Top names of the 1980s
The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female
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 19,241,335 male births and
18,457,513 female births
Males | Females | |||
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | Michael | 663,844 | Jessica | 469,520 |
2 | Christopher | 554,976 | Jennifer | 440,895 |
3 | Matthew | 459,044 | Amanda | 369,735 |
4 | Joshua | 396,628 | Ashley | 352,192 |
5 | David | 383,784 | Sarah | 272,636 |
6 | James | 356,548 | Stephanie | 218,162 |
7 | Daniel | 345,576 | Melissa | 217,933 |
8 | Robert | 321,719 | Nicole | 210,500 |
9 | John | 321,226 | Elizabeth | 198,984 |
10 | Joseph | 299,485 | Heather | 191,863 |
11 | Jason | 292,153 | Tiffany | 158,626 |
12 | Justin | 289,842 | Michelle | 154,028 |
13 | Andrew | 285,125 | Amber | 153,956 |
14 | Ryan | 279,025 | Megan | 153,511 |
15 | William | 248,332 | Amy | 150,670 |
16 | Brian | 234,057 | Rachel | 146,676 |
17 | Brandon | 232,250 | Kimberly | 146,442 |
18 | Jonathan | 229,994 | Christina | 146,014 |
19 | Nicholas | 223,355 | Lauren | 145,162 |
20 | Anthony | 211,883 | Crystal | 141,013 |
21 | Eric | 204,272 | Brittany | 140,860 |
22 | Adam | 195,123 | Rebecca | 136,238 |
23 | Kevin | 188,709 | Laura | 134,613 |
24 | Thomas | 177,851 | Danielle | 134,379 |
25 | Steven | 177,469 | Emily | 131,761 |
26 | Timothy | 172,856 | Samantha | 121,142 |
27 | Richard | 154,770 | Angela | 116,590 |
28 | Jeremy | 153,446 | Erin | 115,814 |
29 | Jeffrey | 144,821 | Kelly | 109,555 |
30 | Kyle | 141,966 | Sara | 104,675 |
31 | Benjamin | 141,430 | Lisa | 102,613 |
32 | Aaron | 138,384 | Katherine | 99,185 |
33 | Charles | 131,926 | Andrea | 98,262 |
34 | Mark | 129,471 | Jamie | 96,554 |
35 | Jacob | 124,270 | Mary | 95,862 |
36 | Stephen | 113,641 | Erica | 93,154 |
37 | Patrick | 111,436 | Courtney | 84,314 |
38 | Scott | 108,193 | Kristen | 83,229 |
39 | Nathan | 106,014 | Shannon | 78,422 |
40 | Paul | 104,410 | April | 75,948 |
41 | Sean | 103,882 | Katie | 72,877 |
42 | Travis | 102,951 | Lindsey | 71,940 |
43 | Zachary | 101,854 | Kristin | 70,558 |
44 | Dustin | 97,323 | Lindsay | 68,491 |
45 | Gregory | 93,674 | Christine | 68,018 |
46 | Kenneth | 89,141 | Alicia | 66,967 |
47 | Jose | 86,634 | Maria | 65,752 |
48 | Tyler | 86,470 | Vanessa | 65,726 |
49 | Jesse | 85,934 | Kathryn | 62,443 |
50 | Alexander | 82,034 | Allison | 62,332 |
51 | Bryan | 80,514 | Julie | 61,687 |
52 | Samuel | 73,461 | Anna | 57,324 |
53 | Derek | 72,926 | Tara | 56,339 |
54 | Bradley | 69,364 | Kayla | 55,290 |
55 | Chad | 69,070 | Natalie | 54,443 |
56 | Shawn | 65,610 | Victoria | 53,274 |
57 | Edward | 60,842 | Monica | 51,869 |
58 | Jared | 60,309 | Jacqueline | 51,560 |
59 | Cody | 60,283 | Holly | 49,656 |
60 | Jordan | 57,175 | Kristina | 45,948 |
61 | Peter | 56,735 | Patricia | 45,126 |
62 | Corey | 53,620 | Cassandra | 44,910 |
63 | Keith | 52,646 | Brandy | 44,526 |
64 | Marcus | 51,810 | Whitney | 44,374 |
65 | Juan | 51,438 | Chelsea | 43,163 |
66 | Donald | 50,854 | Brandi | 42,888 |
67 | Ronald | 46,678 | Catherine | 42,433 |
68 | George | 45,721 | Cynthia | 41,667 |
69 | Phillip | 45,712 | Kathleen | 39,404 |
70 | Cory | 44,371 | Veronica | 39,234 |
71 | Joel | 43,572 | Leslie | 38,728 |
72 | Shane | 43,184 | Natasha | 38,209 |
73 | Douglas | 41,756 | Krystal | 37,496 |
74 | Antonio | 41,623 | Stacy | 36,991 |
75 | Raymond | 41,514 | Diana | 36,898 |
76 | Carlos | 41,497 | Erika | 36,852 |
77 | Brett | 41,304 | Dana | 36,822 |
78 | Gary | 40,239 | Jenna | 36,599 |
79 | Alex | 38,719 | Meghan | 36,212 |
80 | Nathaniel | 38,659 | Carrie | 36,082 |
81 | Craig | 38,112 | Leah | 36,051 |
82 | Ian | 37,794 | Melanie | 35,953 |
83 | Luis | 37,437 | Brooke | 34,982 |
84 | Erik | 36,354 | Karen | 34,919 |
85 | Derrick | 36,350 | Alexandra | 34,810 |
86 | Casey | 35,978 | Valerie | 34,628 |
87 | Philip | 35,735 | Caitlin | 33,600 |
88 | Frank | 33,613 | Julia | 33,356 |
89 | Evan | 32,483 | Jasmine | 32,955 |
90 | Gabriel | 32,336 | Alyssa | 32,951 |
91 | Victor | 32,284 | Hannah | 32,705 |
92 | Vincent | 32,062 | Stacey | 32,137 |
93 | Austin | 31,308 | Brittney | 31,535 |
94 | Brent | 31,289 | Susan | 30,552 |
95 | Larry | 31,284 | Margaret | 30,359 |
96 | Seth | 31,137 | Sandra | 30,038 |
97 | Wesley | 31,096 | Candice | 29,848 |
98 | Dennis | 30,471 | Latoya | 29,537 |
99 | Todd | 30,341 | Bethany | 29,342 |
100 | Christian | 30,284 | Misty | 29,116 |
101 | Curtis | 29,906 | Katrina | 28,834 |
102 | Jeffery | 29,578 | Tracy | 28,493 |
103 | Randy | 29,518 | Casey | 27,916 |
104 | Jeremiah | 28,339 | Kelsey | 27,760 |
105 | Adrian | 28,144 | Kara | 27,507 |
106 | Jesus | 27,389 | Nichole | 27,234 |
107 | Luke | 27,064 | Alison | 27,019 |
108 | Alan | 26,835 | Heidi | 26,386 |
109 | Trevor | 26,705 | Alexis | 26,324 |
110 | Russell | 26,661 | Molly | 25,886 |
111 | Mario | 26,404 | Tina | 25,844 |
112 | Lucas | 26,094 | Pamela | 25,743 |
113 | Jerry | 25,759 | Rachael | 25,670 |
114 | Miguel | 25,559 | Nancy | 25,489 |
115 | Carl | 25,471 | Jillian | 25,449 |
116 | Blake | 25,406 | Candace | 25,169 |
117 | Cameron | 24,609 | Denise | 25,114 |
118 | Mitchell | 24,544 | Sabrina | 24,636 |
119 | Troy | 24,544 | Gina | 24,461 |
120 | Tony | 24,498 | Renee | 24,416 |
121 | Shaun | 24,472 | Jill | 24,409 |
122 | Terry | 24,159 | Kendra | 24,388 |
123 | Johnny | 23,498 | Morgan | 24,290 |
124 | Martin | 23,230 | Brenda | 24,149 |
125 | Ricardo | 23,094 | Monique | 23,899 |
126 | Bobby | 22,023 | Teresa | 23,415 |
127 | Allen | 21,912 | Krista | 22,868 |
128 | Johnathan | 21,908 | Linda | 22,818 |
129 | Jorge | 21,731 | Miranda | 22,718 |
130 | Devin | 21,706 | Robin | 22,697 |
131 | Andre | 21,604 | Dawn | 22,407 |
132 | Henry | 20,731 | Theresa | 22,389 |
133 | Billy | 20,653 | Kristy | 22,387 |
134 | Caleb | 20,649 | Tanya | 22,305 |
135 | Marc | 20,522 | Wendy | 22,273 |
136 | Garrett | 20,481 | Melinda | 22,215 |
137 | Ricky | 20,166 | Joanna | 22,211 |
138 | Francisco | 20,081 | Anne | 22,120 |
139 | Kristopher | 20,071 | Felicia | 21,951 |
140 | Danny | 20,012 | Desiree | 21,812 |
141 | Manuel | 19,982 | Jaclyn | 21,800 |
142 | Lee | 19,792 | Alisha | 21,749 |
143 | Lawrence | 19,643 | Lori | 21,647 |
144 | Jonathon | 19,579 | Tamara | 21,234 |
145 | Jimmy | 19,525 | Marissa | 21,109 |
146 | Lance | 19,452 | Kelli | 21,049 |
147 | Taylor | 19,423 | Lacey | 20,774 |
148 | Randall | 19,327 | Abigail | 20,651 |
149 | Micheal | 18,735 | Christy | 20,229 |
150 | Mathew | 18,623 | Jenny | 19,716 |
151 | Albert | 18,506 | Tabitha | 19,578 |
152 | Jamie | 18,413 | Colleen | 19,466 |
153 | Isaac | 18,372 | Meredith | 19,208 |
154 | Roger | 18,000 | Barbara | 19,134 |
155 | Rodney | 17,873 | Angelica | 19,075 |
156 | Roberto | 17,820 | Carolyn | 18,634 |
157 | Jon | 17,705 | Rebekah | 18,316 |
158 | Colin | 17,679 | Ebony | 18,262 |
159 | Walter | 17,568 | Deanna | 18,156 |
160 | Clinton | 17,536 | Tonya | 17,989 |
161 | Louis | 17,359 | Caroline | 17,944 |
162 | Clayton | 16,933 | Kristi | 17,709 |
163 | Willie | 16,892 | Kari | 17,544 |
164 | Arthur | 16,797 | Michele | 17,266 |
165 | Chase | 16,565 | Brianna | 17,136 |
166 | Joe | 16,510 | Bridget | 17,103 |
167 | Jack | 15,941 | Angel | 16,741 |
168 | Jay | 15,829 | Marie | 16,538 |
169 | Angel | 15,800 | Sharon | 16,502 |
170 | Calvin | 15,786 | Sheena | 16,257 |
171 | Ross | 15,718 | Tasha | 16,255 |
172 | Darren | 15,701 | Meagan | 16,249 |
173 | Oscar | 15,658 | Jaime | 16,214 |
174 | Drew | 15,596 | Cindy | 16,019 |
175 | Maurice | 15,575 | Priscilla | 16,006 |
176 | Gerald | 15,512 | Ann | 15,930 |
177 | Alejandro | 15,320 | Ashlee | 15,850 |
178 | Spencer | 15,182 | Stefanie | 15,830 |
179 | Hector | 15,108 | Cassie | 15,760 |
180 | Ruben | 14,856 | Adrienne | 15,671 |
181 | Wayne | 14,750 | Tammy | 15,649 |
182 | Brendan | 14,601 | Ana | 15,518 |
183 | Grant | 14,521 | Beth | 15,373 |
184 | Javier | 14,486 | Dominique | 15,100 |
185 | Bruce | 14,339 | Latasha | 15,036 |
186 | Roy | 14,301 | Cristina | 15,032 |
187 | Dylan | 14,177 | Mallory | 14,997 |
188 | Logan | 13,997 | Virginia | 14,996 |
189 | Edwin | 13,903 | Deborah | 14,780 |
190 | Omar | 13,685 | Audrey | 14,673 |
191 | Brad | 13,584 | Katelyn | 14,643 |
192 | Reginald | 13,500 | Regina | 14,577 |
193 | Fernando | 13,195 | Carla | 14,455 |
194 | Darrell | 13,168 | Cheryl | 14,320 |
195 | Sergio | 13,150 | Olivia | 14,066 |
196 | Frederick | 13,059 | Autumn | 13,825 |
197 | Julian | 12,932 | Claudia | 13,795 |
198 | Jaime | 12,850 | Jordan | 13,790 |
199 | Jermaine | 12,804 | Nina | 13,636 |
200 | Geoffrey | 12,735 | Taylor | 13,620 |
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2022. See the limitations of this data source. |