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 19,230,995 male births and 18,451,632 female births.

**Popular names of the 1980s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	663,592	Jessica	469,439
2	Christopher	554,793	Jennifer	440,836
3	Matthew	458,894	Amanda	369,698
4	Joshua	396,533	Ashley	352,147
5	David	383,610	Sarah	272,559
6	James	356,362	Stephanie	218,131
7	Daniel	345,414	Melissa	217,896
8	Robert	321,598	Nicole	210,456
9	John	321,034	Elizabeth	198,938
10	Joseph	299,367	Heather	191,841
11	Jason	292,016	Tiffany	158,610
12	Justin	289,755	Michelle	153,988
13	Andrew	285,013	Amber	153,935
14	Ryan	278,848	Megan	153,500
15	William	248,240	Amy	150,653
16	Brian	233,976	Rachel	146,657
17	Brandon	232,173	Kimberly	146,435
18	Jonathan	229,906	Christina	145,982
19	Nicholas	223,293	Lauren	145,137
20	Anthony	211,804	Crystal	140,998
21	Eric	204,199	Brittany	140,838
22	Adam	195,049	Rebecca	136,220
23	Kevin	188,638	Laura	134,569
24	Thomas	177,743	Danielle	134,359
25	Steven	177,405	Emily	131,752
26	Timothy	172,811	Samantha	121,122
27	Richard	154,710	Angela	116,585
28	Jeremy	153,418	Erin	115,814
29	Jeffrey	144,781	Kelly	109,541
30	Kyle	141,910	Sara	104,640
31	Benjamin	141,341	Lisa	102,597
32	Aaron	138,343	Katherine	99,154
33	Charles	131,861	Andrea	98,241
34	Mark	129,371	Jamie	96,549
35	Jacob	124,186	Mary	95,842
36	Stephen	113,597	Erica	93,145
37	Patrick	111,365	Courtney	84,298
38	Scott	108,165	Kristen	83,219
39	Nathan	105,962	Shannon	78,412
40	Paul	104,339	April	75,942
41	Sean	103,828	Katie	72,851
42	Travis	102,915	Lindsey	71,935
43	Zachary	101,809	Kristin	70,553
44	Dustin	97,308	Lindsay	68,483
45	Gregory	93,649	Christine	67,999
46	Kenneth	89,113	Alicia	66,961
47	Jose	86,582	Vanessa	65,709
48	Tyler	86,434	Maria	65,665
49	Jesse	85,897	Kathryn	62,436
50	Alexander	81,943	Allison	62,323
51	Bryan	80,491	Julie	61,682
52	Samuel	73,406	Anna	57,288
53	Derek	72,893	Tara	56,329
54	Bradley	69,339	Kayla	55,283
55	Chad	69,051	Natalie	54,417
56	Shawn	65,584	Victoria	53,251
57	Edward	60,811	Monica	51,852
58	Jared	60,286	Jacqueline	51,550
59	Cody	60,261	Holly	49,650
60	Jordan	57,140	Kristina	45,943
61	Peter	56,667	Patricia	45,119
62	Corey	53,607	Cassandra	44,903
63	Keith	52,632	Brandy	44,519
64	Marcus	51,778	Whitney	44,369
65	Juan	51,401	Chelsea	43,158
66	Donald	50,846	Brandi	42,885
67	Ronald	46,661	Catherine	42,417
68	Phillip	45,693	Cynthia	41,663
69	George	45,683	Kathleen	39,397
70	Cory	44,349	Veronica	39,224
71	Joel	43,557	Leslie	38,716
72	Shane	43,157	Natasha	38,201
73	Douglas	41,742	Krystal	37,492
74	Antonio	41,599	Stacy	36,990
75	Raymond	41,495	Diana	36,882
76	Carlos	41,467	Erika	36,841
77	Brett	41,274	Dana	36,814
78	Gary	40,225	Jenna	36,587
79	Alex	38,678	Meghan	36,200
80	Nathaniel	38,639	Carrie	36,083
81	Craig	38,095	Leah	36,042
82	Ian	37,766	Melanie	35,936
83	Luis	37,406	Brooke	34,976
84	Derrick	36,343	Karen	34,909
85	Erik	36,329	Alexandra	34,786
86	Casey	35,977	Valerie	34,621
87	Philip	35,703	Caitlin	33,598
88	Frank	33,576	Julia	33,337
89	Evan	32,477	Alyssa	32,952
90	Gabriel	32,304	Jasmine	32,941
91	Victor	32,253	Hannah	32,685
92	Vincent	32,033	Stacey	32,127
93	Larry	31,280	Brittney	31,530
94	Austin	31,279	Susan	30,537
95	Brent	31,276	Margaret	30,349
96	Seth	31,127	Sandra	30,020
97	Wesley	31,085	Candice	29,846
98	Dennis	30,457	Latoya	29,535
99	Todd	30,322	Bethany	29,343
100	Christian	30,244	Misty	29,116
101	Curtis	29,896	Katrina	28,825
102	Jeffery	29,575	Tracy	28,490
103	Randy	29,507	Casey	27,916
104	Jeremiah	28,326	Kelsey	27,748
105	Adrian	28,123	Kara	27,503
106	Jesus	27,371	Nichole	27,233
107	Luke	27,029	Alison	27,013
108	Alan	26,805	Heidi	26,375
109	Trevor	26,686	Alexis	26,310
110	Russell	26,646	Molly	25,884
111	Mario	26,384	Tina	25,837
112	Lucas	26,075	Pamela	25,739
113	Jerry	25,748	Rachael	25,665
114	Miguel	25,527	Nancy	25,476
115	Carl	25,454	Jillian	25,445
116	Blake	25,389	Candace	25,163
117	Cameron	24,594	Denise	25,113
118	Troy	24,536	Sabrina	24,630
119	Mitchell	24,532	Gina	24,446
120	Tony	24,484	Renee	24,414
121	Shaun	24,467	Jill	24,407
122	Terry	24,160	Kendra	24,383
123	Johnny	23,493	Morgan	24,285
124	Martin	23,207	Brenda	24,139
125	Ricardo	23,075	Monique	23,887
126	Bobby	22,021	Teresa	23,402
127	Allen	21,898	Krista	22,863
128	Johnathan	21,896	Linda	22,810
129	Jorge	21,715	Miranda	22,718
130	Devin	21,701	Robin	22,694
131	Andre	21,576	Dawn	22,406
132	Henry	20,716	Kristy	22,385
133	Billy	20,649	Theresa	22,382
134	Caleb	20,636	Tanya	22,298
135	Marc	20,519	Wendy	22,270
136	Garrett	20,472	Melinda	22,211
137	Ricky	20,153	Joanna	22,197
138	Kristopher	20,068	Anne	22,107
139	Francisco	20,066	Felicia	21,940
140	Danny	20,008	Desiree	21,813
141	Manuel	19,977	Jaclyn	21,798
142	Lee	19,780	Alisha	21,747
143	Lawrence	19,629	Lori	21,645
144	Jonathon	19,581	Tamara	21,226
145	Jimmy	19,519	Marissa	21,103
146	Lance	19,449	Kelli	21,049
147	Taylor	19,410	Lacey	20,772
148	Randall	19,327	Abigail	20,643
149	Micheal	18,732	Christy	20,225
150	Mathew	18,619	Jenny	19,714
151	Albert	18,497	Tabitha	19,574
152	Jamie	18,410	Colleen	19,461
153	Isaac	18,360	Meredith	19,196
154	Roger	17,992	Barbara	19,120
155	Rodney	17,870	Angelica	19,071
156	Roberto	17,812	Carolyn	18,633
157	Jon	17,704	Rebekah	18,315
158	Colin	17,666	Ebony	18,261
159	Walter	17,566	Deanna	18,151
160	Clinton	17,529	Tonya	17,985
161	Louis	17,344	Caroline	17,935
162	Clayton	16,922	Kristi	17,706
163	Willie	16,893	Kari	17,544
164	Arthur	16,781	Michele	17,260
165	Chase	16,550	Brianna	17,131
166	Joe	16,507	Bridget	17,098
167	Jack	15,902	Angel	16,740
168	Jay	15,815	Marie	16,527
169	Angel	15,787	Sharon	16,498
170	Calvin	15,775	Tasha	16,258
171	Ross	15,710	Sheena	16,255
172	Darren	15,693	Meagan	16,249
173	Oscar	15,648	Jaime	16,213
174	Drew	15,583	Cindy	16,017
175	Maurice	15,572	Priscilla	16,004
176	Gerald	15,510	Ann	15,929
177	Alejandro	15,288	Ashlee	15,849
178	Spencer	15,173	Stefanie	15,829
179	Hector	15,095	Cassie	15,758
180	Ruben	14,846	Adrienne	15,670
181	Wayne	14,741	Tammy	15,649
182	Brendan	14,584	Ana	15,502
183	Grant	14,510	Beth	15,372
184	Javier	14,476	Dominique	15,097
185	Bruce	14,328	Latasha	15,034
186	Roy	14,296	Cristina	15,022
187	Dylan	14,165	Mallory	14,995
188	Logan	13,983	Virginia	14,990
189	Edwin	13,904	Deborah	14,778
190	Omar	13,670	Audrey	14,657
191	Brad	13,573	Katelyn	14,643
192	Reginald	13,497	Regina	14,578
193	Fernando	13,185	Carla	14,447
194	Darrell	13,161	Cheryl	14,319
195	Sergio	13,140	Olivia	14,027
196	Frederick	13,051	Autumn	13,825
197	Julian	12,922	Jordan	13,785
198	Jaime	12,846	Claudia	13,784
199	Jermaine	12,803	Nina	13,622
200	Geoffrey	12,725	Taylor	13,615
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2016. See the limitations of this data source.