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

#21,787
Indria
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,788
Makila
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,789
Senika
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,790
Jatia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,791
Tyreshia
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,792
Narine
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,793
Rebcca
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,794
Rodneisha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,796
Iza
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,797
Idalis
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,801
Mystery
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,802
Kileen
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,804
Merrily
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,805
Jazmina
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,807
Chadae
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,808
Lexine
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,813
Tatisha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,816
Piedad
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,818
Kenishia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,819
Evonda
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,820
Kimyada
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,821
Consepcion
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,823
Mela
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,824
Jerita
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,825
Arelia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,827
Johnnette
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,828
Aloha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,831
Feigy
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,832
Binta
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,834
Sela
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,835
Thuyvi
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,838
Karlissa
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,839
Billee
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,843
Dashea
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,844
Kaylamarie
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,845
Tarasha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,846
Sunnye
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,847
Chyrstal
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,848
Kimra
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,851
Eyvonne
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,852
Lamonda
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,853
Janequa
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,854
Nakira
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,855
Danecia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,857
Girl
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,858
Anie
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,859
Helaine
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,862
Aunya
17 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.