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 19,239,169 male births and 18,457,747 female births
Popular names of the period 1980s
Males Females
Rank Name Number Name Number
1 Michael 663,813 Jessica 469,514
2 Christopher 554,876 Jennifer 440,908
3 Matthew 458,958 Amanda 369,729
4 Joshua 396,537 Ashley 352,186
5 David 383,699 Sarah 272,636
6 James 356,492 Stephanie 218,180
7 Daniel 345,545 Melissa 217,929
8 Robert 321,658 Nicole 210,498
9 John 321,154 Elizabeth 198,973
10 Joseph 299,419 Heather 191,854
11 Jason 292,118 Tiffany 158,625
12 Justin 289,825 Michelle 154,034
13 Andrew 285,097 Amber 153,951
14 Ryan 278,947 Megan 153,503
15 William 248,281 Amy 150,664
16 Brian 234,007 Rachel 146,679
17 Brandon 232,210 Kimberly 146,454
18 Jonathan 229,953 Christina 146,011
19 Nicholas 223,318 Lauren 145,157
20 Anthony 211,866 Crystal 141,010
21 Eric 204,240 Brittany 140,855
22 Adam 195,085 Rebecca 136,235
23 Kevin 188,673 Laura 134,607
24 Thomas 177,819 Danielle 134,376
25 Steven 177,459 Emily 131,763
26 Timothy 172,838 Samantha 121,129
27 Richard 154,751 Angela 116,587
28 Jeremy 153,414 Erin 115,808
29 Jeffrey 144,801 Kelly 109,541
30 Kyle 141,944 Sara 104,679
31 Benjamin 141,387 Lisa 102,614
32 Aaron 138,363 Katherine 99,176
33 Charles 131,904 Andrea 98,263
34 Mark 129,453 Jamie 96,558
35 Jacob 124,253 Mary 95,856
36 Stephen 113,629 Erica 93,158
37 Patrick 111,413 Courtney 84,309
38 Scott 108,152 Kristen 83,224
39 Nathan 105,988 Shannon 78,419
40 Paul 104,403 April 75,947
41 Sean 103,872 Katie 72,878
42 Travis 102,932 Lindsey 71,940
43 Zachary 101,826 Kristin 70,556
44 Dustin 97,313 Lindsay 68,489
45 Gregory 93,667 Christine 68,016
46 Kenneth 89,117 Alicia 66,966
47 Jose 86,641 Maria 65,765
48 Tyler 86,450 Vanessa 65,728
49 Jesse 85,914 Kathryn 62,442
50 Alexander 82,011 Allison 62,329
51 Bryan 80,506 Julie 61,688
52 Samuel 73,460 Anna 57,323
53 Derek 72,925 Tara 56,338
54 Bradley 69,356 Kayla 55,292
55 Chad 69,055 Natalie 54,431
56 Shawn 65,601 Victoria 53,269
57 Edward 60,834 Monica 51,862
58 Jared 60,305 Jacqueline 51,560
59 Cody 60,287 Holly 49,656
60 Jordan 57,176 Kristina 45,948
61 Peter 56,724 Patricia 45,129
62 Corey 53,606 Cassandra 44,912
63 Keith 52,642 Brandy 44,527
64 Marcus 51,809 Whitney 44,373
65 Juan 51,440 Chelsea 43,164
66 Donald 50,846 Brandi 42,890
67 Ronald 46,665 Catherine 42,434
68 George 45,714 Cynthia 41,668
69 Phillip 45,707 Kathleen 39,397
70 Cory 44,363 Veronica 39,233
71 Joel 43,565 Leslie 38,727
72 Shane 43,173 Natasha 38,211
73 Douglas 41,748 Krystal 37,495
74 Antonio 41,614 Stacy 36,990
75 Carlos 41,501 Diana 36,905
76 Raymond 41,499 Erika 36,854
77 Brett 41,295 Dana 36,823
78 Gary 40,229 Jenna 36,601
79 Alex 38,708 Meghan 36,208
80 Nathaniel 38,652 Carrie 36,082
81 Craig 38,102 Leah 36,056
82 Ian 37,774 Melanie 35,956
83 Luis 37,443 Brooke 34,979
84 Derrick 36,348 Karen 34,918
85 Erik 36,347 Alexandra 34,821
86 Casey 35,969 Valerie 34,629
87 Philip 35,732 Caitlin 33,583
88 Frank 33,600 Julia 33,352
89 Evan 32,484 Alyssa 32,952
90 Gabriel 32,327 Jasmine 32,952
91 Victor 32,285 Hannah 32,702
92 Vincent 32,062 Stacey 32,138
93 Austin 31,305 Brittney 31,533
94 Brent 31,283 Susan 30,548
95 Larry 31,276 Margaret 30,352
96 Seth 31,131 Sandra 30,044
97 Wesley 31,091 Candice 29,848
98 Dennis 30,468 Latoya 29,537
99 Todd 30,329 Bethany 29,331
100 Christian 30,285 Misty 29,115
101 Curtis 29,905 Katrina 28,830
102 Jeffery 29,574 Tracy 28,494
103 Randy 29,514 Casey 27,917
104 Jeremiah 28,331 Kelsey 27,758
105 Adrian 28,141 Kara 27,507
106 Jesus 27,396 Nichole 27,234
107 Luke 27,056 Alison 27,017
108 Alan 26,828 Heidi 26,387
109 Trevor 26,696 Alexis 26,322
110 Russell 26,654 Molly 25,889
111 Mario 26,394 Tina 25,841
112 Lucas 26,085 Pamela 25,743
113 Jerry 25,757 Rachael 25,670
114 Miguel 25,557 Nancy 25,491
115 Carl 25,472 Jillian 25,445
116 Blake 25,395 Candace 25,169
117 Cameron 24,604 Denise 25,114
118 Mitchell 24,543 Sabrina 24,636
119 Troy 24,539 Gina 24,461
120 Tony 24,494 Renee 24,413
121 Shaun 24,471 Jill 24,409
122 Terry 24,156 Kendra 24,386
123 Johnny 23,501 Morgan 24,287
124 Martin 23,224 Brenda 24,143
125 Ricardo 23,092 Monique 23,896
126 Bobby 22,023 Teresa 23,412
127 Allen 21,908 Krista 22,866
128 Johnathan 21,908 Linda 22,822
129 Jorge 21,732 Miranda 22,716
130 Devin 21,704 Robin 22,695
131 Andre 21,608 Dawn 22,407
132 Henry 20,726 Theresa 22,389
133 Billy 20,650 Kristy 22,386
134 Caleb 20,646 Tanya 22,303
135 Marc 20,519 Wendy 22,271
136 Garrett 20,476 Joanna 22,214
137 Ricky 20,157 Melinda 22,212
138 Francisco 20,081 Anne 22,117
139 Kristopher 20,068 Felicia 21,951
140 Danny 20,013 Desiree 21,809
141 Manuel 19,981 Jaclyn 21,801
142 Lee 19,786 Alisha 21,751
143 Lawrence 19,640 Lori 21,645
144 Jonathon 19,578 Tamara 21,235
145 Jimmy 19,521 Marissa 21,102
146 Lance 19,450 Kelli 21,049
147 Taylor 19,420 Lacey 20,773
148 Randall 19,325 Abigail 20,657
149 Micheal 18,735 Christy 20,226
150 Mathew 18,623 Jenny 19,720
151 Albert 18,500 Tabitha 19,578
152 Jamie 18,410 Colleen 19,464
153 Isaac 18,375 Meredith 19,209
154 Roger 18,000 Barbara 19,137
155 Rodney 17,874 Angelica 19,074
156 Roberto 17,818 Carolyn 18,630
157 Jon 17,704 Rebekah 18,317
158 Colin 17,673 Ebony 18,263
159 Walter 17,568 Deanna 18,156
160 Clinton 17,537 Tonya 17,988
161 Louis 17,353 Caroline 17,942
162 Clayton 16,931 Kristi 17,706
163 Willie 16,892 Kari 17,544
164 Arthur 16,794 Michele 17,263
165 Chase 16,563 Brianna 17,133
166 Joe 16,509 Bridget 17,102
167 Jack 15,934 Angel 16,736
168 Jay 15,835 Marie 16,540
169 Angel 15,798 Sharon 16,505
170 Calvin 15,784 Sheena 16,257
171 Ross 15,713 Tasha 16,255
172 Darren 15,697 Meagan 16,248
173 Oscar 15,661 Jaime 16,211
174 Drew 15,591 Cindy 16,020
175 Maurice 15,574 Priscilla 16,005
176 Gerald 15,510 Ann 15,928
177 Alejandro 15,317 Ashlee 15,850
178 Spencer 15,180 Stefanie 15,830
179 Hector 15,106 Cassie 15,758
180 Ruben 14,855 Adrienne 15,668
181 Wayne 14,747 Tammy 15,648
182 Brendan 14,600 Ana 15,525
183 Grant 14,521 Beth 15,374
184 Javier 14,479 Dominique 15,100
185 Bruce 14,336 Cristina 15,035
186 Roy 14,304 Latasha 15,035
187 Dylan 14,174 Mallory 14,995
188 Logan 13,981 Virginia 14,995
189 Edwin 13,902 Deborah 14,783
190 Omar 13,681 Audrey 14,669
191 Brad 13,580 Katelyn 14,643
192 Reginald 13,500 Regina 14,578
193 Fernando 13,196 Carla 14,452
194 Darrell 13,165 Cheryl 14,319
195 Sergio 13,151 Olivia 14,060
196 Frederick 13,056 Autumn 13,826
197 Julian 12,936 Claudia 13,796
198 Jaime 12,850 Jordan 13,788
199 Jermaine 12,802 Nina 13,636
200 Geoffrey 12,732 Taylor 13,623
Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of of March 2024. See the limitations of this data source.