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

#21,002
Latisia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,005
Aquanetta
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,007
Rayetta
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,008
Celines
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,009
Afshan
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,012
Yissel
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,013
Naomy
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,014
Melessia
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,017
Charquita
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,018
Shatori
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,019
Estephany
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,020
Laparis
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,021
Temeika
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,022
Sherrae
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,024
Chavone
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,025
Shakeyia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,026
Tanesa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,028
Richanda
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,033
Ketrina
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,034
Cerra
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,036
Dominiqua
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,043
Cyrene
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,044
Albertha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,048
Miche
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,049
Marquesa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,050
Tashunda
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,052
Caitlinn
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,053
Racquell
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,055
Faustine
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,057
Tiondra
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,058
Tawyna
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,059
Korea
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,061
Sharletta
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,062
Mirlande
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,064
Brittnea
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,066
Nickeya
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,067
Mareesa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,069
Micelle
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,070
Mandolin
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,074
Eurika
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,078
Janmarie
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,079
Laquisa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,080
Kenitha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,083
Megyn
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,084
Marlesha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,085
Myrta
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,086
Aubriana
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,087
Annaleigh
19 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.