Top baby names of 1980

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Jennifer58,378
  2. Amanda35,811
  3. Jessica33,923
  4. Melissa31,634
  5. Sarah25,759
  6. Heather19,973
  7. Nicole19,917
  8. Amy19,833
  9. Elizabeth19,531
  10. Michelle19,120
  11. Kimberly18,500
  12. Angela17,967
  13. Stephanie17,841
  14. Tiffany16,229
  15. Christina16,140
  16. Lisa15,666
  17. Rebecca15,280
  18. Crystal14,253
  19. Kelly13,710
  20. Erin13,428
  21. Laura12,917
  22. Amber12,553
  23. Rachel11,619
  24. Jamie11,529
  25. Mary11,475
  26. April11,473
  27. Sara11,149
  28. Andrea10,451
  29. Shannon9,670
  30. Megan9,134
  31. Emily9,002
  32. Julie8,909
  33. Danielle8,845
  34. Erica8,761
  35. Katherine8,018
  36. Maria7,875
  37. Kristin7,701
  38. Lauren7,477
  39. Kristen7,315
  40. Ashley7,296
  41. Christine7,085
  42. Brandy6,410
  43. Tara6,284
  44. Katie6,137
  45. Monica6,035
  46. Carrie5,762
  47. Alicia5,753
  48. Courtney5,618
  49. Misty5,542
  50. Kathryn5,528

Boys

  1. Michael68,687
  2. Christopher49,082
  3. Jason48,166
  4. David41,890
  5. James39,314
  6. Matthew37,839
  7. Joshua36,054
  8. John35,277
  9. Robert34,269
  10. Joseph30,185
  11. Daniel29,895
  12. Brian28,718
  13. Justin26,763
  14. William25,638
  15. Ryan24,798
  16. Eric22,614
  17. Nicholas21,025
  18. Jeremy19,892
  19. Andrew19,734
  20. Timothy19,147
  21. Jonathan18,988
  22. Adam18,867
  23. Kevin17,976
  24. Anthony17,608
  25. Thomas17,565
  26. Richard16,657
  27. Jeffrey16,384
  28. Steven15,919
  29. Charles14,958
  30. Mark14,170
  31. Brandon14,162
  32. Benjamin13,626
  33. Scott13,298
  34. Aaron13,169
  35. Paul11,821
  36. Nathan11,140
  37. Travis10,765
  38. Patrick10,354
  39. Chad10,142
  40. Stephen10,063
  41. Kenneth9,610
  42. Gregory9,268
  43. Jacob8,522
  44. Dustin8,415
  45. Jesse8,376
  46. Jose8,322
  47. Shawn7,698
  48. Sean7,599
  49. Bryan7,512
  50. Derek7,241