Top Names of 1984
The most popular names recorded in 1984 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 50,563 |
| 2 | Jessica | 45,858 |
| 3 | Ashley | 38,774 |
| 4 | Amanda | 33,913 |
| 5 | Sarah | 25,889 |
| 6 | Stephanie | 23,025 |
| 7 | Nicole | 22,271 |
| 8 | Melissa | 21,897 |
| 9 | Heather | 21,489 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 20,361 |
| 11 | Megan | 16,984 |
| 12 | Crystal | 16,561 |
| 13 | Amy | 15,990 |
| 14 | Tiffany | 15,861 |
| 15 | Rachel | 15,838 |
| 16 | Danielle | 15,670 |
| 17 | Michelle | 15,499 |
| 18 | Amber | 15,369 |
| 19 | Laura | 14,818 |
| 20 | Christina | 14,705 |
| 21 | Lauren | 14,475 |
| 22 | Kimberly | 14,446 |
| 23 | Rebecca | 13,349 |
| 24 | Emily | 12,786 |
| 25 | Erin | 12,622 |
| 26 | Angela | 11,292 |
| 27 | Kelly | 11,217 |
| 28 | Andrea | 10,350 |
| 29 | Lisa | 10,237 |
| 30 | Katherine | 10,156 |
| 31 | Jamie | 9,762 |
| 32 | Sara | 9,315 |
| 33 | Mary | 9,294 |
| 34 | Erica | 9,279 |
| 35 | Lindsey | 9,006 |
| 36 | Lindsay | 8,511 |
| 37 | Shannon | 8,476 |
| 38 | Kristen | 8,385 |
| 39 | Samantha | 8,038 |
| 40 | Alicia | 7,819 |
| 41 | Brittany | 7,666 |
| 42 | April | 7,565 |
| 43 | Christine | 7,298 |
| 44 | Katie | 7,174 |
| 45 | Vanessa | 7,155 |
| 46 | Courtney | 7,150 |
| 47 | Kristin | 7,007 |
| 48 | Kathryn | 6,538 |
| 49 | Tara | 6,284 |
| 50 | Maria | 6,135 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 67,741 |
| 2 | Christopher | 60,019 |
| 3 | Matthew | 49,769 |
| 4 | Joshua | 40,266 |
| 5 | David | 38,492 |
| 6 | Daniel | 36,533 |
| 7 | James | 35,856 |
| 8 | John | 32,611 |
| 9 | Robert | 31,772 |
| 10 | Joseph | 30,511 |
| 11 | Jason | 29,952 |
| 12 | Ryan | 28,726 |
| 13 | Justin | 26,772 |
| 14 | Andrew | 25,919 |
| 15 | Brandon | 25,671 |
| 16 | William | 24,902 |
| 17 | Brian | 24,723 |
| 18 | Adam | 23,940 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 23,344 |
| 20 | Nicholas | 21,018 |
| 21 | Anthony | 20,958 |
| 22 | Eric | 20,956 |
| 23 | Steven | 18,219 |
| 24 | Kevin | 17,862 |
| 25 | Thomas | 17,597 |
| 26 | Timothy | 16,988 |
| 27 | Richard | 15,607 |
| 28 | Jeffrey | 14,759 |
| 29 | Aaron | 13,404 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 13,269 |
| 31 | Jeremy | 13,252 |
| 32 | Mark | 13,214 |
| 33 | Charles | 12,942 |
| 34 | Kyle | 12,547 |
| 35 | Stephen | 12,096 |
| 36 | Patrick | 11,526 |
| 37 | Jacob | 11,357 |
| 38 | Nathan | 10,613 |
| 39 | Scott | 10,575 |
| 40 | Paul | 10,461 |
| 41 | Dustin | 10,403 |
| 42 | Travis | 10,240 |
| 43 | Sean | 10,024 |
| 44 | Gregory | 9,687 |
| 45 | Zachary | 9,065 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 8,791 |
| 47 | Tyler | 8,706 |
| 48 | Bryan | 8,270 |
| 49 | Jose | 8,013 |
| 50 | Jesse | 7,609 |