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 19,239,730 male births and
18,458,241 female births
Males | Females | |||
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Rank | Name | Number | Name | Number |
1 | Michael | 663,824 | Jessica | 469,518 |
2 | Christopher | 554,886 | Jennifer | 440,916 |
3 | Matthew | 458,953 | Amanda | 369,728 |
4 | Joshua | 396,530 | Ashley | 352,185 |
5 | David | 383,702 | Sarah | 272,647 |
6 | James | 356,498 | Stephanie | 218,175 |
7 | Daniel | 345,559 | Melissa | 217,929 |
8 | Robert | 321,672 | Nicole | 210,498 |
9 | John | 321,161 | Elizabeth | 198,977 |
10 | Joseph | 299,416 | Heather | 191,854 |
11 | Jason | 292,130 | Tiffany | 158,625 |
12 | Justin | 289,826 | Michelle | 154,032 |
13 | Andrew | 285,094 | Amber | 153,951 |
14 | Ryan | 278,954 | Megan | 153,502 |
15 | William | 248,286 | Amy | 150,662 |
16 | Brian | 233,997 | Rachel | 146,678 |
17 | Brandon | 232,206 | Kimberly | 146,453 |
18 | Jonathan | 229,959 | Christina | 146,011 |
19 | Nicholas | 223,320 | Lauren | 145,162 |
20 | Anthony | 211,870 | Crystal | 141,009 |
21 | Eric | 204,246 | Brittany | 140,855 |
22 | Adam | 195,084 | Rebecca | 136,243 |
23 | Kevin | 188,685 | Laura | 134,611 |
24 | Thomas | 177,817 | Danielle | 134,380 |
25 | Steven | 177,470 | Emily | 131,770 |
26 | Timothy | 172,834 | Samantha | 121,126 |
27 | Richard | 154,750 | Angela | 116,594 |
28 | Jeremy | 153,414 | Erin | 115,811 |
29 | Jeffrey | 144,798 | Kelly | 109,540 |
30 | Kyle | 141,950 | Sara | 104,681 |
31 | Benjamin | 141,385 | Lisa | 102,617 |
32 | Aaron | 138,366 | Katherine | 99,176 |
33 | Charles | 131,905 | Andrea | 98,264 |
34 | Mark | 129,460 | Jamie | 96,558 |
35 | Jacob | 124,263 | Mary | 95,862 |
36 | Stephen | 113,635 | Erica | 93,161 |
37 | Patrick | 111,417 | Courtney | 84,310 |
38 | Scott | 108,149 | Kristen | 83,226 |
39 | Nathan | 105,994 | Shannon | 78,421 |
40 | Paul | 104,397 | April | 75,948 |
41 | Sean | 103,875 | Katie | 72,880 |
42 | Travis | 102,929 | Lindsey | 71,941 |
43 | Zachary | 101,830 | Kristin | 70,558 |
44 | Dustin | 97,315 | Lindsay | 68,492 |
45 | Gregory | 93,668 | Christine | 68,015 |
46 | Kenneth | 89,118 | Alicia | 66,966 |
47 | Jose | 86,645 | Maria | 65,776 |
48 | Tyler | 86,447 | Vanessa | 65,728 |
49 | Jesse | 85,915 | Kathryn | 62,445 |
50 | Alexander | 82,013 | Allison | 62,328 |
51 | Bryan | 80,504 | Julie | 61,689 |
52 | Samuel | 73,460 | Anna | 57,325 |
53 | Derek | 72,927 | Tara | 56,340 |
54 | Bradley | 69,354 | Kayla | 55,295 |
55 | Chad | 69,054 | Natalie | 54,433 |
56 | Shawn | 65,600 | Victoria | 53,273 |
57 | Edward | 60,833 | Monica | 51,864 |
58 | Jared | 60,307 | Jacqueline | 51,562 |
59 | Cody | 60,287 | Holly | 49,656 |
60 | Jordan | 57,179 | Kristina | 45,946 |
61 | Peter | 56,725 | Patricia | 45,128 |
62 | Corey | 53,604 | Cassandra | 44,911 |
63 | Keith | 52,646 | Brandy | 44,527 |
64 | Marcus | 51,810 | Whitney | 44,372 |
65 | Juan | 51,449 | Chelsea | 43,164 |
66 | Donald | 50,845 | Brandi | 42,890 |
67 | Ronald | 46,670 | Catherine | 42,435 |
68 | George | 45,715 | Cynthia | 41,667 |
69 | Phillip | 45,706 | Kathleen | 39,395 |
70 | Cory | 44,361 | Veronica | 39,233 |
71 | Joel | 43,566 | Leslie | 38,729 |
72 | Shane | 43,174 | Natasha | 38,213 |
73 | Douglas | 41,746 | Krystal | 37,496 |
74 | Antonio | 41,618 | Stacy | 36,991 |
75 | Carlos | 41,503 | Diana | 36,904 |
76 | Raymond | 41,503 | Erika | 36,853 |
77 | Brett | 41,293 | Dana | 36,825 |
78 | Gary | 40,230 | Jenna | 36,601 |
79 | Alex | 38,711 | Meghan | 36,208 |
80 | Nathaniel | 38,650 | Carrie | 36,081 |
81 | Craig | 38,102 | Leah | 36,057 |
82 | Ian | 37,773 | Melanie | 35,950 |
83 | Luis | 37,446 | Brooke | 34,979 |
84 | Derrick | 36,348 | Karen | 34,917 |
85 | Erik | 36,346 | Alexandra | 34,821 |
86 | Casey | 35,966 | Valerie | 34,630 |
87 | Philip | 35,732 | Caitlin | 33,584 |
88 | Frank | 33,603 | Julia | 33,355 |
89 | Evan | 32,486 | Alyssa | 32,952 |
90 | Gabriel | 32,321 | Jasmine | 32,952 |
91 | Victor | 32,290 | Hannah | 32,703 |
92 | Vincent | 32,064 | Stacey | 32,137 |
93 | Austin | 31,308 | Brittney | 31,532 |
94 | Brent | 31,280 | Susan | 30,547 |
95 | Larry | 31,278 | Margaret | 30,352 |
96 | Seth | 31,129 | Sandra | 30,046 |
97 | Wesley | 31,090 | Candice | 29,848 |
98 | Dennis | 30,466 | Latoya | 29,537 |
99 | Todd | 30,328 | Bethany | 29,332 |
100 | Christian | 30,289 | Misty | 29,115 |
101 | Curtis | 29,906 | Katrina | 28,830 |
102 | Jeffery | 29,575 | Tracy | 28,494 |
103 | Randy | 29,514 | Casey | 27,918 |
104 | Jeremiah | 28,331 | Kelsey | 27,759 |
105 | Adrian | 28,141 | Kara | 27,507 |
106 | Jesus | 27,398 | Nichole | 27,235 |
107 | Luke | 27,052 | Alison | 27,017 |
108 | Alan | 26,824 | Heidi | 26,388 |
109 | Trevor | 26,696 | Alexis | 26,323 |
110 | Russell | 26,653 | Molly | 25,890 |
111 | Mario | 26,394 | Tina | 25,842 |
112 | Lucas | 26,087 | Pamela | 25,744 |
113 | Jerry | 25,757 | Rachael | 25,670 |
114 | Miguel | 25,560 | Nancy | 25,493 |
115 | Carl | 25,472 | Jillian | 25,446 |
116 | Blake | 25,398 | Candace | 25,169 |
117 | Cameron | 24,604 | Denise | 25,114 |
118 | Mitchell | 24,543 | Sabrina | 24,637 |
119 | Troy | 24,535 | Gina | 24,462 |
120 | Tony | 24,500 | Renee | 24,414 |
121 | Shaun | 24,470 | Jill | 24,409 |
122 | Terry | 24,157 | Kendra | 24,387 |
123 | Johnny | 23,502 | Morgan | 24,288 |
124 | Martin | 23,227 | Brenda | 24,146 |
125 | Ricardo | 23,091 | Monique | 23,896 |
126 | Bobby | 22,025 | Teresa | 23,410 |
127 | Allen | 21,910 | Krista | 22,864 |
128 | Johnathan | 21,910 | Linda | 22,824 |
129 | Jorge | 21,736 | Miranda | 22,716 |
130 | Devin | 21,703 | Robin | 22,695 |
131 | Andre | 21,609 | Dawn | 22,406 |
132 | Henry | 20,727 | Theresa | 22,390 |
133 | Billy | 20,651 | Kristy | 22,386 |
134 | Caleb | 20,646 | Tanya | 22,303 |
135 | Marc | 20,522 | Wendy | 22,269 |
136 | Garrett | 20,475 | Joanna | 22,216 |
137 | Ricky | 20,158 | Melinda | 22,212 |
138 | Francisco | 20,084 | Anne | 22,118 |
139 | Kristopher | 20,068 | Felicia | 21,952 |
140 | Danny | 20,013 | Desiree | 21,809 |
141 | Manuel | 19,983 | Jaclyn | 21,801 |
142 | Lee | 19,787 | Alisha | 21,751 |
143 | Lawrence | 19,641 | Lori | 21,645 |
144 | Jonathon | 19,578 | Tamara | 21,236 |
145 | Jimmy | 19,522 | Marissa | 21,102 |
146 | Lance | 19,452 | Kelli | 21,049 |
147 | Taylor | 19,421 | Lacey | 20,773 |
148 | Randall | 19,325 | Abigail | 20,659 |
149 | Micheal | 18,736 | Christy | 20,227 |
150 | Mathew | 18,622 | Jenny | 19,720 |
151 | Albert | 18,502 | Tabitha | 19,578 |
152 | Jamie | 18,411 | Colleen | 19,470 |
153 | Isaac | 18,375 | Meredith | 19,204 |
154 | Roger | 18,002 | Barbara | 19,138 |
155 | Rodney | 17,874 | Angelica | 19,074 |
156 | Roberto | 17,820 | Carolyn | 18,630 |
157 | Jon | 17,706 | Rebekah | 18,319 |
158 | Colin | 17,673 | Ebony | 18,263 |
159 | Walter | 17,568 | Deanna | 18,155 |
160 | Clinton | 17,536 | Tonya | 17,988 |
161 | Louis | 17,355 | Caroline | 17,944 |
162 | Clayton | 16,934 | Kristi | 17,707 |
163 | Willie | 16,892 | Kari | 17,544 |
164 | Arthur | 16,795 | Michele | 17,263 |
165 | Chase | 16,561 | Brianna | 17,133 |
166 | Joe | 16,508 | Bridget | 17,103 |
167 | Jack | 15,942 | Angel | 16,736 |
168 | Jay | 15,840 | Marie | 16,542 |
169 | Angel | 15,797 | Sharon | 16,504 |
170 | Calvin | 15,785 | Sheena | 16,259 |
171 | Ross | 15,713 | Tasha | 16,256 |
172 | Darren | 15,699 | Meagan | 16,248 |
173 | Oscar | 15,660 | Jaime | 16,211 |
174 | Drew | 15,591 | Cindy | 16,020 |
175 | Maurice | 15,574 | Priscilla | 16,005 |
176 | Gerald | 15,509 | Ann | 15,929 |
177 | Alejandro | 15,316 | Ashlee | 15,850 |
178 | Spencer | 15,183 | Stefanie | 15,833 |
179 | Hector | 15,107 | Cassie | 15,758 |
180 | Ruben | 14,858 | Adrienne | 15,667 |
181 | Wayne | 14,747 | Tammy | 15,648 |
182 | Brendan | 14,601 | Ana | 15,526 |
183 | Grant | 14,521 | Beth | 15,373 |
184 | Javier | 14,481 | Dominique | 15,099 |
185 | Bruce | 14,335 | Cristina | 15,035 |
186 | Roy | 14,308 | Latasha | 15,035 |
187 | Dylan | 14,171 | Virginia | 14,996 |
188 | Logan | 13,985 | Mallory | 14,995 |
189 | Edwin | 13,902 | Deborah | 14,783 |
190 | Omar | 13,682 | Audrey | 14,670 |
191 | Brad | 13,580 | Katelyn | 14,644 |
192 | Reginald | 13,500 | Regina | 14,578 |
193 | Fernando | 13,198 | Carla | 14,453 |
194 | Darrell | 13,165 | Cheryl | 14,319 |
195 | Sergio | 13,152 | Olivia | 14,061 |
196 | Frederick | 13,057 | Autumn | 13,826 |
197 | Julian | 12,934 | Claudia | 13,797 |
198 | Jaime | 12,853 | Jordan | 13,788 |
199 | Jermaine | 12,802 | Nina | 13,637 |
200 | Geoffrey | 12,732 | Taylor | 13,624 |
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2025. See the limitations of this data source. |