Top Baby Names in the United States

The table below shows the most popular baby names given to children in the 1980s. The list shows the top 200 names out of a total of 37,693,408 babies born in that decade. The list includes sex, ranking, name and total number of children with that name. This information was compiled by the Social Security Administration and has a 100% sample rate.

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Most Popular Baby Names of the Decade

Rank	Male Name	Number	Female Name	Number
1	Michael	663,742	Jessica	469,487
2	Christopher	554,904	Jennifer	440,871
3	Matthew	458,976	Amanda	369,721
4	Joshua	396,590	Ashley	352,187
5	David	383,723	Sarah	272,613
6	James	356,481	Stephanie	218,148
7	Daniel	345,506	Melissa	217,906
8	Robert	321,680	Nicole	210,482
9	John	321,138	Elizabeth	198,974
10	Joseph	299,438	Heather	191,860
11	Jason	292,093	Tiffany	158,620
12	Justin	289,790	Michelle	154,013
13	Andrew	285,091	Amber	153,946
14	Ryan	278,952	Megan	153,507
15	William	248,301	Amy	150,669
16	Brian	234,014	Rachel	146,668
17	Brandon	232,210	Kimberly	146,447
18	Jonathan	229,952	Christina	145,995
19	Nicholas	223,331	Lauren	145,151
20	Anthony	211,830	Crystal	141,006
21	Eric	204,244	Brittany	140,847
22	Adam	195,092	Rebecca	136,229
23	Kevin	188,694	Laura	134,594
24	Thomas	177,796	Danielle	134,372
25	Steven	177,449	Emily	131,755
26	Timothy	172,841	Samantha	121,134
27	Richard	154,755	Angela	116,592
28	Jeremy	153,425	Erin	115,815
29	Jeffrey	144,803	Kelly	109,553
30	Kyle	141,945	Sara	104,663
31	Benjamin	141,380	Lisa	102,600
32	Aaron	138,367	Katherine	99,172
33	Charles	131,889	Andrea	98,252
34	Mark	129,433	Jamie	96,551
35	Jacob	124,239	Mary	95,860
36	Stephen	113,620	Erica	93,151
37	Patrick	111,418	Courtney	84,306
38	Scott	108,183	Kristen	83,227
39	Nathan	105,990	Shannon	78,416
40	Paul	104,388	April	75,947
41	Sean	103,866	Katie	72,863
42	Travis	102,926	Lindsey	71,937
43	Zachary	101,852	Kristin	70,558
44	Dustin	97,320	Lindsay	68,492
45	Gregory	93,673	Christine	68,013
46	Kenneth	89,136	Alicia	66,962
47	Jose	86,612	Vanessa	65,722
48	Tyler	86,453	Maria	65,706
49	Jesse	85,919	Kathryn	62,443
50	Alexander	81,995	Allison	62,333
51	Bryan	80,505	Julie	61,685
52	Samuel	73,448	Anna	57,309
53	Derek	72,911	Tara	56,332
54	Bradley	69,360	Kayla	55,286
55	Chad	69,061	Natalie	54,431
56	Shawn	65,594	Victoria	53,264
57	Edward	60,823	Monica	51,861
58	Jared	60,295	Jacqueline	51,553
59	Cody	60,267	Holly	49,656
60	Jordan	57,162	Kristina	45,947
61	Peter	56,711	Patricia	45,121
62	Corey	53,612	Cassandra	44,906
63	Keith	52,644	Brandy	44,526
64	Marcus	51,789	Whitney	44,371
65	Juan	51,425	Chelsea	43,161
66	Donald	50,848	Brandi	42,887
67	Ronald	46,672	Catherine	42,420
68	George	45,706	Cynthia	41,668
69	Phillip	45,702	Kathleen	39,399
70	Cory	44,358	Veronica	39,231
71	Joel	43,561	Leslie	38,727
72	Shane	43,178	Natasha	38,208
73	Douglas	41,753	Krystal	37,494
74	Antonio	41,612	Stacy	36,992
75	Raymond	41,513	Diana	36,890
76	Carlos	41,489	Erika	36,847
77	Brett	41,287	Dana	36,821
78	Gary	40,236	Jenna	36,594
79	Alex	38,702	Meghan	36,206
80	Nathaniel	38,653	Carrie	36,081
81	Craig	38,103	Leah	36,048
82	Ian	37,785	Melanie	35,945
83	Luis	37,429	Brooke	34,979
84	Derrick	36,346	Karen	34,915
85	Erik	36,340	Alexandra	34,799
86	Casey	35,973	Valerie	34,621
87	Philip	35,722	Caitlin	33,598
88	Frank	33,590	Julia	33,349
89	Evan	32,474	Alyssa	32,951
90	Gabriel	32,324	Jasmine	32,949
91	Victor	32,274	Hannah	32,702
92	Vincent	32,044	Stacey	32,135
93	Austin	31,289	Brittney	31,533
94	Larry	31,284	Susan	30,546
95	Brent	31,281	Margaret	30,354
96	Seth	31,134	Sandra	30,031
97	Wesley	31,089	Candice	29,848
98	Dennis	30,468	Latoya	29,536
99	Todd	30,338	Bethany	29,341
100	Christian	30,258	Misty	29,116
101	Curtis	29,899	Katrina	28,827
102	Jeffery	29,576	Tracy	28,492
103	Randy	29,515	Casey	27,915
104	Jeremiah	28,333	Kelsey	27,755
105	Adrian	28,134	Kara	27,504
106	Jesus	27,382	Nichole	27,233
107	Luke	27,044	Alison	27,019
108	Alan	26,819	Heidi	26,381
109	Trevor	26,695	Alexis	26,320
110	Russell	26,652	Molly	25,885
111	Mario	26,396	Tina	25,841
112	Lucas	26,087	Pamela	25,748
113	Jerry	25,756	Rachael	25,668
114	Miguel	25,550	Nancy	25,484
115	Carl	25,467	Jillian	25,445
116	Blake	25,399	Candace	25,167
117	Cameron	24,597	Denise	25,114
118	Troy	24,544	Sabrina	24,634
119	Mitchell	24,538	Gina	24,454
120	Tony	24,493	Renee	24,411
121	Shaun	24,468	Jill	24,409
122	Terry	24,158	Kendra	24,387
123	Johnny	23,492	Morgan	24,286
124	Martin	23,223	Brenda	24,145
125	Ricardo	23,087	Monique	23,896
126	Bobby	22,024	Teresa	23,410
127	Allen	21,909	Krista	22,865
128	Johnathan	21,901	Linda	22,816
129	Jorge	21,723	Miranda	22,717
130	Devin	21,705	Robin	22,697
131	Andre	21,594	Dawn	22,405
132	Henry	20,726	Theresa	22,385
133	Billy	20,652	Kristy	22,384
134	Caleb	20,644	Tanya	22,303
135	Marc	20,520	Wendy	22,272
136	Garrett	20,477	Melinda	22,214
137	Ricky	20,161	Joanna	22,204
138	Francisco	20,076	Anne	22,115
139	Kristopher	20,069	Felicia	21,945
140	Danny	20,011	Desiree	21,812
141	Manuel	19,978	Jaclyn	21,800
142	Lee	19,785	Alisha	21,749
143	Lawrence	19,639	Lori	21,643
144	Jonathon	19,581	Tamara	21,227
145	Jimmy	19,525	Marissa	21,108
146	Lance	19,452	Kelli	21,049
147	Taylor	19,414	Lacey	20,772
148	Randall	19,328	Abigail	20,646
149	Micheal	18,735	Christy	20,227
150	Mathew	18,622	Jenny	19,713
151	Albert	18,505	Tabitha	19,577
152	Jamie	18,411	Colleen	19,465
153	Isaac	18,365	Meredith	19,201
154	Roger	18,001	Barbara	19,129
155	Rodney	17,872	Angelica	19,074
156	Roberto	17,814	Carolyn	18,631
157	Jon	17,705	Rebekah	18,316
158	Colin	17,671	Ebony	18,263
159	Walter	17,567	Deanna	18,152
160	Clinton	17,534	Tonya	17,988
161	Louis	17,354	Caroline	17,940
162	Clayton	16,925	Kristi	17,709
163	Willie	16,893	Kari	17,543
164	Arthur	16,786	Michele	17,264
165	Chase	16,556	Brianna	17,135
166	Joe	16,510	Bridget	17,103
167	Jack	15,925	Angel	16,740
168	Jay	15,816	Marie	16,536
169	Angel	15,794	Sharon	16,500
170	Calvin	15,785	Sheena	16,257
171	Ross	15,714	Tasha	16,257
172	Darren	15,695	Meagan	16,248
173	Oscar	15,652	Jaime	16,214
174	Drew	15,591	Cindy	16,015
175	Maurice	15,575	Priscilla	16,005
176	Gerald	15,510	Ann	15,930
177	Alejandro	15,304	Ashlee	15,849
178	Spencer	15,178	Stefanie	15,829
179	Hector	15,103	Cassie	15,760
180	Ruben	14,849	Adrienne	15,671
181	Wayne	14,746	Tammy	15,651
182	Brendan	14,593	Ana	15,507
183	Grant	14,517	Beth	15,371
184	Javier	14,480	Dominique	15,098
185	Bruce	14,336	Latasha	15,035
186	Roy	14,299	Cristina	15,030
187	Dylan	14,169	Mallory	14,996
188	Logan	13,996	Virginia	14,993
189	Edwin	13,904	Deborah	14,781
190	Omar	13,683	Audrey	14,668
191	Brad	13,581	Katelyn	14,643
192	Reginald	13,498	Regina	14,579
193	Fernando	13,190	Carla	14,450
194	Darrell	13,166	Cheryl	14,319
195	Sergio	13,145	Olivia	14,051
196	Frederick	13,057	Autumn	13,827
197	Julian	12,927	Claudia	13,795
198	Jaime	12,849	Jordan	13,788
199	Jermaine	12,803	Nina	13,628
200	Geoffrey	12,731	Taylor	13,617

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