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
Popular names of the period 1980s
Males Females
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.