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

#22,170
Tranice
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,171
Deanza
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,174
Fiorela
16 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#22,175
Geselle
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,176
Destanee
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,179
Kinjal
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,180
Kyrstie
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,181
Juliett
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,182
Jazzlynn
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,183
Janki
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,185
Jaquila
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,186
Clinique
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,187
Lanasha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,188
Elizeth
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,190
Shanitta
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,191
Shelba
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,197
Danasia
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,198
Shawntea
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,199
Twanisha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,202
Onisha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,205
Antinette
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,206
Deshanta
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,207
Tyshema
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,208
Ofa
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,209
Farnaz
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,210
Toba
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,211
Antonea
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,212
Amatullah
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,213
Deshayla
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,214
Delesia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,215
Danai
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,216
Shuntavia
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,219
Rakeya
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,220
Jonina
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,221
Amandah
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,223
Brittina
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,226
Nithya
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,228
Asami
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,230
Stefenie
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,231
Tehila
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,232
Jianna
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,234
Rickeya
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,235
Andia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,236
Tarae
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,237
Takeena
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,238
Shoko
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,239
Rupali
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,240
Alenna
16 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.