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

#22,398
Sachet
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,400
Verenis
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,401
Joletta
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,403
Najma
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,404
Kyerra
16 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#22,406
Shaquayla
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,407
Shenitha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,408
Devera
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,409
Davine
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,412
Emeli
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,413
Mekala
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,414
Makeya
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,415
Enna
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,416
Cheslea
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,418
Hadas
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,423
Allaina
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,424
Anda
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,428
Raha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,431
Kiriaki
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,432
Ichelle
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,434
Azuree
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,436
Marlane
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,437
Kateena
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,438
Ruchama
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,439
Sephra
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,440
Solangel
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,442
Petronia
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,443
Clary
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,444
Shawonna
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,445
Jacqeline
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,446
Tiela
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,449
Parthenia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,450
Chiana
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,453
Barbarita
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,455
Shanielle
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,459
Kaylaann
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,460
Haniyyah
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,465
Bruna
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,466
Crystalin
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,468
Rychelle
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,469
Merika
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,470
Darsha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,473
Breawna
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,474
Seretta
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,478
Bridgitt
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,479
Arkisha
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,480
Juleah
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,482
Nattalie
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.