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.

  • #25,009
    Gaelyn
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,010
    Anetria
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,011
    Tiairra
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,012
    Gertie
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,013
    Sache
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,014
    Kellea
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,015
    Dyle
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,016
    Whitaker
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,017
    Elvita
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,018
    Marcis
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,019
    Merridith
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,020
    Tanganika
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,021
    Briyana
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,022
    Willi
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,023
    Azusa
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,024
    Kenjuan
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,025
    Severa
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,026
    Lazer
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,027
    Torrean
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,028
    Shafiq
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,029
    Taryll
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,030
    Diaz
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,031
    Amnah
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,032
    Zulaika
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,033
    Shaquavia
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,034
    Copeland
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,035
    Nayelli
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,036
    Nkenge
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,037
    Riquel
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,038
    Kamyar
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,039
    Kalieb
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,040
    Shyrone
    10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
  • #25,041
    Mahmud
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,042
    Ladarien
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,043
    Moniece
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,044
    Liduvina
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,045
    Nakya
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,046
    Tyrease
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,047
    Ebert
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,048
    Dineen
    10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
  • #25,049
    Limor
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,050
    Pardeep
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,051
    Leyland
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,052
    Jasminn
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,053
    Adaira
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,054
    Jenavieve
    10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
  • #25,055
    Shimshon
    10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
  • #25,056
    Jahmil
    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.