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

#21,156
Catessa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,157
Keema
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,159
Jahlisa
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,160
Territa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,161
Shernell
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,162
Suann
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,163
Catricia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,165
Laquette
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,167
Benisha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,168
Ankita
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,171
Roxsana
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,173
Artelia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,175
Tinishia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,180
Tiffinay
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,181
Zayda
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,182
Kasidy
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,183
Sadee
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,184
Quantia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,187
Aleashia
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,188
Nykeisha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,189
Geisha
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,191
Phyliss
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,196
Kayelyn
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,197
Tjuana
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,198
Amande
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,202
Corazon
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,203
Ranessa
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,206
Rotasha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,207
Ambermarie
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,209
Grisela
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,210
Sheretha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,213
Doreatha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,217
Shannika
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,218
Joyanne
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,219
Jolonda
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,220
Cherene
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,221
Rozena
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,223
Biancha
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,226
Quintisha
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,227
Cyntoria
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,228
Tyera
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,229
Camilya
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,230
Shaniya
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,231
Richetta
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,232
Teshawna
19 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,233
Erna
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,235
Velva
19 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,237
Sophronia
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.