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

#25,491
Lareisha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,492
Maryluz
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,493
Talayia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,494
Savitri
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,495
Nefretiri
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,496
Eliz
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,497
Annmargaret
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,500
Vernecia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,502
Racquelle
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,504
Anselma
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,505
Chasey
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,506
Reghan
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,507
Faatimah
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,509
Unica
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,512
Syra
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,513
Dijana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,515
Jaleeza
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,516
Marwah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,517
Rozetta
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,519
Jaqulyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,520
Eliska
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,522
Devette
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,523
Roselind
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,529
Litasha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,532
Nandita
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,534
Claryssa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,535
Rodina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,536
Catasha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,537
Serenna
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,538
Suraya
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,540
Kalecia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,541
Ashlinn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,542
Lennea
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,543
Mylee
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,544
Baudelia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,545
Naia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,546
Lil
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,547
Empress
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,549
Caly
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,550
Jonice
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,551
Chitra
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,552
Emmalea
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,556
Sararose
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,557
Darlen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,559
Ronniesha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,560
Morgin
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,562
Mariajose
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,564
Avonda
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.