Top Names of 1980
The most popular names recorded in 1980 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 58,378 |
| 2 | Amanda | 35,811 |
| 3 | Jessica | 33,923 |
| 4 | Melissa | 31,634 |
| 5 | Sarah | 25,759 |
| 6 | Heather | 19,973 |
| 7 | Nicole | 19,917 |
| 8 | Amy | 19,833 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 19,531 |
| 10 | Michelle | 19,120 |
| 11 | Kimberly | 18,500 |
| 12 | Angela | 17,967 |
| 13 | Stephanie | 17,841 |
| 14 | Tiffany | 16,229 |
| 15 | Christina | 16,140 |
| 16 | Lisa | 15,666 |
| 17 | Rebecca | 15,280 |
| 18 | Crystal | 14,253 |
| 19 | Kelly | 13,710 |
| 20 | Erin | 13,428 |
| 21 | Laura | 12,917 |
| 22 | Amber | 12,553 |
| 23 | Rachel | 11,619 |
| 24 | Jamie | 11,529 |
| 25 | Mary | 11,475 |
| 26 | April | 11,473 |
| 27 | Sara | 11,149 |
| 28 | Andrea | 10,451 |
| 29 | Shannon | 9,670 |
| 30 | Megan | 9,134 |
| 31 | Emily | 9,002 |
| 32 | Julie | 8,909 |
| 33 | Danielle | 8,845 |
| 34 | Erica | 8,761 |
| 35 | Katherine | 8,018 |
| 36 | Maria | 7,875 |
| 37 | Kristin | 7,701 |
| 38 | Lauren | 7,477 |
| 39 | Kristen | 7,315 |
| 40 | Ashley | 7,296 |
| 41 | Christine | 7,085 |
| 42 | Brandy | 6,410 |
| 43 | Tara | 6,284 |
| 44 | Katie | 6,137 |
| 45 | Monica | 6,035 |
| 46 | Carrie | 5,762 |
| 47 | Alicia | 5,753 |
| 48 | Courtney | 5,618 |
| 49 | Misty | 5,542 |
| 50 | Kathryn | 5,528 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 68,687 |
| 2 | Christopher | 49,082 |
| 3 | Jason | 48,166 |
| 4 | David | 41,890 |
| 5 | James | 39,314 |
| 6 | Matthew | 37,839 |
| 7 | Joshua | 36,054 |
| 8 | John | 35,277 |
| 9 | Robert | 34,269 |
| 10 | Joseph | 30,185 |
| 11 | Daniel | 29,895 |
| 12 | Brian | 28,718 |
| 13 | Justin | 26,763 |
| 14 | William | 25,638 |
| 15 | Ryan | 24,798 |
| 16 | Eric | 22,614 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 21,025 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 19,892 |
| 19 | Andrew | 19,734 |
| 20 | Timothy | 19,147 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 18,988 |
| 22 | Adam | 18,867 |
| 23 | Kevin | 17,976 |
| 24 | Anthony | 17,608 |
| 25 | Thomas | 17,565 |
| 26 | Richard | 16,657 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 16,384 |
| 28 | Steven | 15,919 |
| 29 | Charles | 14,958 |
| 30 | Mark | 14,170 |
| 31 | Brandon | 14,162 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 13,626 |
| 33 | Scott | 13,298 |
| 34 | Aaron | 13,169 |
| 35 | Paul | 11,821 |
| 36 | Nathan | 11,140 |
| 37 | Travis | 10,765 |
| 38 | Patrick | 10,354 |
| 39 | Chad | 10,142 |
| 40 | Stephen | 10,063 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 9,610 |
| 42 | Gregory | 9,268 |
| 43 | Jacob | 8,522 |
| 44 | Dustin | 8,415 |
| 45 | Jesse | 8,376 |
| 46 | Jose | 8,322 |
| 47 | Shawn | 7,698 |
| 48 | Sean | 7,599 |
| 49 | Bryan | 7,512 |
| 50 | Derek | 7,241 |