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**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
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
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2012. See the limitations of this data source.