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 19,240,119 male births and 18,457,621 female births
Popular names of the period 1980s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 663,827 Jessica 469,518
2 Christopher 554,909 Jennifer 440,896
3 Matthew 459,019 Amanda 369,738
4 Joshua 396,581 Ashley 352,189
5 David 383,739 Sarah 272,635
6 James 356,518 Stephanie 218,171
7 Daniel 345,574 Melissa 217,932
8 Robert 321,686 Nicole 210,501
9 John 321,185 Elizabeth 198,976
10 Joseph 299,451 Heather 191,854
11 Jason 292,129 Tiffany 158,627
12 Justin 289,832 Michelle 154,028
13 Andrew 285,102 Amber 153,952
14 Ryan 278,996 Megan 153,504
15 William 248,305 Amy 150,669
16 Brian 234,017 Rachel 146,680
17 Brandon 232,231 Kimberly 146,445
18 Jonathan 229,969 Christina 146,014
19 Nicholas 223,327 Lauren 145,156
20 Anthony 211,868 Crystal 141,009
21 Eric 204,256 Brittany 140,858
22 Adam 195,096 Rebecca 136,242
23 Kevin 188,684 Laura 134,610
24 Thomas 177,836 Danielle 134,380
25 Steven 177,462 Emily 131,759
26 Timothy 172,849 Samantha 121,141
27 Richard 154,759 Angela 116,587
28 Jeremy 153,430 Erin 115,814
29 Jeffrey 144,811 Kelly 109,555
30 Kyle 141,950 Sara 104,674
31 Benjamin 141,410 Lisa 102,613
32 Aaron 138,373 Katherine 99,182
33 Charles 131,924 Andrea 98,260
34 Mark 129,458 Jamie 96,558
35 Jacob 124,260 Mary 95,860
36 Stephen 113,630 Erica 93,155
37 Patrick 111,428 Courtney 84,312
38 Scott 108,168 Kristen 83,227
39 Nathan 106,002 Shannon 78,420
40 Paul 104,403 April 75,950
41 Sean 103,871 Katie 72,878
42 Travis 102,949 Lindsey 71,941
43 Zachary 101,836 Kristin 70,556
44 Dustin 97,322 Lindsay 68,490
45 Gregory 93,665 Christine 68,016
46 Kenneth 89,124 Alicia 66,965
47 Jose 86,633 Maria 65,757
48 Tyler 86,460 Vanessa 65,729
49 Jesse 85,926 Kathryn 62,442
50 Alexander 82,028 Allison 62,330
51 Bryan 80,503 Julie 61,689
52 Samuel 73,457 Anna 57,325
53 Derek 72,926 Tara 56,338
54 Bradley 69,362 Kayla 55,291
55 Chad 69,062 Natalie 54,440
56 Shawn 65,604 Victoria 53,271
57 Edward 60,838 Monica 51,865
58 Jared 60,307 Jacqueline 51,559
59 Cody 60,287 Holly 49,656
60 Jordan 57,172 Kristina 45,949
61 Peter 56,730 Patricia 45,126
62 Corey 53,612 Cassandra 44,910
63 Keith 52,645 Brandy 44,526
64 Marcus 51,812 Whitney 44,374
65 Juan 51,445 Chelsea 43,162
66 Donald 50,848 Brandi 42,889
67 Ronald 46,669 Catherine 42,432
68 George 45,719 Cynthia 41,666
69 Phillip 45,710 Kathleen 39,398
70 Cory 44,366 Veronica 39,236
71 Joel 43,576 Leslie 38,727
72 Shane 43,177 Natasha 38,210
73 Douglas 41,751 Krystal 37,495
74 Antonio 41,620 Stacy 36,990
75 Carlos 41,503 Diana 36,899
76 Raymond 41,503 Erika 36,853
77 Brett 41,299 Dana 36,823
78 Gary 40,233 Jenna 36,601
79 Alex 38,714 Meghan 36,211
80 Nathaniel 38,653 Carrie 36,082
81 Craig 38,106 Leah 36,052
82 Ian 37,782 Melanie 35,952
83 Luis 37,446 Brooke 34,978
84 Derrick 36,350 Karen 34,916
85 Erik 36,347 Alexandra 34,817
86 Casey 35,975 Valerie 34,629
87 Philip 35,741 Caitlin 33,592
88 Frank 33,612 Julia 33,359
89 Evan 32,483 Jasmine 32,955
90 Gabriel 32,329 Alyssa 32,952
91 Victor 32,283 Hannah 32,703
92 Vincent 32,064 Stacey 32,138
93 Austin 31,308 Brittney 31,536
94 Brent 31,286 Susan 30,549
95 Larry 31,282 Margaret 30,352
96 Seth 31,132 Sandra 30,042
97 Wesley 31,092 Candice 29,848
98 Dennis 30,467 Latoya 29,537
99 Todd 30,337 Bethany 29,338
100 Christian 30,288 Misty 29,115
101 Curtis 29,904 Katrina 28,833
102 Jeffery 29,573 Tracy 28,493
103 Randy 29,513 Casey 27,916
104 Jeremiah 28,332 Kelsey 27,759
105 Adrian 28,141 Kara 27,507
106 Jesus 27,394 Nichole 27,234
107 Luke 27,061 Alison 27,018
108 Alan 26,830 Heidi 26,386
109 Trevor 26,704 Alexis 26,323
110 Russell 26,657 Molly 25,887
111 Mario 26,398 Tina 25,843
112 Lucas 26,089 Pamela 25,741
113 Jerry 25,757 Rachael 25,670
114 Miguel 25,561 Nancy 25,491
115 Carl 25,471 Jillian 25,449
116 Blake 25,395 Candace 25,169
117 Cameron 24,605 Denise 25,113
118 Troy 24,541 Sabrina 24,637
119 Mitchell 24,540 Gina 24,461
120 Tony 24,495 Renee 24,417
121 Shaun 24,470 Jill 24,409
122 Terry 24,160 Kendra 24,387
123 Johnny 23,500 Morgan 24,290
124 Martin 23,227 Brenda 24,147
125 Ricardo 23,096 Monique 23,895
126 Bobby 22,024 Teresa 23,413
127 Johnathan 21,910 Krista 22,868
128 Allen 21,909 Linda 22,818
129 Jorge 21,731 Miranda 22,717
130 Devin 21,705 Robin 22,694
131 Andre 21,609 Dawn 22,406
132 Henry 20,731 Theresa 22,389
133 Billy 20,650 Kristy 22,387
134 Caleb 20,648 Tanya 22,302
135 Marc 20,521 Wendy 22,271
136 Garrett 20,477 Melinda 22,213
137 Ricky 20,166 Joanna 22,212
138 Francisco 20,082 Anne 22,117
139 Kristopher 20,068 Felicia 21,951
140 Danny 20,011 Desiree 21,813
141 Manuel 19,984 Jaclyn 21,801
142 Lee 19,788 Alisha 21,750
143 Lawrence 19,640 Lori 21,646
144 Jonathon 19,578 Tamara 21,233
145 Jimmy 19,525 Marissa 21,105
146 Lance 19,451 Kelli 21,049
147 Taylor 19,421 Lacey 20,775
148 Randall 19,327 Abigail 20,654
149 Micheal 18,735 Christy 20,227
150 Mathew 18,623 Jenny 19,716
151 Albert 18,505 Tabitha 19,578
152 Jamie 18,410 Colleen 19,463
153 Isaac 18,371 Meredith 19,212
154 Roger 18,001 Barbara 19,136
155 Rodney 17,873 Angelica 19,075
156 Roberto 17,820 Carolyn 18,633
157 Jon 17,706 Rebekah 18,317
158 Colin 17,677 Ebony 18,263
159 Walter 17,567 Deanna 18,156
160 Clinton 17,536 Tonya 17,989
161 Louis 17,355 Caroline 17,944
162 Clayton 16,934 Kristi 17,707
163 Willie 16,892 Kari 17,544
164 Arthur 16,796 Michele 17,263
165 Chase 16,564 Brianna 17,134
166 Joe 16,509 Bridget 17,102
167 Jack 15,930 Angel 16,738
168 Jay 15,832 Marie 16,540
169 Angel 15,800 Sharon 16,506
170 Calvin 15,785 Sheena 16,257
171 Ross 15,716 Tasha 16,255
172 Darren 15,698 Meagan 16,248
173 Oscar 15,659 Jaime 16,212
174 Drew 15,594 Cindy 16,019
175 Maurice 15,574 Priscilla 16,006
176 Gerald 15,509 Ann 15,929
177 Alejandro 15,318 Ashlee 15,850
178 Spencer 15,180 Stefanie 15,830
179 Hector 15,106 Cassie 15,759
180 Ruben 14,855 Adrienne 15,669
181 Wayne 14,747 Tammy 15,647
182 Brendan 14,596 Ana 15,523
183 Grant 14,524 Beth 15,373
184 Javier 14,483 Dominique 15,100
185 Bruce 14,336 Latasha 15,035
186 Roy 14,303 Cristina 15,034
187 Dylan 14,178 Mallory 14,997
188 Logan 13,989 Virginia 14,996
189 Edwin 13,901 Deborah 14,781
190 Omar 13,684 Audrey 14,669
191 Brad 13,582 Katelyn 14,643
192 Reginald 13,501 Regina 14,577
193 Fernando 13,195 Carla 14,454
194 Darrell 13,165 Cheryl 14,320
195 Sergio 13,151 Olivia 14,064
196 Frederick 13,055 Autumn 13,825
197 Julian 12,934 Claudia 13,794
198 Jaime 12,848 Jordan 13,790
199 Jermaine 12,804 Nina 13,635
200 Geoffrey 12,734 Taylor 13,623
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2023. See the limitations of this data source.