Name Yearbook

Top Baby Names of the 1980s

In the 1980s, Jessica was the most popular name for babies recorded as girls (469,510 babies) and Michael for babies recorded as boys (663,807).

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1980s
1	Jessica	469,510
2	Jennifer	440,914
3	Amanda	369,727
4	Ashley	352,185
5	Sarah	272,637
6	Stephanie	218,173
7	Melissa	217,922
8	Nicole	210,494
9	Elizabeth	198,972
10	Heather	191,852
11	Tiffany	158,625
12	Michelle	154,027
13	Amber	153,951
14	Megan	153,500
15	Amy	150,662
16	Rachel	146,675
17	Kimberly	146,452
18	Christina	146,008
19	Lauren	145,161
20	Crystal	141,007
21	Brittany	140,854
22	Rebecca	136,248
23	Laura	134,608
24	Danielle	134,379
25	Emily	131,764
26	Samantha	121,124
27	Angela	116,595
28	Erin	115,811
29	Kelly	109,539
30	Sara	104,682
31	Lisa	102,610
32	Katherine	99,175
33	Andrea	98,263
34	Jamie	96,556
35	Mary	95,862
36	Erica	93,159
37	Courtney	84,309
38	Kristen	83,228
39	Shannon	78,420
40	April	75,950
41	Katie	72,883
42	Lindsey	71,940
43	Kristin	70,558
44	Lindsay	68,491
45	Christine	68,016
46	Alicia	66,966
47	Maria	65,778
48	Vanessa	65,731
49	Kathryn	62,443
50	Allison	62,327
51	Julie	61,682
52	Anna	57,327
53	Tara	56,338
54	Kayla	55,291
55	Natalie	54,428
56	Victoria	53,272
57	Monica	51,863
58	Jacqueline	51,561
59	Holly	49,653
60	Kristina	45,947
61	Patricia	45,127
62	Cassandra	44,911
63	Brandy	44,527
64	Whitney	44,373
65	Chelsea	43,163
66	Brandi	42,890
67	Catherine	42,437
68	Cynthia	41,666
69	Kathleen	39,394
70	Veronica	39,231
71	Leslie	38,729
72	Natasha	38,213
73	Krystal	37,496
74	Stacy	36,990
75	Diana	36,904
76	Erika	36,852
77	Dana	36,826
78	Jenna	36,601
79	Meghan	36,206
80	Carrie	36,079
81	Leah	36,056
82	Melanie	35,952
83	Brooke	34,977
84	Karen	34,914
85	Alexandra	34,817
86	Valerie	34,629
87	Caitlin	33,584
88	Julia	33,354
89	Alyssa	32,952
90	Jasmine	32,952
91	Hannah	32,702
92	Stacey	32,138
93	Brittney	31,532
94	Susan	30,549
95	Margaret	30,352
96	Sandra	30,048
97	Candice	29,847
98	Latoya	29,537
99	Bethany	29,331
100	Misty	29,114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies in the 1980s
1	Michael	663,807
2	Christopher	554,863
3	Matthew	458,951
4	Joshua	396,524
5	David	383,687
6	James	356,491
7	Daniel	345,537
8	Robert	321,655
9	John	321,150
10	Joseph	299,411
11	Jason	292,120
12	Justin	289,825
13	Andrew	285,074
14	Ryan	278,938
15	William	248,277
16	Brian	233,993
17	Brandon	232,206
18	Jonathan	229,953
19	Nicholas	223,308
20	Anthony	211,861
21	Eric	204,230
22	Adam	195,086
23	Kevin	188,670
24	Thomas	177,817
25	Steven	177,454
26	Timothy	172,835
27	Richard	154,745
28	Jeremy	153,413
29	Jeffrey	144,789
30	Kyle	141,947
31	Benjamin	141,366
32	Aaron	138,357
33	Charles	131,902
34	Mark	129,442
35	Jacob	124,254
36	Stephen	113,631
37	Patrick	111,408
38	Scott	108,144
39	Nathan	105,987
40	Paul	104,397
41	Sean	103,870
42	Travis	102,927
43	Zachary	101,818
44	Dustin	97,314
45	Gregory	93,655
46	Kenneth	89,110
47	Jose	86,647
48	Tyler	86,451
49	Jesse	85,908
50	Alexander	82,010
51	Bryan	80,502
52	Samuel	73,456
53	Derek	72,923
54	Bradley	69,352
55	Chad	69,051
56	Shawn	65,598
57	Edward	60,832
58	Jared	60,308
59	Cody	60,289
60	Jordan	57,172
61	Peter	56,713
62	Corey	53,598
63	Keith	52,647
64	Marcus	51,807
65	Juan	51,447
66	Donald	50,843
67	Ronald	46,670
68	George	45,712
69	Phillip	45,707
70	Cory	44,358
71	Joel	43,566
72	Shane	43,169
73	Douglas	41,746
74	Antonio	41,616
75	Carlos	41,506
76	Raymond	41,504
77	Brett	41,289
78	Gary	40,230
79	Alex	38,712
80	Nathaniel	38,652
81	Craig	38,095
82	Ian	37,770
83	Luis	37,447
84	Erik	36,350
85	Derrick	36,342
86	Casey	35,968
87	Philip	35,733
88	Frank	33,590
89	Evan	32,484
90	Gabriel	32,320
91	Victor	32,286
92	Vincent	32,054
93	Austin	31,307
94	Brent	31,279
95	Larry	31,278
96	Seth	31,129
97	Wesley	31,088
98	Dennis	30,463
99	Todd	30,325
100	Christian	30,289

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