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

#22,081
Lacia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,082
Jarion
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,083
Labresha
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,084
Elenora
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,085
Kashmere
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,086
Yvanna
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,087
Ademola
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,088
Margurite
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,089
Mehan
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,090
Jerryl
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,091
Yalda
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,092
Bric
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,093
Larosa
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,094
Shalla
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,095
Tremika
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,096
Cheila
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,097
Markida
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,098
Jequan
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,099
Stephanny
17 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,100
Elesia
17 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,101
Anysia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,102
Tarak
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,103
Tichelle
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,104
Naa
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,105
Suman
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,106
Dafna
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,107
Vanette
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,108
Mechel
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,109
Jazzmyne
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,110
Zenna
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,111
Triniece
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,112
Tymeshia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,113
Bernarda
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,114
Daryan
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,115
Haim
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,116
Aggie
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,117
Madlyn
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,118
Nilson
16 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#22,119
Traylon
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,120
Mandana
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,121
Shanecia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,122
Kiswana
16 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#22,123
Malvina
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,124
Samya
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,125
Nasia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,126
Shandia
16 in the 1980s 3 of 10 years
#22,127
Adasha
16 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#22,128
Sayre
16 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.