100 Most Popular Baby Names of The 1980s

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 663,690
2 Christopher 0 554,859
3 Matthew +7 458,955
4 Joshua +20 396,570
5 David -1 383,677
6 James -1 356,428
7 Daniel +5 345,478
8 Robert -1 321,655
9 John -3 321,111
10 Joseph +1 299,417
11 Jason -8 292,074
12 Justin +26 289,784
13 Andrew +15 285,075
14 Ryan +11 278,916
15 William -6 248,270
16 Brian -8 233,994
17 Brandon +35 232,195
18 Jonathan +14 229,939
19 Nicholas +32 223,311
20 Anthony +2 211,820
21 Eric -7 204,239
22 Adam +14 195,070
23 Kevin -10 188,679
24 Thomas -4 177,781
25 Steven -6 177,431
26 Timothy -5 172,831
27 Richard -11 154,741
28 Jeremy -2 153,419
29 Jeffrey -14 144,796
30 Kyle +56 141,937
31 Benjamin +13 141,369
32 Aaron +3 138,362
33 Charles -10 131,878
34 Mark -16 129,407
35 Jacob +43 124,228
36 Stephen -3 113,609
37 Patrick 0 111,401
38 Scott -21 108,170
39 Nathan +10 105,983
40 Paul -13 104,374
41 Sean -2 103,849
42 Travis +12 102,924
43 Zachary +98 101,834
44 Dustin +59 97,319
45 Gregory -16 93,659
46 Kenneth -15 89,130
47 Jose +1 86,603
48 Tyler +154 86,446
49 Jesse +17 85,913
50 Alexander +56 81,983
51 Bryan -5 80,495
52 Samuel +12 73,429
53 Derek +20 72,908
54 Bradley +3 69,351
55 Chad -25 69,060
56 Shawn -22 65,587
57 Edward -17 60,815
58 Jared +55 60,291
59 Cody +172 60,264
60 Jordan +276 57,148
61 Peter -6 56,692
62 Corey +8 53,611
63 Keith -18 52,637
64 Marcus +8 51,785
65 Juan +3 51,417
66 Donald -24 50,845
67 Ronald -24 46,667
68 Phillip +3 45,700
69 George -16 45,694
70 Cory +29 44,357
71 Joel +4 43,559
72 Shane -12 43,164
73 Douglas -23 41,752
74 Antonio +9 41,607
75 Raymond -14 41,509
76 Carlos 0 41,480
77 Brett +17 41,281
78 Gary -31 40,231
79 Alex +97 38,693
80 Nathaniel +60 38,644
81 Craig -25 38,098
82 Ian +73 37,780
83 Luis +34 37,422
84 Derrick +1 36,346
85 Erik +2 36,337
86 Casey +56 35,975
87 Philip +3 35,711
88 Frank -23 33,587
89 Evan +170 32,477
90 Gabriel +24 32,314
91 Victor +10 32,272
92 Vincent +6 32,040
93 Austin +264 31,284
94 Larry -36 31,284
95 Brent -13 31,281
96 Seth +64 31,130
97 Wesley +24 31,087
98 Dennis -39 30,465
99 Todd -58 30,334
100 Christian +8 30,254
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jessica +10 469,472
2 Jennifer -1 440,859
3 Amanda +14 369,716
4 Ashley +136 352,171
5 Sarah +14 272,607
6 Stephanie +3 218,139
7 Melissa -4 217,903
8 Nicole +2 210,477
9 Elizabeth +3 198,965
10 Heather -2 191,859
11 Tiffany +31 158,614
12 Michelle -8 154,000
13 Amber +52 153,939
14 Megan +75 153,505
15 Amy -13 150,666
16 Rachel +17 146,659
17 Kimberly -12 146,441
18 Christina -2 145,992
19 Lauren +118 145,143
20 Crystal +17 141,002
21 Brittany +512 140,843
22 Rebecca -9 136,228
23 Laura -3 134,588
24 Danielle +22 134,367
25 Emily +41 131,754
26 Samantha +83 121,133
27 Angela -20 116,593
28 Erin +11 115,814
29 Kelly -15 109,548
30 Sara +20 104,658
31 Lisa -25 102,598
32 Katherine +23 99,168
33 Andrea -5 98,245
34 Jamie +6 96,550
35 Mary -20 95,857
36 Erica +23 93,146
37 Courtney +91 84,300
38 Kristen +34 83,226
39 Shannon -18 78,414
40 April -6 75,947
41 Katie +124 72,856
42 Lindsey +284 71,934
43 Kristin +31 70,556
44 Lindsay +175 68,488
45 Christine -23 68,014
46 Alicia +36 66,962
47 Vanessa +66 65,722
48 Maria -13 65,692
49 Kathryn +43 62,439
50 Allison +45 62,327
51 Julie -33 61,685
52 Anna +35 57,304
53 Tara -10 56,332
54 Kayla +692 55,283
55 Natalie +50 54,430
56 Victoria +47 53,261
57 Monica -12 51,860
58 Jacqueline +27 51,551
59 Holly -1 49,656
60 Kristina +39 45,945
61 Patricia -31 45,123
62 Cassandra +90 44,905
63 Brandy +18 44,522
64 Whitney +358 44,370
65 Chelsea +461 43,160
66 Brandi +40 42,887
67 Catherine +6 42,416
68 Cynthia -37 41,668
69 Kathleen 0 39,399
70 Veronica +13 39,231
71 Leslie -1 38,723
72 Natasha +79 38,204
73 Krystal +290 37,493
74 Stacy -36 36,992
75 Diana +22 36,887
76 Erika +50 36,844
77 Dana -20 36,822
78 Jenna +395 36,591
79 Meghan +199 36,206
80 Carrie -39 36,081
81 Leah +58 36,045
82 Melanie -26 35,944
83 Brooke +103 34,977
84 Karen -59 34,913
85 Alexandra +252 34,795
86 Valerie +10 34,620
87 Caitlin 33,599
88 Julia +43 33,349
89 Alyssa +282 32,952
90 Jasmine +398 32,945
91 Hannah +359 32,695
92 Stacey -45 32,134
93 Brittney 31,533
94 Susan -67 30,542
95 Margaret +6 30,352
96 Sandra -52 30,027
97 Candice +114 29,848
98 Latoya +137 29,536
99 Bethany +118 29,342
100 Misty -25 29,116