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

#21,089
Khadeeja
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,091
Ambree
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,092
Shery
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,094
Khrystyn
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,097
Raneshia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,098
Beanca
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,101
Banita
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,102
Rameen
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,103
Shondreka
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,105
Allura
19 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#21,106
Bionka
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,108
Lilybeth
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,109
Natsumi
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,110
Caralynn
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,111
Kersti
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,112
Quanna
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,113
Keiera
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,114
Elexa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,115
Markea
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,116
Victorya
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,117
Grete
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,118
Savanha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,119
Jillaine
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,120
Mariha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,121
Libra
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,122
Kathline
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,123
Shatari
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,124
Jowanda
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,126
Shiona
19 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#21,128
Selicia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,129
Chasitee
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,130
Rashele
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,132
Pamula
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,134
Sharlisa
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,136
Macayla
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,137
Daveda
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,138
Mysty
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,140
Shakirra
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,141
Delrae
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,142
Galit
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,143
Tea
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,145
Daveena
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,148
Candence
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,149
Derra
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,151
Cheniqua
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,153
Nanyamka
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,154
Derya
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,155
Emperatriz
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.