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

#24,974
Nosheen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,976
Velissa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,978
Ricka
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,979
Sotiria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,980
Heleana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,982
Verina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,985
Grabriela
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,986
Meylin
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#24,988
Dawnna
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,989
Liesa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,990
Schnell
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,992
Khalida
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,993
Jakesha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,994
Shaynee
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,997
Zenayda
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,998
Sophelia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#24,999
Aubrei
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,003
Nicoleta
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,004
Erena
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,005
Carollynn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,008
Kolette
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,009
Gaelyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,010
Anetria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,011
Tiairra
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,012
Gertie
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,013
Sache
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,014
Kellea
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,017
Elvita
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,019
Merridith
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,020
Tanganika
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,021
Briyana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,023
Azusa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,025
Severa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,031
Amnah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,032
Zulaika
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,033
Shaquavia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,035
Nayelli
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,036
Nkenge
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,037
Riquel
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,043
Moniece
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,044
Liduvina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,045
Nakya
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,048
Dineen
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,049
Limor
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,052
Jasminn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,053
Adaira
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,054
Jenavieve
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,058
Kaytlen
10 in the 1980s 2 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.