1980s Baby Names
10,009 names were given to children in the United States between 1980 and 1989, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,674Tucker Tucker is a boy's name of Old English origin meaning "cloth fuller."1,559 in the 1980s
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#1,700Liam Liam is a boy's name of Irish origin, a short form of Uilliam, the Irish version of William.1,527 in the 1980s
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#1,701Cyrus Cyrus is a boy's name of Persian origin whose meaning is not settled.1,527 in the 1980s
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#1,703Ezekiel Ezekiel is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens," from Yechezkel.1,522 in the 1980s
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#1,733Rhett Rhett is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "advice" or "counsel."1,477 in the 1980s
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#1,736August August is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "venerable" or "majestic," from augustus.1,468 in the 1980s
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#1,755Jacques Jacques is a boy's name, the French form of Jacob, and it is reviving.1,435 in the 1980s
What Made a 1980s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1980 and 1989. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.