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.

  • #25,212
    Jaquia
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,215
    Senada
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,218
    Allye
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,219
    Loma
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,221
    Deloria
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,225
    Anavictoria
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,228
    Deleah
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,229
    Macarena
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,230
    Neah
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,232
    Kalyssa
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,234
    Gerianne
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,236
    Karleena
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,237
    Olufunke
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,240
    Chyvonne
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,241
    Nayomi
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,242
    Leeta
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,243
    Chaslyn
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,246
    Synovia
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,250
    Jemimah
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,251
    Floria
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,252
    Suad
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,253
    Cina
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,254
    Alycen
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,255
    Miasia
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,257
    Sujin
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,258
    Tauri
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,260
    Darnice
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,262
    Amanee
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,263
    Talona
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,264
    Analyse
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,265
    Cassee
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,266
    Jackolyn
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,268
    Maeghen
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,270
    Chamaine
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,273
    Ecaterina
    10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
  • #25,275
    Caleen
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,276
    Dashae
    10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
  • #25,280
    Nausheen
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,281
    Jalia
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,283
    Lesieli
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,284
    Loraina
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,286
    Tijana
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,287
    Elaura
    10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
  • #25,288
    Ondria
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,289
    Derinda
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,294
    Tamana
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,295
    Saliha
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,296
    Janesia
    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.