Most popular US names of the 1980s
The 100 most given girl names, boy names and gender-neutral names across 1980–1989, by total births over the decade. Source: US Social Security Administration.
♀ Girls
- Jessica
- Jennifer
- Amanda
- Ashley
- Sarah
- Stephanie
- Melissa
- Nicole
- Elizabeth
- Heather
- Tiffany
- Michelle
- Amber
- Megan
- Amy
- Rachel
- Kimberly
- Christina
- Lauren
- Crystal
- Brittany
- Rebecca
- Laura
- Danielle
- Emily
- Samantha
- Angela
- Erin
- Kelly
- Sara
- Lisa
- Katherine
- Andrea
- Jamie
- Mary
- Erica
- Courtney
- Kristen
- Shannon
- April
- Katie
- Lindsey
- Kristin
- Lindsay
- Christine
- Alicia
- Maria
- Vanessa
- Kathryn
- Allison
- Julie
- Anna
- Tara
- Kayla
- Natalie
- Victoria
- Monica
- Jacqueline
- Holly
- Kristina
- Patricia
- Cassandra
- Brandy
- Whitney
- Chelsea
- Brandi
- Catherine
- Cynthia
- Kathleen
- Veronica
- Leslie
- Natasha
- Krystal
- Stacy
- Diana
- Erika
- Dana
- Jenna
- Meghan
- Carrie
- Leah
- Melanie
- Brooke
- Karen
- Alexandra
- Valerie
- Caitlin
- Julia
- Jasmine
- Alyssa
- Hannah
- Stacey
- Brittney
- Susan
- Margaret
- Sandra
- Candice
- Latoya
- Bethany
- Misty
♂ Boys
- Michael
- Christopher
- Matthew
- Joshua
- David
- James
- Daniel
- Robert
- John
- Joseph
- Jason
- Justin
- Andrew
- Ryan
- William
- Brian
- Brandon
- Jonathan
- Nicholas
- Anthony
- Eric
- Adam
- Kevin
- Thomas
- Steven
- Timothy
- Richard
- Jeremy
- Jeffrey
- Kyle
- Benjamin
- Aaron
- Charles
- Mark
- Jacob
- Stephen
- Patrick
- Scott
- Nathan
- Paul
- Sean
- Travis
- Zachary
- Dustin
- Gregory
- Kenneth
- Jose
- Tyler
- Jesse
- Alexander
- Bryan
- Samuel
- Derek
- Bradley
- Chad
- Shawn
- Edward
- Jared
- Cody
- Jordan
- Peter
- Corey
- Keith
- Marcus
- Juan
- Donald
- Ronald
- George
- Phillip
- Cory
- Joel
- Shane
- Douglas
- Antonio
- Raymond
- Carlos
- Brett
- Gary
- Alex
- Nathaniel
- Craig
- Ian
- Luis
- Derrick
- Erik
- Casey
- Philip
- Frank
- Evan
- Gabriel
- Victor
- Vincent
- Austin
- Brent
- Larry
- Seth
- Wesley
- Dennis
- Todd
- Christian