Most popular baby names of the 1980s
The 50 most popular girls' and boys' names in the US across the 1980s, by total recorded births.
Girls
- Jessica1. 469,510 births
- Jennifer2. 440,914 births
- Amanda3. 369,727 births
- Ashley4. 352,185 births
- Sarah5. 272,637 births
- Stephanie6. 218,173 births
- Melissa7. 217,922 births
- Nicole8. 210,494 births
- Elizabeth9. 198,972 births
- Heather10. 191,852 births
- Tiffany11. 158,625 births
- Michelle12. 154,027 births
- Amber13. 153,951 births
- Megan14. 153,500 births
- Amy15. 150,662 births
- Rachel16. 146,675 births
- Kimberly17. 146,452 births
- Christina18. 146,008 births
- Lauren19. 145,161 births
- Crystal20. 141,007 births
- Brittany21. 140,854 births
- Rebecca22. 136,248 births
- Laura23. 134,608 births
- Danielle24. 134,379 births
- Emily25. 131,764 births
- Samantha26. 121,124 births
- Angela27. 116,595 births
- Erin28. 115,811 births
- Kelly29. 109,539 births
- Sara30. 104,682 births
- Lisa31. 102,610 births
- Katherine32. 99,175 births
- Andrea33. 98,263 births
- Jamie34. 96,556 births
- Mary35. 95,862 births
- Erica36. 93,159 births
- Courtney37. 84,309 births
- Kristen38. 83,228 births
- Shannon39. 78,420 births
- April40. 75,950 births
- Katie41. 72,883 births
- Lindsey42. 71,940 births
- Kristin43. 70,558 births
- Lindsay44. 68,491 births
- Christine45. 68,016 births
- Alicia46. 66,966 births
- Maria47. 65,778 births
- Vanessa48. 65,731 births
- Kathryn49. 62,443 births
- Allison50. 62,327 births
Boys
- Michael1. 663,807 births
- Christopher2. 554,863 births
- Matthew3. 458,951 births
- Joshua4. 396,524 births
- David5. 383,687 births
- James6. 356,491 births
- Daniel7. 345,537 births
- Robert8. 321,655 births
- John9. 321,150 births
- Joseph10. 299,411 births
- Jason11. 292,120 births
- Justin12. 289,825 births
- Andrew13. 285,074 births
- Ryan14. 278,938 births
- William15. 248,277 births
- Brian16. 233,993 births
- Brandon17. 232,206 births
- Jonathan18. 229,953 births
- Nicholas19. 223,308 births
- Anthony20. 211,861 births
- Eric21. 204,230 births
- Adam22. 195,086 births
- Kevin23. 188,670 births
- Thomas24. 177,817 births
- Steven25. 177,454 births
- Timothy26. 172,835 births
- Richard27. 154,745 births
- Jeremy28. 153,413 births
- Jeffrey29. 144,789 births
- Kyle30. 141,947 births
- Benjamin31. 141,366 births
- Aaron32. 138,357 births
- Charles33. 131,902 births
- Mark34. 129,442 births
- Jacob35. 124,254 births
- Stephen36. 113,631 births
- Patrick37. 111,408 births
- Scott38. 108,144 births
- Nathan39. 105,987 births
- Paul40. 104,397 births
- Sean41. 103,870 births
- Travis42. 102,927 births
- Zachary43. 101,818 births
- Dustin44. 97,314 births
- Gregory45. 93,655 births
- Kenneth46. 89,110 births
- Jose47. 86,647 births
- Tyler48. 86,451 births
- Jesse49. 85,908 births
- Alexander50. 82,010 births