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
Popular names of the period 1980s
Males Females
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.