Top Baby Names of the 1980s · Kiddos Treehouse

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The top names of the 1980s

Jessica and Michael led the decade, out of 35,634,438 babies in the public record.

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Girls, the 1980s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Jessica	469,510	2.73%
2	Jennifer	440,914	2.57%
3	Amanda	369,727	2.15%
4	Ashley	352,185	2.05%
5	Sarah	272,637	1.59%
6	Stephanie	218,173	1.27%
7	Melissa	217,922	1.27%
8	Nicole	210,494	1.23%
9	Elizabeth	198,972	1.16%
10	Heather	191,852	1.12%
11	Tiffany	158,625	0.92%
12	Michelle	154,027	0.90%
13	Amber	153,951	0.90%
14	Megan	153,500	0.89%
15	Amy	150,662	0.88%
16	Rachel	146,675	0.85%
17	Kimberly	146,452	0.85%
18	Christina	146,008	0.85%
19	Lauren	145,161	0.85%
20	Crystal	141,007	0.82%
21	Brittany	140,854	0.82%
22	Rebecca	136,248	0.79%
23	Laura	134,608	0.78%
24	Danielle	134,379	0.78%
25	Emily	131,764	0.77%
26	Samantha	121,124	0.71%
27	Angela	116,595	0.68%
28	Erin	115,811	0.67%
29	Kelly	109,539	0.64%
30	Sara	104,682	0.61%
31	Lisa	102,610	0.60%
32	Katherine	99,175	0.58%
33	Andrea	98,263	0.57%
34	Jamie	96,556	0.56%
35	Mary	95,862	0.56%
36	Erica	93,159	0.54%
37	Courtney	84,309	0.49%
38	Kristen	83,228	0.48%
39	Shannon	78,420	0.46%
40	April	75,950	0.44%
41	Katie	72,883	0.42%
42	Lindsey	71,940	0.42%
43	Kristin	70,558	0.41%
44	Lindsay	68,491	0.40%
45	Christine	68,016	0.40%
46	Alicia	66,966	0.39%
47	Maria	65,778	0.38%
48	Vanessa	65,731	0.38%
49	Kathryn	62,443	0.36%
50	Allison	62,327	0.36%
51	Julie	61,682	0.36%
52	Anna	57,327	0.33%
53	Tara	56,338	0.33%
54	Kayla	55,291	0.32%
55	Natalie	54,428	0.32%
56	Victoria	53,272	0.31%
57	Monica	51,863	0.30%
58	Jacqueline	51,561	0.30%
59	Holly	49,653	0.29%
60	Kristina	45,947	0.27%
61	Patricia	45,127	0.26%
62	Cassandra	44,911	0.26%
63	Brandy	44,527	0.26%
64	Whitney	44,373	0.26%
65	Chelsea	43,163	0.25%
66	Brandi	42,890	0.25%
67	Catherine	42,437	0.25%
68	Cynthia	41,666	0.24%
69	Kathleen	39,394	0.23%
70	Veronica	39,231	0.23%
71	Leslie	38,729	0.23%
72	Natasha	38,213	0.22%
73	Krystal	37,496	0.22%
74	Stacy	36,990	0.22%
75	Diana	36,904	0.21%
76	Erika	36,852	0.21%
77	Dana	36,826	0.21%
78	Jenna	36,601	0.21%
79	Meghan	36,206	0.21%
80	Carrie	36,079	0.21%
81	Leah	36,056	0.21%
82	Melanie	35,952	0.21%
83	Brooke	34,977	0.20%
84	Karen	34,914	0.20%
85	Alexandra	34,817	0.20%
86	Valerie	34,629	0.20%
87	Caitlin	33,584	0.20%
88	Julia	33,354	0.19%
89	Jasmine	32,952	0.19%
90	Alyssa	32,952	0.19%
91	Hannah	32,702	0.19%
92	Stacey	32,138	0.19%
93	Brittney	31,532	0.18%
94	Susan	30,549	0.18%
95	Margaret	30,352	0.18%
96	Sandra	30,048	0.17%
97	Candice	29,847	0.17%
98	Latoya	29,537	0.17%
99	Bethany	29,331	0.17%
100	Misty	29,114	0.17%

Boys, the 1980s

#	Name	Babies	Share
1	Michael	663,807	3.60%
2	Christopher	554,863	3.01%
3	Matthew	458,951	2.49%
4	Joshua	396,524	2.15%
5	David	383,687	2.08%
6	James	356,491	1.93%
7	Daniel	345,537	1.87%
8	Robert	321,655	1.74%
9	John	321,150	1.74%
10	Joseph	299,411	1.62%
11	Jason	292,120	1.58%
12	Justin	289,825	1.57%
13	Andrew	285,074	1.54%
14	Ryan	278,938	1.51%
15	William	248,277	1.35%
16	Brian	233,993	1.27%
17	Brandon	232,206	1.26%
18	Jonathan	229,953	1.25%
19	Nicholas	223,308	1.21%
20	Anthony	211,861	1.15%
21	Eric	204,230	1.11%
22	Adam	195,086	1.06%
23	Kevin	188,670	1.02%
24	Thomas	177,817	0.96%
25	Steven	177,454	0.96%
26	Timothy	172,835	0.94%
27	Richard	154,745	0.84%
28	Jeremy	153,413	0.83%
29	Jeffrey	144,789	0.78%
30	Kyle	141,947	0.77%
31	Benjamin	141,366	0.77%
32	Aaron	138,357	0.75%
33	Charles	131,902	0.71%
34	Mark	129,442	0.70%
35	Jacob	124,254	0.67%
36	Stephen	113,631	0.62%
37	Patrick	111,408	0.60%
38	Scott	108,144	0.59%
39	Nathan	105,987	0.57%
40	Paul	104,397	0.57%
41	Sean	103,870	0.56%
42	Travis	102,927	0.56%
43	Zachary	101,818	0.55%
44	Dustin	97,314	0.53%
45	Gregory	93,655	0.51%
46	Kenneth	89,110	0.48%
47	Jose	86,647	0.47%
48	Tyler	86,451	0.47%
49	Jesse	85,908	0.47%
50	Alexander	82,010	0.44%
51	Bryan	80,502	0.44%
52	Samuel	73,456	0.40%
53	Derek	72,923	0.40%
54	Bradley	69,352	0.38%
55	Chad	69,051	0.37%
56	Shawn	65,598	0.36%
57	Edward	60,832	0.33%
58	Jared	60,308	0.33%
59	Cody	60,289	0.33%
60	Jordan	57,172	0.31%
61	Peter	56,713	0.31%
62	Corey	53,598	0.29%
63	Keith	52,647	0.29%
64	Marcus	51,807	0.28%
65	Juan	51,447	0.28%
66	Donald	50,843	0.28%
67	Ronald	46,670	0.25%
68	George	45,712	0.25%
69	Phillip	45,707	0.25%
70	Cory	44,358	0.24%
71	Joel	43,566	0.24%
72	Shane	43,169	0.23%
73	Douglas	41,746	0.23%
74	Antonio	41,616	0.23%
75	Carlos	41,506	0.22%
76	Raymond	41,504	0.22%
77	Brett	41,289	0.22%
78	Gary	40,230	0.22%
79	Alex	38,712	0.21%
80	Nathaniel	38,652	0.21%
81	Craig	38,095	0.21%
82	Ian	37,770	0.20%
83	Luis	37,447	0.20%
84	Erik	36,350	0.20%
85	Derrick	36,342	0.20%
86	Casey	35,968	0.19%
87	Philip	35,733	0.19%
88	Frank	33,590	0.18%
89	Evan	32,484	0.18%
90	Gabriel	32,320	0.18%
91	Victor	32,286	0.17%
92	Vincent	32,054	0.17%
93	Austin	31,307	0.17%
94	Brent	31,279	0.17%
95	Larry	31,278	0.17%
96	Seth	31,129	0.17%
97	Wesley	31,088	0.17%
98	Dennis	30,463	0.17%
99	Todd	30,325	0.16%
100	Christian	30,289	0.16%

Year by year

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Counts are summed across the decade's years from the national files; the share column is a name's part of the decade's recorded names for that sex. How we use it.

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