Most Popular Names of the 1980s
The top names across the 1980s (1980–1989), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Jessica for girls and Michael for boys.
Girls — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 469,518 |
| 2 | Jennifer | 440,916 |
| 3 | Amanda | 369,728 |
| 4 | Ashley | 352,185 |
| 5 | Sarah | 272,647 |
| 6 | Stephanie | 218,175 |
| 7 | Melissa | 217,929 |
| 8 | Nicole | 210,498 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 198,977 |
| 10 | Heather | 191,854 |
| 11 | Tiffany | 158,625 |
| 12 | Michelle | 154,032 |
| 13 | Amber | 153,951 |
| 14 | Megan | 153,502 |
| 15 | Amy | 150,662 |
| 16 | Rachel | 146,678 |
| 17 | Kimberly | 146,453 |
| 18 | Christina | 146,011 |
| 19 | Lauren | 145,162 |
| 20 | Crystal | 141,009 |
| 21 | Brittany | 140,855 |
| 22 | Rebecca | 136,243 |
| 23 | Laura | 134,611 |
| 24 | Danielle | 134,380 |
| 25 | Emily | 131,770 |
| 26 | Samantha | 121,126 |
| 27 | Angela | 116,594 |
| 28 | Erin | 115,811 |
| 29 | Kelly | 109,540 |
| 30 | Sara | 104,681 |
| 31 | Lisa | 102,617 |
| 32 | Katherine | 99,176 |
| 33 | Andrea | 98,264 |
| 34 | Jamie | 96,558 |
| 35 | Mary | 95,862 |
| 36 | Erica | 93,161 |
| 37 | Courtney | 84,310 |
| 38 | Kristen | 83,226 |
| 39 | Shannon | 78,421 |
| 40 | April | 75,948 |
| 41 | Katie | 72,880 |
| 42 | Lindsey | 71,941 |
| 43 | Kristin | 70,558 |
| 44 | Lindsay | 68,492 |
| 45 | Christine | 68,015 |
| 46 | Alicia | 66,966 |
| 47 | Maria | 65,776 |
| 48 | Vanessa | 65,728 |
| 49 | Kathryn | 62,445 |
| 50 | Allison | 62,328 |
Boys — Top 50
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 663,824 |
| 2 | Christopher | 554,886 |
| 3 | Matthew | 458,953 |
| 4 | Joshua | 396,530 |
| 5 | David | 383,702 |
| 6 | James | 356,498 |
| 7 | Daniel | 345,559 |
| 8 | Robert | 321,672 |
| 9 | John | 321,161 |
| 10 | Joseph | 299,416 |
| 11 | Jason | 292,130 |
| 12 | Justin | 289,826 |
| 13 | Andrew | 285,094 |
| 14 | Ryan | 278,954 |
| 15 | William | 248,286 |
| 16 | Brian | 233,997 |
| 17 | Brandon | 232,206 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 229,959 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 223,320 |
| 20 | Anthony | 211,870 |
| 21 | Eric | 204,246 |
| 22 | Adam | 195,084 |
| 23 | Kevin | 188,685 |
| 24 | Thomas | 177,817 |
| 25 | Steven | 177,470 |
| 26 | Timothy | 172,834 |
| 27 | Richard | 154,750 |
| 28 | Jeremy | 153,414 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 144,798 |
| 30 | Kyle | 141,950 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 141,385 |
| 32 | Aaron | 138,366 |
| 33 | Charles | 131,905 |
| 34 | Mark | 129,460 |
| 35 | Jacob | 124,263 |
| 36 | Stephen | 113,635 |
| 37 | Patrick | 111,417 |
| 38 | Scott | 108,149 |
| 39 | Nathan | 105,994 |
| 40 | Paul | 104,397 |
| 41 | Sean | 103,875 |
| 42 | Travis | 102,929 |
| 43 | Zachary | 101,830 |
| 44 | Dustin | 97,315 |
| 45 | Gregory | 93,668 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 89,118 |
| 47 | Jose | 86,645 |
| 48 | Tyler | 86,447 |
| 49 | Jesse | 85,915 |
| 50 | Alexander | 82,013 |