100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1980

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 68,619
2 Christopher 0 49,062
3 Jason 0 48,164
4 David 0 41,878
5 James 0 39,289
6 Matthew 0 37,831
7 Joshua +2 36,051
8 John -1 35,242
9 Robert -1 34,241
10 Joseph +1 30,165
11 Daniel +1 29,866
12 Brian -2 28,702
13 Justin +9 26,739
14 William -1 25,636
15 Ryan -1 24,786
16 Eric +1 22,599
17 Nicholas -2 21,012
18 Jeremy -2 19,889
19 Andrew +1 19,722
20 Timothy -2 19,143
21 Jonathan +10 18,978
22 Adam +1 18,860
23 Kevin -4 17,959
24 Anthony -3 17,592
25 Thomas +1 17,537
26 Richard -1 16,648
27 Jeffrey -3 16,370
28 Steven -1 15,891
29 Charles -1 14,952
30 Brandon +5 14,150
31 Mark -1 14,150
32 Benjamin +1 13,620
33 Scott -4 13,298
34 Aaron -2 13,163
35 Paul -1 11,812
36 Nathan +1 11,125
37 Travis -1 10,761
38 Patrick +1 10,345
39 Chad -1 10,146
40 Stephen 0 10,063
41 Kenneth 0 9,607
42 Gregory 0 9,261
43 Jacob +2 8,513
44 Dustin +18 8,414
45 Jesse +5 8,368
46 Jose -2 8,313
47 Shawn -4 7,695
48 Sean +1 7,588
49 Bryan -3 7,506
50 Derek +22 7,234
51 Bradley -4 7,211
52 Edward -4 6,759
53 Donald -2 6,269
54 Samuel +1 6,005
55 Peter -2 5,946
56 Keith -4 5,883
57 Kyle -1 5,778
58 Ronald -4 5,756
59 Juan +2 5,425
60 George -3 5,291
61 Jared +4 5,194
62 Douglas -4 5,180
63 Gary -4 5,034
64 Erik +2 4,910
65 Phillip +3 4,631
66 Joel +5 4,569
67 Raymond +3 4,567
68 Corey -5 4,436
69 Shane -2 4,363
70 Larry -1 4,265
71 Marcus +5 4,251
72 Zachary +2 4,235
73 Craig +4 4,229
74 Derrick +6 4,132
75 Todd -15 4,130
76 Jeremiah +5 4,093
77 Antonio +2 4,083
78 Carlos -5 4,073
79 Shaun -15 3,925
80 Dennis -5 3,805
81 Frank -3 3,729
82 Philip +1 3,560
83 Cory -1 3,552
84 Brent 0 3,534
85 Gabriel +4 3,487
86 Nathaniel +9 3,484
87 Randy -1 3,383
88 Luis +14 3,353
89 Curtis +2 3,336
90 Jeffery -3 3,326
91 Russell +1 3,268
92 Alexander +2 3,263
93 Casey 0 3,210
94 Jerry -9 3,190
95 Wesley -5 3,164
96 Brett +2 3,131
97 Luke +13 3,103
98 Lucas +10 3,086
99 Seth +2 3,046
100 Billy -3 2,991
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 58,375
2 Amanda +1 35,817
3 Jessica +1 33,914
4 Melissa -2 31,625
5 Sarah +1 25,737
6 Heather +1 19,965
7 Nicole +2 19,910
8 Amy -3 19,832
9 Elizabeth +2 19,523
10 Michelle 0 19,113
11 Kimberly +1 18,491
12 Angela -4 17,964
13 Stephanie +2 17,839
14 Tiffany +14 16,224
15 Christina -1 16,134
16 Lisa -3 15,655
17 Rebecca 0 15,282
18 Crystal 0 14,258
19 Kelly -3 13,710
20 Erin +1 13,432
21 Laura -1 12,914
22 Amber 0 12,549
23 Rachel +4 11,618
24 Jamie -5 11,524
25 April -2 11,470
26 Mary -2 11,469
27 Sara +3 11,151
28 Andrea -2 10,453
29 Shannon -4 9,663
30 Megan +1 9,131
31 Emily +3 9,001
32 Julie -3 8,906
33 Danielle 0 8,843
34 Erica -2 8,758
35 Katherine +1 8,012
36 Maria +1 7,854
37 Kristin +36 7,700
38 Lauren +7 7,478
39 Kristen +23 7,317
40 Ashley +27 7,291
41 Christine -6 7,083
42 Brandy -3 6,409
43 Tara -5 6,279
44 Katie +19 6,131
45 Monica -5 6,027
46 Carrie -5 5,762
47 Alicia 0 5,751
48 Courtney +23 5,616
49 Misty -7 5,542
50 Kathryn 0 5,529
51 Patricia -7 5,309
52 Holly -4 5,279
53 Stacy -10 5,056
54 Karen -8 5,053
55 Anna +4 5,026
56 Tracy -7 4,968
57 Brooke +28 4,952
58 Samantha +8 4,917
59 Allison +11 4,865
60 Melanie -7 4,842
61 Leslie +3 4,771
62 Brandi -1 4,704
63 Cynthia -8 4,697
64 Susan -13 4,694
65 Natalie +3 4,643
66 Jill -14 4,555
67 Dawn -10 4,479
68 Dana -14 4,438
69 Vanessa +6 4,425
70 Veronica +6 4,373
71 Lindsay +17 4,354
72 Tina -14 4,253
73 Kristina +1 4,225
74 Stacey -14 4,222
75 Wendy -10 4,142
76 Lori -7 4,082
77 Catherine +1 4,079
78 Kristy -22 4,059
79 Heidi +4 4,025
80 Sandra -3 3,994
81 Jacqueline -1 3,876
82 Kathleen +2 3,858
83 Christy -11 3,672
84 Leah +14 3,636
85 Valerie +4 3,613
86 Pamela +4 3,528
87 Erika +4 3,510
88 Tanya +5 3,435
89 Natasha +21 3,424
90 Katrina +9 3,397
91 Lindsey +22 3,385
92 Melinda -10 3,200
93 Monique +47 3,161
94 Denise -2 3,146
95 Teresa -8 3,143
96 Tammy -17 3,135
97 Tonya -11 3,079
98 Julia +24 3,068
99 Candice +29 3,010
100 Gina -4 2,988