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

#25,201
Sharlett
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,202
Sayer
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,203
Wakeem
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,204
Verl
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,205
Lynel
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,206
Aaronn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,207
Nakenya
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,208
Christyann
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,209
Joanmarie
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,210
Jatavius
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,211
Angy
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,212
Jaquia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,213
Linard
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,214
Delacy
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,215
Senada
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,216
Ra
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,217
Steel
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,218
Allye
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,219
Loma
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,220
Othman
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,221
Deloria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,222
Devian
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,223
Eleasar
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,224
Lofton
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,225
Anavictoria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,226
Rachid
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,227
Ashvin
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,228
Deleah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,229
Macarena
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,230
Neah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,231
Delorian
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,232
Kalyssa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,233
Shankar
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,234
Gerianne
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,235
Dyland
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,236
Karleena
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,237
Olufunke
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,238
Jarvell
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,239
Sanjiv
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,240
Chyvonne
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,241
Nayomi
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,242
Leeta
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,243
Chaslyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,244
Trayce
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,245
Donterio
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,246
Synovia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,247
Jerit
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,248
Jordain
10 in the 1980s 1 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.