1980s Baby Names
17,980 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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#1,051Lucia Lucia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "light," the feminine of Lucius from lux.3,385 in the 1980s
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#1,061Roberta Roberta is a girl's name meaning bright fame, the feminine of Robert.3,341 in the 1980s
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#1,075Rhiannon Rhiannon is a Welsh girl's name meaning "great queen," from the Celtic Rigantona.3,281 in the 1980s
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#1,089Edith Edith is a girl's name of Old English origin meaning "prosperous in war."3,217 in the 1980s
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#1,119Peggy Peggy is a girl's name meaning pearl, a pet form of Margaret by way of Meg.3,083 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.