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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#1,492Nathalie Nathalie is a girl's name meaning birthday of the Lord, given to children born at Christmas.1,877 in the 1980s
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#1,506Amir Amir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "prince" or "commander," from amara, to command.1,859 in the 1980s
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#1,514Carter Carter is a name of English origin meaning "one who transports goods by cart."1,844 in the 1980s
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#1,521Arianna Arianna is a girl's name, the Italian form of Ariadne, from a Greek name meaning most holy.1,833 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 The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.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.