Most Popular Baby Names of the 1980s

The top U.S. baby 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