Top baby names of the 1980s

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

Girls

  1. Jessica469,518
  2. Jennifer440,916
  3. Amanda369,728
  4. Ashley352,185
  5. Sarah272,647
  6. Stephanie218,175
  7. Melissa217,929
  8. Nicole210,498
  9. Elizabeth198,977
  10. Heather191,854
  11. Tiffany158,625
  12. Michelle154,032
  13. Amber153,951
  14. Megan153,502
  15. Amy150,662
  16. Rachel146,678
  17. Kimberly146,453
  18. Christina146,011
  19. Lauren145,162
  20. Crystal141,009
  21. Brittany140,855
  22. Rebecca136,243
  23. Laura134,611
  24. Danielle134,380
  25. Emily131,770
  26. Samantha121,126
  27. Angela116,594
  28. Erin115,811
  29. Kelly109,540
  30. Sara104,681
  31. Lisa102,617
  32. Katherine99,176
  33. Andrea98,264
  34. Jamie96,558
  35. Mary95,862
  36. Erica93,161
  37. Courtney84,310
  38. Kristen83,226
  39. Shannon78,421
  40. April75,948
  41. Katie72,880
  42. Lindsey71,941
  43. Kristin70,558
  44. Lindsay68,492
  45. Christine68,015
  46. Alicia66,966
  47. Maria65,776
  48. Vanessa65,728
  49. Kathryn62,445
  50. Allison62,328

Boys

  1. Michael663,824
  2. Christopher554,886
  3. Matthew458,953
  4. Joshua396,530
  5. David383,702
  6. James356,498
  7. Daniel345,559
  8. Robert321,672
  9. John321,161
  10. Joseph299,416
  11. Jason292,130
  12. Justin289,826
  13. Andrew285,094
  14. Ryan278,954
  15. William248,286
  16. Brian233,997
  17. Brandon232,206
  18. Jonathan229,959
  19. Nicholas223,320
  20. Anthony211,870
  21. Eric204,246
  22. Adam195,084
  23. Kevin188,685
  24. Thomas177,817
  25. Steven177,470
  26. Timothy172,834
  27. Richard154,750
  28. Jeremy153,414
  29. Jeffrey144,798
  30. Kyle141,950
  31. Benjamin141,385
  32. Aaron138,366
  33. Charles131,905
  34. Mark129,460
  35. Jacob124,263
  36. Stephen113,635
  37. Patrick111,417
  38. Scott108,149
  39. Nathan105,994
  40. Paul104,397
  41. Sean103,875
  42. Travis102,929
  43. Zachary101,830
  44. Dustin97,315
  45. Gregory93,668
  46. Kenneth89,118
  47. Jose86,645
  48. Tyler86,447
  49. Jesse85,915
  50. Alexander82,013