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 19,235,157 male births and 18,454,074 female births.

**Popular names of the 1980s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	663,690	Jessica	469,472
2	Christopher	554,859	Jennifer	440,859
3	Matthew	458,955	Amanda	369,716
4	Joshua	396,570	Ashley	352,171
5	David	383,677	Sarah	272,607
6	James	356,428	Stephanie	218,139
7	Daniel	345,478	Melissa	217,903
8	Robert	321,655	Nicole	210,477
9	John	321,111	Elizabeth	198,965
10	Joseph	299,417	Heather	191,859
11	Jason	292,074	Tiffany	158,614
12	Justin	289,784	Michelle	154,000
13	Andrew	285,075	Amber	153,939
14	Ryan	278,916	Megan	153,505
15	William	248,270	Amy	150,666
16	Brian	233,994	Rachel	146,659
17	Brandon	232,195	Kimberly	146,441
18	Jonathan	229,939	Christina	145,992
19	Nicholas	223,311	Lauren	145,143
20	Anthony	211,820	Crystal	141,002
21	Eric	204,239	Brittany	140,843
22	Adam	195,070	Rebecca	136,228
23	Kevin	188,679	Laura	134,588
24	Thomas	177,781	Danielle	134,367
25	Steven	177,431	Emily	131,754
26	Timothy	172,831	Samantha	121,133
27	Richard	154,741	Angela	116,593
28	Jeremy	153,419	Erin	115,814
29	Jeffrey	144,796	Kelly	109,548
30	Kyle	141,937	Sara	104,658
31	Benjamin	141,369	Lisa	102,598
32	Aaron	138,362	Katherine	99,168
33	Charles	131,878	Andrea	98,245
34	Mark	129,407	Jamie	96,550
35	Jacob	124,228	Mary	95,857
36	Stephen	113,609	Erica	93,146
37	Patrick	111,401	Courtney	84,300
38	Scott	108,170	Kristen	83,226
39	Nathan	105,983	Shannon	78,414
40	Paul	104,374	April	75,947
41	Sean	103,849	Katie	72,856
42	Travis	102,924	Lindsey	71,934
43	Zachary	101,834	Kristin	70,556
44	Dustin	97,319	Lindsay	68,488
45	Gregory	93,659	Christine	68,014
46	Kenneth	89,130	Alicia	66,962
47	Jose	86,603	Vanessa	65,722
48	Tyler	86,446	Maria	65,692
49	Jesse	85,913	Kathryn	62,439
50	Alexander	81,983	Allison	62,327
51	Bryan	80,495	Julie	61,685
52	Samuel	73,429	Anna	57,304
53	Derek	72,908	Tara	56,332
54	Bradley	69,351	Kayla	55,283
55	Chad	69,060	Natalie	54,430
56	Shawn	65,587	Victoria	53,261
57	Edward	60,815	Monica	51,860
58	Jared	60,291	Jacqueline	51,551
59	Cody	60,264	Holly	49,656
60	Jordan	57,148	Kristina	45,945
61	Peter	56,692	Patricia	45,123
62	Corey	53,611	Cassandra	44,905
63	Keith	52,637	Brandy	44,522
64	Marcus	51,785	Whitney	44,370
65	Juan	51,417	Chelsea	43,160
66	Donald	50,845	Brandi	42,887
67	Ronald	46,667	Catherine	42,416
68	Phillip	45,700	Cynthia	41,668
69	George	45,694	Kathleen	39,399
70	Cory	44,357	Veronica	39,231
71	Joel	43,559	Leslie	38,723
72	Shane	43,164	Natasha	38,204
73	Douglas	41,752	Krystal	37,493
74	Antonio	41,607	Stacy	36,992
75	Raymond	41,509	Diana	36,887
76	Carlos	41,480	Erika	36,844
77	Brett	41,281	Dana	36,822
78	Gary	40,231	Jenna	36,591
79	Alex	38,693	Meghan	36,206
80	Nathaniel	38,644	Carrie	36,081
81	Craig	38,098	Leah	36,045
82	Ian	37,780	Melanie	35,944
83	Luis	37,422	Brooke	34,977
84	Derrick	36,346	Karen	34,913
85	Erik	36,337	Alexandra	34,795
86	Casey	35,975	Valerie	34,620
87	Philip	35,711	Caitlin	33,599
88	Frank	33,587	Julia	33,349
89	Evan	32,477	Alyssa	32,952
90	Gabriel	32,314	Jasmine	32,945
91	Victor	32,272	Hannah	32,695
92	Vincent	32,040	Stacey	32,134
93	Austin	31,284	Brittney	31,533
94	Larry	31,284	Susan	30,542
95	Brent	31,281	Margaret	30,352
96	Seth	31,130	Sandra	30,027
97	Wesley	31,087	Candice	29,848
98	Dennis	30,465	Latoya	29,536
99	Todd	30,334	Bethany	29,342
100	Christian	30,254	Misty	29,116
101	Curtis	29,896	Katrina	28,827
102	Jeffery	29,577	Tracy	28,491
103	Randy	29,514	Casey	27,916
104	Jeremiah	28,331	Kelsey	27,753
105	Adrian	28,133	Kara	27,503
106	Jesus	27,379	Nichole	27,232
107	Luke	27,038	Alison	27,017
108	Alan	26,812	Heidi	26,381
109	Trevor	26,689	Alexis	26,315
110	Russell	26,652	Molly	25,884
111	Mario	26,391	Tina	25,838
112	Lucas	26,080	Pamela	25,749
113	Jerry	25,755	Rachael	25,666
114	Miguel	25,540	Nancy	25,479
115	Carl	25,462	Jillian	25,446
116	Blake	25,398	Candace	25,167
117	Cameron	24,597	Denise	25,114
118	Troy	24,542	Sabrina	24,633
119	Mitchell	24,536	Gina	24,449
120	Tony	24,488	Renee	24,412
121	Shaun	24,470	Jill	24,407
122	Terry	24,158	Kendra	24,386
123	Johnny	23,494	Morgan	24,284
124	Martin	23,221	Brenda	24,146
125	Ricardo	23,085	Monique	23,895
126	Bobby	22,022	Teresa	23,404
127	Allen	21,905	Krista	22,864
128	Johnathan	21,896	Linda	22,813
129	Jorge	21,719	Miranda	22,717
130	Devin	21,702	Robin	22,696
131	Andre	21,590	Dawn	22,405
132	Henry	20,719	Kristy	22,385
133	Billy	20,652	Theresa	22,385
134	Caleb	20,636	Tanya	22,301
135	Marc	20,521	Wendy	22,271
136	Garrett	20,477	Melinda	22,215
137	Ricky	20,155	Joanna	22,203
138	Francisco	20,074	Anne	22,111
139	Kristopher	20,068	Felicia	21,942
140	Danny	20,011	Desiree	21,813
141	Manuel	19,981	Jaclyn	21,800
142	Lee	19,783	Alisha	21,749
143	Lawrence	19,637	Lori	21,646
144	Jonathon	19,581	Tamara	21,226
145	Jimmy	19,524	Marissa	21,108
146	Lance	19,451	Kelli	21,049
147	Taylor	19,413	Lacey	20,772
148	Randall	19,327	Abigail	20,645
149	Micheal	18,734	Christy	20,227
150	Mathew	18,621	Jenny	19,712
151	Albert	18,503	Tabitha	19,577
152	Jamie	18,411	Colleen	19,463
153	Isaac	18,360	Meredith	19,199
154	Roger	17,998	Barbara	19,128
155	Rodney	17,869	Angelica	19,074
156	Roberto	17,815	Carolyn	18,630
157	Jon	17,704	Rebekah	18,313
158	Colin	17,664	Ebony	18,263
159	Walter	17,566	Deanna	18,152
160	Clinton	17,532	Tonya	17,988
161	Louis	17,352	Caroline	17,936
162	Clayton	16,925	Kristi	17,709
163	Willie	16,893	Kari	17,542
164	Arthur	16,786	Michele	17,263
165	Chase	16,555	Brianna	17,135
166	Joe	16,509	Bridget	17,102
167	Jack	15,916	Angel	16,740
168	Jay	15,815	Marie	16,535
169	Angel	15,795	Sharon	16,498
170	Calvin	15,782	Tasha	16,257
171	Ross	15,712	Sheena	16,256
172	Darren	15,694	Meagan	16,249
173	Oscar	15,650	Jaime	16,213
174	Drew	15,586	Cindy	16,015
175	Maurice	15,575	Priscilla	16,005
176	Gerald	15,511	Ann	15,929
177	Alejandro	15,302	Ashlee	15,849
178	Spencer	15,179	Stefanie	15,829
179	Hector	15,099	Cassie	15,759
180	Ruben	14,847	Adrienne	15,671
181	Wayne	14,743	Tammy	15,649
182	Brendan	14,591	Ana	15,505
183	Grant	14,516	Beth	15,371
184	Javier	14,479	Dominique	15,097
185	Bruce	14,334	Latasha	15,035
186	Roy	14,298	Cristina	15,029
187	Dylan	14,168	Mallory	14,995
188	Logan	13,987	Virginia	14,990
189	Edwin	13,904	Deborah	14,781
190	Omar	13,677	Audrey	14,666
191	Brad	13,581	Katelyn	14,643
192	Reginald	13,498	Regina	14,579
193	Fernando	13,189	Carla	14,449
194	Darrell	13,165	Cheryl	14,318
195	Sergio	13,143	Olivia	14,044
196	Frederick	13,056	Autumn	13,826
197	Julian	12,925	Claudia	13,791
198	Jaime	12,848	Jordan	13,783
199	Jermaine	12,804	Nina	13,627
200	Geoffrey	12,729	Taylor	13,615
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of March 2018. See the limitations of this data source.