Top names of the 1980s

The following table shows the 200 most popular given names for male and female babies born during 1980 - 1989. For each rank and sex, the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 19,224,719 male births and 18,447,562 female births.

**Popular names of the 1980s**
Rank	Name	Number	Name	Number
	Males		Females
1	Michael	663,396	Jessica	469,395
2	Christopher	554,665	Jennifer	440,793
3	Matthew	458,781	Amanda	369,668
4	Joshua	396,474	Ashley	352,104
5	David	383,481	Sarah	272,502
6	James	356,280	Stephanie	218,092
7	Daniel	345,317	Melissa	217,881
8	Robert	321,526	Nicole	210,425
9	John	320,930	Elizabeth	198,899
10	Joseph	299,302	Heather	191,823
11	Jason	291,957	Tiffany	158,593
12	Justin	289,717	Michelle	153,968
13	Andrew	284,950	Amber	153,913
14	Ryan	278,798	Megan	153,478
15	William	248,177	Amy	150,634
16	Brian	233,904	Rachel	146,639
17	Brandon	232,116	Kimberly	146,432
18	Jonathan	229,851	Christina	145,962
19	Nicholas	223,228	Lauren	145,101
20	Anthony	211,744	Crystal	140,989
21	Eric	204,153	Brittany	140,819
22	Adam	194,987	Rebecca	136,204
23	Kevin	188,585	Laura	134,543
24	Thomas	177,681	Danielle	134,342
25	Steven	177,365	Emily	131,723
26	Timothy	172,782	Samantha	121,096
27	Richard	154,670	Angela	116,574
28	Jeremy	153,391	Erin	115,799
29	Jeffrey	144,760	Kelly	109,523
30	Kyle	141,872	Sara	104,627
31	Benjamin	141,286	Lisa	102,588
32	Aaron	138,290	Katherine	99,134
33	Charles	131,830	Andrea	98,231
34	Mark	129,346	Jamie	96,540
35	Jacob	124,154	Mary	95,815
36	Stephen	113,565	Erica	93,127
37	Patrick	111,337	Courtney	84,292
38	Scott	108,134	Kristen	83,218
39	Nathan	105,930	Shannon	78,411
40	Paul	104,317	April	75,934
41	Sean	103,786	Katie	72,842
42	Travis	102,893	Lindsey	71,925
43	Zachary	101,769	Kristin	70,547
44	Dustin	97,295	Lindsay	68,478
45	Gregory	93,626	Christine	67,983
46	Kenneth	89,100	Alicia	66,956
47	Jose	86,546	Vanessa	65,692
48	Tyler	86,406	Maria	65,621
49	Jesse	85,875	Kathryn	62,434
50	Alexander	81,896	Allison	62,315
51	Bryan	80,473	Julie	61,669
52	Samuel	73,371	Anna	57,257
53	Derek	72,876	Tara	56,323
54	Bradley	69,334	Kayla	55,281
55	Chad	69,037	Natalie	54,405
56	Shawn	65,561	Victoria	53,231
57	Edward	60,786	Monica	51,835
58	Jared	60,274	Jacqueline	51,542
59	Cody	60,248	Holly	49,644
60	Jordan	57,121	Kristina	45,939
61	Peter	56,624	Patricia	45,111
62	Corey	53,586	Cassandra	44,898
63	Keith	52,620	Brandy	44,519
64	Marcus	51,763	Whitney	44,366
65	Juan	51,386	Chelsea	43,152
66	Donald	50,844	Brandi	42,882
67	Ronald	46,649	Catherine	42,401
68	Phillip	45,678	Cynthia	41,651
69	George	45,664	Kathleen	39,391
70	Cory	44,340	Veronica	39,209
71	Joel	43,548	Leslie	38,704
72	Shane	43,145	Natasha	38,195
73	Douglas	41,736	Krystal	37,491
74	Antonio	41,586	Stacy	36,986
75	Raymond	41,484	Diana	36,876
76	Carlos	41,438	Erika	36,822
77	Brett	41,271	Dana	36,809
78	Gary	40,223	Jenna	36,579
79	Alex	38,658	Meghan	36,196
80	Nathaniel	38,631	Carrie	36,077
81	Craig	38,081	Leah	36,034
82	Ian	37,749	Melanie	35,930
83	Luis	37,378	Brooke	34,975
84	Derrick	36,341	Karen	34,898
85	Erik	36,326	Alexandra	34,772
86	Casey	35,972	Valerie	34,615
87	Philip	35,696	Caitlin	33,593
88	Frank	33,562	Julia	33,316
89	Evan	32,469	Alyssa	32,947
90	Gabriel	32,283	Jasmine	32,934
91	Victor	32,238	Hannah	32,671
92	Vincent	32,020	Stacey	32,123
93	Austin	31,278	Brittney	31,528
94	Larry	31,275	Susan	30,521
95	Brent	31,259	Margaret	30,345
96	Seth	31,115	Sandra	30,012
97	Wesley	31,080	Candice	29,845
98	Dennis	30,449	Latoya	29,533
99	Todd	30,318	Bethany	29,336
100	Christian	30,223	Misty	29,113
101	Curtis	29,897	Katrina	28,826
102	Jeffery	29,568	Tracy	28,487
103	Randy	29,496	Casey	27,913
104	Jeremiah	28,320	Kelsey	27,748
105	Adrian	28,107	Kara	27,495
106	Jesus	27,360	Nichole	27,230
107	Luke	27,018	Alison	27,010
108	Alan	26,791	Heidi	26,373
109	Trevor	26,675	Alexis	26,306
110	Russell	26,641	Molly	25,881
111	Mario	26,373	Tina	25,830
112	Lucas	26,072	Pamela	25,734
113	Jerry	25,745	Rachael	25,663
114	Miguel	25,517	Nancy	25,473
115	Carl	25,452	Jillian	25,444
116	Blake	25,376	Candace	25,158
117	Cameron	24,576	Denise	25,109
118	Mitchell	24,523	Sabrina	24,625
119	Troy	24,519	Gina	24,443
120	Tony	24,472	Renee	24,409
121	Shaun	24,466	Jill	24,402
122	Terry	24,160	Kendra	24,381
123	Johnny	23,488	Morgan	24,280
124	Martin	23,190	Brenda	24,134
125	Ricardo	23,063	Monique	23,886
126	Bobby	22,015	Teresa	23,395
127	Allen	21,888	Krista	22,861
128	Johnathan	21,888	Linda	22,804
129	Jorge	21,700	Miranda	22,715
130	Devin	21,698	Robin	22,691
131	Andre	21,568	Dawn	22,403
132	Henry	20,700	Kristy	22,381
133	Billy	20,647	Theresa	22,378
134	Caleb	20,633	Tanya	22,294
135	Marc	20,501	Wendy	22,261
136	Garrett	20,468	Melinda	22,208
137	Ricky	20,151	Joanna	22,192
138	Kristopher	20,068	Anne	22,101
139	Francisco	20,058	Felicia	21,941
140	Danny	19,999	Desiree	21,809
141	Manuel	19,966	Jaclyn	21,798
142	Lee	19,776	Alisha	21,744
143	Lawrence	19,626	Lori	21,645
144	Jonathon	19,580	Tamara	21,219
145	Jimmy	19,511	Marissa	21,095
146	Lance	19,445	Kelli	21,048
147	Taylor	19,407	Lacey	20,771
148	Randall	19,321	Abigail	20,638
149	Micheal	18,732	Christy	20,224
150	Mathew	18,617	Jenny	19,711
151	Albert	18,486	Tabitha	19,573
152	Jamie	18,407	Colleen	19,455
153	Isaac	18,355	Meredith	19,194
154	Roger	17,984	Barbara	19,109
155	Rodney	17,866	Angelica	19,068
156	Roberto	17,809	Carolyn	18,629
157	Jon	17,697	Rebekah	18,313
158	Colin	17,652	Ebony	18,256
159	Walter	17,566	Deanna	18,150
160	Clinton	17,525	Tonya	17,984
161	Louis	17,341	Caroline	17,926
162	Clayton	16,920	Kristi	17,707
163	Willie	16,892	Kari	17,544
164	Arthur	16,781	Michele	17,258
165	Chase	16,541	Brianna	17,127
166	Joe	16,499	Bridget	17,097
167	Jack	15,889	Angel	16,740
168	Jay	15,805	Marie	16,513
169	Angel	15,784	Sharon	16,495
170	Calvin	15,768	Sheena	16,399
171	Ross	15,712	Tasha	16,253
172	Darren	15,688	Meagan	16,248
173	Oscar	15,638	Jaime	16,208
174	Drew	15,573	Cindy	16,016
175	Maurice	15,569	Priscilla	16,000
176	Gerald	15,508	Ann	15,923
177	Alejandro	15,280	Ashlee	15,845
178	Spencer	15,170	Stefanie	15,827
179	Hector	15,087	Cassie	15,758
180	Ruben	14,844	Adrienne	15,667
181	Wayne	14,740	Tammy	15,647
182	Brendan	14,575	Ana	15,486
183	Grant	14,506	Beth	15,372
184	Javier	14,463	Dominique	15,096
185	Bruce	14,319	Mallory	15,084
186	Roy	14,288	Latasha	15,032
187	Dylan	14,158	Cristina	15,016
188	Logan	13,975	Virginia	14,982
189	Edwin	13,900	Deborah	14,773
190	Omar	13,656	Katelyn	14,771
191	Brad	13,568	Audrey	14,652
192	Reginald	13,495	Regina	14,574
193	Fernando	13,180	Carla	14,444
194	Darrell	13,155	Cheryl	14,320
195	Sergio	13,133	Olivia	14,014
196	Frederick	13,043	Autumn	13,821
197	Julian	12,915	Jordan	13,785
198	Jaime	12,837	Claudia	13,780
199	Jermaine	12,802	Nina	13,617
200	Geoffrey	12,723	Taylor	13,607
	Source: 100% sample based on Social Security card application data as of the end of February 2013. See the limitations of this data source.