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

#25,059
Elania
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,060
Ritamarie
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,062
Shonique
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,064
Jyll
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,065
Geanie
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,066
Bhakti
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,067
Ivonna
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,068
Allesandra
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,069
Shewanda
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,072
Darrilyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,073
Samiha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,074
Mohini
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,076
Jenness
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,077
Savilla
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,078
Ritika
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,079
Adriona
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,080
Jennia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,083
Natally
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,084
Myoshi
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,085
Shirlyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,088
Antanette
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,089
Addi
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,091
Kharissa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,092
Kataya
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,096
Allora
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,097
Rosamarie
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,098
Yendi
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,099
Betti
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,100
Betzy
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,101
Dunya
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,102
Deannah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,103
Gayatri
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,104
Corianna
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,105
Meria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,107
Vani
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,108
Jwana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,111
Raelena
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,112
Patia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,116
Jazminn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,118
Tienna
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,120
Leba
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,121
Kevonna
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,122
Sabree
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,123
Emmilee
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,126
Keiasha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,128
Kaina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,129
Enise
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,130
Annelyse
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.