 356,491 Stephanie 218,173
7 Daniel 345,537 Melissa 217,922
8 Robert 321,655 Nicole 210,494
9 John 321,150 Elizabeth 198,972
10 Joseph 299,411 Heather 191,852
11 Jason 292,120 Tiffany 158,625
12 Justin 289,825 Michelle 154,027
13 Andrew 285,074 Amber 153,951
14 Ryan 278,938 Megan 153,500
15 William 248,277 Amy 150,662
16 Brian 233,993 Rachel 146,675
17 Brandon 232,206 Kimberly 146,452
18 Jonathan 229,953 Christina 146,008
19 Nicholas 223,308 Lauren 145,161
20 Anthony 211,861 Crystal 141,007
21 Eric 204,230 Brittany 140,854
22 Adam 195,086 Rebecca 136,248
23 Kevin 188,670 Laura 134,608
24 Thomas 177,817 Danielle 134,379
25 Steven 177,454 Emily 131,764
26 Timothy 172,835 Samantha 121,124
27 Richard 154,745 Angela 116,595
28 Jeremy 153,413 Erin 115,811
29 Jeffrey 144,789 Kelly 109,539
30 Kyle 141,947 Sara 104,682
31 Benjamin 141,366 Lisa 102,610
32 Aaron 138,357 Katherine 99,175
33 Charles 131,902 Andrea 98,263
34 Mark 129,442 Jamie 96,556
35 Jacob 124,254 Mary 95,862
36 Stephen 113,631 Erica 93,159
37 Patrick 111,408 Courtney 84,309
38 Scott 108,144 Kristen 83,228
39 Nathan 105,987 Shannon 78,420
40 Paul 104,397 April 75,950
41 Sean 103,870 Katie 72,883
42 Travis 102,927 Lindsey 71,940
43 Zachary 101,818 Kristin 70,558
44 Dustin 97,314 Lindsay 68,491
45 Gregory 93,655 Christine 68,016
46 Kenneth 89,110 Alicia 66,966
47 Jose 86,647 Maria 65,778
48 Tyler 86,451 Vanessa 65,731
49 Jesse 85,908 Kathryn 62,443
50 Alexander 82,010 Allison 62,327
51 Bryan 80,502 Julie 61,682
52 Samuel 73,456 Anna 57,327
53 Derek 72,923 Tara 56,338
54 Bradley 69,352 Kayla 55,291
55 Chad 69,051 Natalie 54,428
56 Shawn 65,598 Victoria 53,272
57 Edward 60,832 Monica 51,863
58 Jared 60,308 Jacqueline 51,561
59 Cody 60,289 Holly 49,653
60 Jordan 57,172 Kristina 45,947
61 Peter 56,713 Patricia 45,127
62 Corey 53,598 Cassandra 44,911
63 Keith 52,647 Brandy 44,527
64 Marcus 51,807 Whitney 44,373
65 Juan 51,447 Chelsea 43,163
66 Donald 50,843 Brandi 42,890
67 Ronald 46,670 Catherine 42,437
68 George 45,712 Cynthia 41,666
69 Phillip 45,707 Kathleen 39,394
70 Cory 44,358 Veronica 39,231
71 Joel 43,566 Leslie 38,729
72 Shane 43,169 Natasha 38,213
73 Douglas 41,746 Krystal 37,496
74 Antonio 41,616 Stacy 36,990
75 Carlos 41,506 Diana 36,904
76 Raymond 41,504 Erika 36,852
77 Brett 41,289 Dana 36,826
78 Gary 40,230 Jenna 36,601
79 Alex 38,712 Meghan 36,206
80 Nathaniel 38,652 Carrie 36,079
81 Craig 38,095 Leah 36,056
82 Ian 37,770 Melanie 35,952
83 Luis 37,447 Brooke 34,977
84 Erik 36,350 Karen 34,914
85 Derrick 36,342 Alexandra 34,817
86 Casey 35,968 Valerie 34,629
87 Philip 35,733 Caitlin 33,584
88 Frank 33,590 Julia 33,354
89 Evan 32,484 Alyssa 32,952
90 Gabriel 32,320 Jasmine 32,952
91 Victor 32,286 Hannah 32,702
92 Vincent 32,054 Stacey 32,138
93 Austin 31,307 Brittney 31,532
94 Brent 31,279 Susan 30,549
95 Larry 31,278 Margaret 30,352
96 Seth 31,129 Sandra 30,048
97 Wesley 31,088 Candice 29,847
98 Dennis 30,463 Latoya 29,537
99 Todd 30,325 Bethany 29,331
100 Christian 30,289 Misty 29,114
101 Curtis 29,910 Katrina 28,828
102 Jeffery 29,571 Tracy 28,492
103 Randy 29,512 Casey 27,918
104 Jeremiah 28,331 Kelsey 27,758
105 Adrian 28,140 Kara 27,506
106 Jesus 27,400 Nichole 27,235
107 Luke 27,044 Alison 27,018
108 Alan 26,825 Heidi 26,387
109 Trevor 26,692 Alexis 26,321
110 Russell 26,651 Molly 25,891
111 Mario 26,396 Tina 25,840
112 Lucas 26,088 Pamela 25,740
113 Jerry 25,755 Rachael 25,670
114 Miguel 25,562 Nancy 25,493
115 Carl 25,472 Jillian 25,446
116 Blake 25,398 Candace 25,168
117 Cameron 24,598 Denise 25,113
118 Mitchell 24,542 Sabrina 24,637
119 Troy 24,534 Gina 24,461
120 Tony 24,500 Renee 24,414
121 Shaun 24,470 Jill 24,407
122 Terry 24,157 Kendra 24,387
123 Johnny 23,503 Morgan 24,287
124 Martin 23,226 Brenda 24,147
125 Ricardo 23,089 Monique 23,897
126 Bobby 22,025 Teresa 23,411
127 Johnathan 21,908 Krista 22,864
128 Allen 21,904 Linda 22,819
129 Jorge 21,741 Miranda 22,716
130 Devin 21,704 Robin 22,694
131 Andre 21,607 Dawn 22,406
132 Henry 20,728 Theresa 22,389
133 Billy 20,650 Kristy 22,386
134 Caleb 20,644 Tanya 22,303
135 Marc 20,519 Wendy 22,268
136 Garrett 20,476 Joanna 22,216
137 Ricky 20,157 Melinda 22,212
138 Francisco 20,082 Anne 22,115
139 Kristopher 20,068 Felicia 21,949
140 Danny 20,012 Desiree 21,809
141 Manuel 19,985 Jaclyn 21,802
142 Lee 19,788 Alisha 21,751
143 Lawrence 19,638 Lori 21,645
144 Jonathon 19,576 Tamara 21,235
145 Jimmy 19,522 Marissa 21,101
146 Lance 19,452 Kelli 21,049
147 Taylor 19,420 Lacey 20,773
148 Randall 19,326 Abigail 20,658
149 Micheal 18,735 Christy 20,227
150 Mathew 18,622 Jenny 19,719
151 Albert 18,503 Tabitha 19,578
152 Jamie 18,412 Colleen 19,468
153 Isaac 18,374 Meredith 19,204
154 Roger 17,999 Barbara 19,139
155 Rodney 17,872 Angelica 19,076
156 Roberto 17,822 Carolyn 18,628
157 Jon 17,704 Rebekah 18,319
158 Colin 17,672 Ebony 18,263
159 Walter 17,568 Deanna 18,155
160 Clinton 17,533 Tonya 17,987
161 Louis 17,354 Caroline 17,943
162 Clayton 16,933 Kristi 17,706
163 Willie 16,892 Kari 17,543
164 Arthur 16,794 Michele 17,262
165 Chase 16,556 Brianna 17,133
166 Joe 16,508 Bridget 17,101
167 Jack 15,944 Angel 16,736
168 Jay 15,841 Marie 16,542
169 Angel 15,798 Sharon 16,502
170 Calvin 15,785 Sheena 16,259
171 Ross 15,710 Tasha 16,255
172 Darren 15,698 Meagan 16,248
173 Oscar 15,661 Jaime 16,212
174 Drew 15,592 Cindy 16,020
175 Maurice 15,575 Priscilla 16,006
176 Gerald 15,507 Ann 15,928
177 Alejandro 15,316 Ashlee 15,850
178 Spencer 15,183 Stefanie 15,833
179 Hector 15,108 Cassie 15,759
180 Ruben 14,858 Adrienne 15,666
181 Wayne 14,750 Tammy 15,645
182 Brendan 14,598 Ana 15,530
183 Grant 14,522 Beth 15,373
184 Javier 14,482 Dominique 15,099
185 Bruce 14,333 Cristina 15,035
186 Roy 14,308 Latasha 15,035
187 Dylan 14,171 Mallory 14,995
188 Logan 13,983 Virginia 14,993
189 Edwin 13,903 Deborah 14,783
190 Omar 13,681 Audrey 14,668
191 Brad 13,579 Katelyn 14,643
192 Reginald 13,500 Regina 14,578
193 Fernando 13,198 Carla 14,455
194 Darrell 13,162 Cheryl 14,319
195 Sergio 13,152 Olivia 14,060
196 Frederick 13,056 Autumn 13,825
197 Julian 12,933 Claudia 13,800
198 Jaime 12,853 Jordan 13,787
199 Jermaine 12,802 Nina 13,641
200 Geoffrey 12,729 Taylor 13,623
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2026. See the limitations of this data source.