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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Rankings for

#20,102
Netanya
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,104
Lindita
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,106
Chelby
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,107
Brittoni
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,111
Jacqua
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,112
Donnalee
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,113
Shamaka
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,114
Dafne
22 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#20,116
Kimblery
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,117
Starkesha
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,120
Mishel
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,121
Whitny
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,122
Lolitha
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,124
Oleta
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,125
Elisabetta
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,126
Jenissa
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,129
Malene
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,130
Charesse
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,134
Benetta
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,137
Hadeel
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,138
Jalisia
22 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#20,139
Cinderella
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,141
Keesa
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,142
Neeka
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,144
Quinnesha
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,147
Cartney
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,148
Sharunda
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,150
Lakya
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,154
Kynisha
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,156
Jilleen
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,158
Derisha
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,160
Trysha
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,168
Belkys
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,169
Datra
22 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#20,172
Tiffinee
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,174
Hayat
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,175
Sheema
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,177
Lilyan
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,178
Jasmain
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,179
Shaneque
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,180
Satasha
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,182
Manica
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,184
Shakala
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#20,187
Macrina
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,188
Jilisa
22 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#20,192
Cherrise
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,193
Orquidia
22 in the 1980s 4 of 10 years
#20,194
Florina
22 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years

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.