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

#25,489
Verner
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,490
Reatha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,491
Lareisha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,492
Maryluz
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,493
Talayia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,494
Savitri
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,495
Nefretiri
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,496
Eliz
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,497
Annmargaret
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,498
Arslan
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,499
Bun
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,500
Vernecia
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,501
Estanislado
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,502
Racquelle
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,503
Lemonte
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,504
Anselma
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,505
Chasey
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,506
Reghan
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,507
Faatimah
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,508
Jeremyah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,509
Unica
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,510
Rafik
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,511
Cassanova
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,512
Syra
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,513
Dijana
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,514
Lazarius
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,515
Jaleeza
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,516
Marwah
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,517
Rozetta
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,518
Lito
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,519
Jaqulyn
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,520
Eliska
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,521
Ramelle
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,522
Devette
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,523
Roselind
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,524
Adran
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,525
Yunuen
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,526
Demerius
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,527
Cem
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,528
Williard
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,529
Litasha
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,530
Giancarlos
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,531
Cyler
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,532
Nandita
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,533
Navjot
10 in the 1980s 1 of 10 years
#25,534
Claryssa
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,535
Rodina
10 in the 1980s 2 of 10 years
#25,536
Catasha
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.