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

#25,249
Josel
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,250
Jemimah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,251
Floria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,252
Suad
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,253
Cina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,254
Alycen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,255
Miasia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,256
Brione
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,257
Sujin
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,258
Tauri
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,259
Zafir
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,260
Darnice
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,261
Markez
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,262
Amanee
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,263
Talona
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,264
Analyse
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,265
Cassee
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,266
Jackolyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,267
Savonne
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,268
Maeghen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,269
Sisto
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,270
Chamaine
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,271
Tash
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,272
Krish
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,273
Ecaterina
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,274
Alexandru
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,275
Caleen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,276
Dashae
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,277
Saunders
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,278
Olanrewaju
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,279
Francico
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,280
Nausheen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,281
Jalia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,282
Leverne
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,283
Lesieli
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,284
Loraina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,285
Nichollas
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,286
Tijana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,287
Elaura
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,288
Ondria
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,289
Derinda
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,290
Alvia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,291
Dywan
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,292
Kwami
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,293
Staton
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,294
Tamana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,295
Saliha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,296
Janesia
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.