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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Rankings for

#21,841
Derran
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,842
Sostenes
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,843
Dashea
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,844
Kaylamarie
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,845
Tarasha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,846
Sunnye
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,847
Chyrstal
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,848
Kimra
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,849
Mcclain
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,850
Nicolus
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,851
Eyvonne
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,852
Lamonda
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,853
Janequa
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,854
Nakira
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,855
Danecia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,856
Vonn
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,857
Girl
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,858
Anie
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,859
Helaine
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,860
Naheem
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,861
Keisuke
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,862
Aunya
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,863
Talanda
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,864
Melitta
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,865
Nkechinyere
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,866
Azam
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,867
Alexarae
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,868
Jeromi
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,869
Tanisa
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,870
Mehwish
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,871
Hilaree
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,872
Ghada
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,873
Maiko
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,874
Hye
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,875
Kurk
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,876
Maclovio
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,877
Shataria
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,878
Niyoka
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,879
Meco
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,880
Ponciano
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,881
Chaderick
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,882
Jauron
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#21,883
Chasitty
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,884
Trustin
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,885
Akea
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,886
Gauri
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,887
Titianna
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#21,888
Safiyah
17 in the 1980s 3 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.