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 19,233,136 male births and 18,452,892 female births.

**Popular names of the 1980s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	663,645	Jessica	469,452
2	Christopher	554,838	Jennifer	440,845
3	Matthew	458,918	Amanda	369,705
4	Joshua	396,559	Ashley	352,160
5	David	383,637	Sarah	272,588
6	James	356,392	Stephanie	218,133
7	Daniel	345,448	Melissa	217,900
8	Robert	321,627	Nicole	210,465
9	John	321,079	Elizabeth	198,955
10	Joseph	299,396	Heather	191,852
11	Jason	292,032	Tiffany	158,612
12	Justin	289,771	Michelle	153,991
13	Andrew	285,046	Amber	153,937
14	Ryan	278,883	Megan	153,501
15	William	248,258	Amy	150,656
16	Brian	233,986	Rachel	146,661
17	Brandon	232,182	Kimberly	146,437
18	Jonathan	229,920	Christina	145,985
19	Nicholas	223,307	Lauren	145,139
20	Anthony	211,821	Crystal	141,002
21	Eric	204,218	Brittany	140,841
22	Adam	195,059	Rebecca	136,224
23	Kevin	188,653	Laura	134,577
24	Thomas	177,769	Danielle	134,362
25	Steven	177,414	Emily	131,754
26	Timothy	172,817	Samantha	121,126
27	Richard	154,733	Angela	116,591
28	Jeremy	153,419	Erin	115,817
29	Jeffrey	144,787	Kelly	109,545
30	Kyle	141,931	Sara	104,651
31	Benjamin	141,356	Lisa	102,598
32	Aaron	138,358	Katherine	99,163
33	Charles	131,865	Andrea	98,246
34	Mark	129,383	Jamie	96,549
35	Jacob	124,208	Mary	95,849
36	Stephen	113,603	Erica	93,146
37	Patrick	111,376	Courtney	84,299
38	Scott	108,172	Kristen	83,221
39	Nathan	105,973	Shannon	78,413
40	Paul	104,356	April	75,946
41	Sean	103,833	Katie	72,853
42	Travis	102,922	Lindsey	71,936
43	Zachary	101,823	Kristin	70,556
44	Dustin	97,313	Lindsay	68,485
45	Gregory	93,653	Christine	68,006
46	Kenneth	89,125	Alicia	66,960
47	Jose	86,591	Vanessa	65,717
48	Tyler	86,436	Maria	65,681
49	Jesse	85,907	Kathryn	62,438
50	Alexander	81,961	Allison	62,324
51	Bryan	80,495	Julie	61,684
52	Samuel	73,416	Anna	57,295
53	Derek	72,904	Tara	56,330
54	Bradley	69,346	Kayla	55,284
55	Chad	69,056	Natalie	54,424
56	Shawn	65,583	Victoria	53,261
57	Edward	60,812	Monica	51,857
58	Jared	60,293	Jacqueline	51,550
59	Cody	60,263	Holly	49,653
60	Jordan	57,144	Kristina	45,945
61	Peter	56,681	Patricia	45,120
62	Corey	53,610	Cassandra	44,904
63	Keith	52,635	Brandy	44,520
64	Marcus	51,780	Whitney	44,369
65	Juan	51,406	Chelsea	43,159
66	Donald	50,844	Brandi	42,886
67	Ronald	46,661	Catherine	42,419
68	Phillip	45,695	Cynthia	41,666
69	George	45,687	Kathleen	39,401
70	Cory	44,354	Veronica	39,228
71	Joel	43,556	Leslie	38,719
72	Shane	43,163	Natasha	38,203
73	Douglas	41,747	Krystal	37,493
74	Antonio	41,603	Stacy	36,989
75	Raymond	41,503	Diana	36,886
76	Carlos	41,470	Erika	36,845
77	Brett	41,279	Dana	36,818
78	Gary	40,229	Jenna	36,589
79	Alex	38,684	Meghan	36,202
80	Nathaniel	38,641	Carrie	36,083
81	Craig	38,096	Leah	36,042
82	Ian	37,776	Melanie	35,941
83	Luis	37,413	Brooke	34,975
84	Derrick	36,347	Karen	34,911
85	Erik	36,332	Alexandra	34,791
86	Casey	35,977	Valerie	34,621
87	Philip	35,709	Caitlin	33,598
88	Frank	33,583	Julia	33,347
89	Evan	32,477	Alyssa	32,953
90	Gabriel	32,309	Jasmine	32,943
91	Victor	32,267	Hannah	32,688
92	Vincent	32,037	Stacey	32,133
93	Austin	31,280	Brittney	31,532
94	Larry	31,280	Susan	30,539
95	Brent	31,278	Margaret	30,350
96	Seth	31,129	Sandra	30,025
97	Wesley	31,085	Candice	29,846
98	Dennis	30,462	Latoya	29,535
99	Todd	30,327	Bethany	29,344
100	Christian	30,248	Misty	29,116
101	Curtis	29,895	Katrina	28,826
102	Jeffery	29,576	Tracy	28,491
103	Randy	29,513	Casey	27,916
104	Jeremiah	28,329	Kelsey	27,750
105	Adrian	28,125	Kara	27,503
106	Jesus	27,375	Nichole	27,232
107	Luke	27,032	Alison	27,016
108	Alan	26,808	Heidi	26,379
109	Trevor	26,688	Alexis	26,313
110	Russell	26,648	Molly	25,884
111	Mario	26,387	Tina	25,838
112	Lucas	26,079	Pamela	25,747
113	Jerry	25,751	Rachael	25,665
114	Miguel	25,534	Nancy	25,477
115	Carl	25,456	Jillian	25,445
116	Blake	25,390	Candace	25,165
117	Cameron	24,594	Denise	25,113
118	Troy	24,536	Sabrina	24,633
119	Mitchell	24,535	Gina	24,448
120	Tony	24,487	Renee	24,417
121	Shaun	24,469	Jill	24,407
122	Terry	24,158	Kendra	24,383
123	Johnny	23,493	Morgan	24,284
124	Martin	23,214	Brenda	24,141
125	Ricardo	23,079	Monique	23,893
126	Bobby	22,021	Teresa	23,404
127	Allen	21,904	Krista	22,864
128	Johnathan	21,897	Linda	22,808
129	Jorge	21,717	Miranda	22,717
130	Devin	21,700	Robin	22,695
131	Andre	21,583	Dawn	22,406
132	Henry	20,721	Kristy	22,384
133	Billy	20,651	Theresa	22,382
134	Caleb	20,637	Tanya	22,300
135	Marc	20,521	Wendy	22,271
136	Garrett	20,473	Melinda	22,212
137	Ricky	20,152	Joanna	22,200
138	Francisco	20,069	Anne	22,109
139	Kristopher	20,068	Felicia	21,942
140	Danny	20,011	Desiree	21,813
141	Manuel	19,980	Jaclyn	21,798
142	Lee	19,780	Alisha	21,750
143	Lawrence	19,633	Lori	21,647
144	Jonathon	19,582	Tamara	21,224
145	Jimmy	19,522	Marissa	21,106
146	Lance	19,449	Kelli	21,049
147	Taylor	19,414	Lacey	20,772
148	Randall	19,328	Abigail	20,643
149	Micheal	18,732	Christy	20,225
150	Mathew	18,618	Jenny	19,711
151	Albert	18,498	Tabitha	19,576
152	Jamie	18,410	Colleen	19,462
153	Isaac	18,362	Meredith	19,196
154	Roger	17,997	Barbara	19,127
155	Rodney	17,871	Angelica	19,072
156	Roberto	17,814	Carolyn	18,631
157	Jon	17,704	Rebekah	18,316
158	Colin	17,664	Ebony	18,262
159	Walter	17,567	Deanna	18,151
160	Clinton	17,532	Tonya	17,987
161	Louis	17,347	Caroline	17,936
162	Clayton	16,924	Kristi	17,707
163	Willie	16,892	Kari	17,543
164	Arthur	16,784	Michele	17,263
165	Chase	16,553	Brianna	17,131
166	Joe	16,508	Bridget	17,102
167	Jack	15,910	Angel	16,740
168	Jay	15,816	Marie	16,533
169	Angel	15,791	Sharon	16,496
170	Calvin	15,781	Tasha	16,257
171	Ross	15,709	Sheena	16,255
172	Darren	15,693	Meagan	16,249
173	Oscar	15,649	Jaime	16,213
174	Drew	15,585	Cindy	16,017
175	Maurice	15,575	Priscilla	16,004
176	Gerald	15,510	Ann	15,928
177	Alejandro	15,295	Ashlee	15,849
178	Spencer	15,176	Stefanie	15,829
179	Hector	15,096	Cassie	15,758
180	Ruben	14,846	Adrienne	15,671
181	Wayne	14,743	Tammy	15,650
182	Brendan	14,585	Ana	15,505
183	Grant	14,512	Beth	15,371
184	Javier	14,478	Dominique	15,097
185	Bruce	14,331	Latasha	15,034
186	Roy	14,298	Cristina	15,026
187	Dylan	14,167	Mallory	14,995
188	Logan	13,986	Virginia	14,991
189	Edwin	13,904	Deborah	14,778
190	Omar	13,674	Audrey	14,661
191	Brad	13,576	Katelyn	14,643
192	Reginald	13,497	Regina	14,579
193	Fernando	13,187	Carla	14,450
194	Darrell	13,164	Cheryl	14,318
195	Sergio	13,142	Olivia	14,040
196	Frederick	13,052	Autumn	13,826
197	Julian	12,923	Claudia	13,785
198	Jaime	12,848	Jordan	13,784
199	Jermaine	12,805	Nina	13,623
200	Geoffrey	12,728	Taylor	13,615
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2017. See the limitations of this data source.