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

#22,016
Janissa
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,017
Aliea
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,018
Meliah
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,019
Donnella
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,020
Shakora
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,021
Brijette
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,022
Betsi
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,025
Bettyann
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,027
Akelia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,032
Heatherly
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,036
Crystl
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,037
Jasha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,039
Shanterra
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,041
Melenda
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,042
Marleana
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,044
Tahina
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,046
Anjulie
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,047
Lutece
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,048
Zona
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,049
Dallana
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,055
Crystan
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,056
Jendayi
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,059
Madelina
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,060
Teneille
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,061
Chealsey
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,062
Ashea
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,065
Yehudit
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,066
Gaitlin
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,067
Nuha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,069
Sharine
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,070
Michaelann
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,071
Annina
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,072
Alexine
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,073
Jahida
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,074
Pamila
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,075
Samijo
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,076
Jeralynn
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,080
Cornetta
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,081
Lacia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,083
Labresha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,084
Elenora
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,086
Yvanna
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,088
Margurite
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,091
Yalda
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,093
Larosa
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,094
Shalla
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,095
Tremika
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,096
Cheila
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.