1980s Baby Names
30,334 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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#1,206Conor Conor is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "lover of hounds," from the Irish Conchobhar.2,676 in the 1980s
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#1,212Emilie Emilie is a girl's name, the French and Danish form of Latin Aemilia, usually given as rival.2,653 in the 1980s
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#1,216Santiago Santiago is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "Saint James."2,646 in the 1980s
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#1,228Adan Adan is a boy's name and the Spanish form of Adam, written Adán, from the Hebrew adamah, "earth."2,589 in the 1980s
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#1,233Carson Carson is a name of Scottish and Irish origin meaning "son of Carr."2,569 in the 1980s
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#1,242Myles Myles is a boy's name and a variant spelling of Miles, whose origin is disputed.2,527 in the 1980s
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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.