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Top baby names of the 1980s

The 50 most popular male and female first names born between 1980 and 1989, ranked by total SSA birth registrations for that decade. Each sparkline shows how the name moved year by year within the decade. Hover over a sparkline to see the exact count for any year.

Top 50 male names

  1. 1 Michael 663,824
  2. 2 Christopher 554,886
  3. 3 Matthew 458,953
  4. 4 Joshua 396,530
  5. 5 David 383,702
  6. 6 James 356,498
  7. 7 Daniel 345,559
  8. 8 Robert 321,672
  9. 9 John 321,161
  10. 10 Joseph 299,416
  11. 11 Jason 292,130
  12. 12 Justin 289,826
  13. 13 Andrew 285,094
  14. 14 Ryan 278,954
  15. 15 William 248,286
  16. 16 Brian 233,997
  17. 17 Brandon 232,206
  18. 18 Jonathan 229,959
  19. 19 Nicholas 223,320
  20. 20 Anthony 211,870
  21. 21 Eric 204,246
  22. 22 Adam 195,084
  23. 23 Kevin 188,685
  24. 24 Thomas 177,817
  25. 25 Steven 177,470
  26. 26 Timothy 172,834
  27. 27 Richard 154,750
  28. 28 Jeremy 153,414
  29. 29 Jeffrey 144,798
  30. 30 Kyle 141,950
  31. 31 Benjamin 141,385
  32. 32 Aaron 138,366
  33. 33 Charles 131,905
  34. 34 Mark 129,460
  35. 35 Jacob 124,263
  36. 36 Stephen 113,635
  37. 37 Patrick 111,417
  38. 38 Scott 108,149
  39. 39 Nathan 105,994
  40. 40 Paul 104,397
  41. 41 Sean 103,875
  42. 42 Travis 102,929
  43. 43 Zachary 101,830
  44. 44 Dustin 97,315
  45. 45 Gregory 93,668
  46. 46 Kenneth 89,118
  47. 47 Jose 86,645
  48. 48 Tyler 86,447
  49. 49 Jesse 85,915
  50. 50 Alexander 82,013

Top 50 female names

  1. 1 Jessica 469,518
  2. 2 Jennifer 440,916
  3. 3 Amanda 369,728
  4. 4 Ashley 352,185
  5. 5 Sarah 272,647
  6. 6 Stephanie 218,175
  7. 7 Melissa 217,929
  8. 8 Nicole 210,498
  9. 9 Elizabeth 198,977
  10. 10 Heather 191,854
  11. 11 Tiffany 158,625
  12. 12 Michelle 154,032
  13. 13 Amber 153,951
  14. 14 Megan 153,502
  15. 15 Amy 150,662
  16. 16 Rachel 146,678
  17. 17 Kimberly 146,453
  18. 18 Christina 146,011
  19. 19 Lauren 145,162
  20. 20 Crystal 141,009
  21. 21 Brittany 140,855
  22. 22 Rebecca 136,243
  23. 23 Laura 134,611
  24. 24 Danielle 134,380
  25. 25 Emily 131,770
  26. 26 Samantha 121,126
  27. 27 Angela 116,594
  28. 28 Erin 115,811
  29. 29 Kelly 109,540
  30. 30 Sara 104,681
  31. 31 Lisa 102,617
  32. 32 Katherine 99,176
  33. 33 Andrea 98,264
  34. 34 Jamie 96,558
  35. 35 Mary 95,862
  36. 36 Erica 93,161
  37. 37 Courtney 84,310
  38. 38 Kristen 83,226
  39. 39 Shannon 78,421
  40. 40 April 75,948
  41. 41 Katie 72,880
  42. 42 Lindsey 71,941
  43. 43 Kristin 70,558
  44. 44 Lindsay 68,492
  45. 45 Christine 68,015
  46. 46 Alicia 66,966
  47. 47 Maria 65,776
  48. 48 Vanessa 65,728
  49. 49 Kathryn 62,445
  50. 50 Allison 62,328