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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
| Males |
Females |
Rank |
Name |
Number |
Name |
Number |
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 |
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Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of
March 2018. See the limitations of
this data source. |
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