Popular baby names of 1980

In 1980, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (58,374 babies) and Michael for boys (68,683). Social Security records show 3,444,258 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 12,161 girls' names and 7,293 boys' names.

1980 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 23.6% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Natasha, Lindsey, Monique, Julia, Candice.
New in the boys' top 100: Luis, Luke, Lucas, Seth.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979
1	Jennifer	58,374	–
2	Amanda	35,811	↑1
3	Jessica	33,924	↑1
4	Melissa	31,629	↓2
5	Sarah	25,757	↑1
6	Heather	19,973	↑1
7	Nicole	19,917	↑2
8	Amy	19,833	↓3
9	Elizabeth	19,529	↑2
10	Michelle	19,119	–
11	Kimberly	18,497	↑1
12	Angela	17,969	↓4
13	Stephanie	17,841	↑2
14	Tiffany	16,228	↑14
15	Christina	16,141	↓1
16	Lisa	15,664	↓3
17	Rebecca	15,281	–
18	Crystal	14,253	–
19	Kelly	13,710	↓3
20	Erin	13,428	↑1
21	Laura	12,916	↓1
22	Amber	12,553	–
23	Rachel	11,618	↑4
24	Jamie	11,529	↓5
25	Mary	11,474	↓1
26	April	11,472	↓3
27	Sara	11,148	↑3
28	Andrea	10,450	↓2
29	Shannon	9,670	↓4
30	Megan	9,134	↑1
31	Emily	9,001	↑3
32	Julie	8,906	↓3
33	Danielle	8,845	–
34	Erica	8,760	↓2
35	Katherine	8,017	↑1
36	Maria	7,875	↑1
37	Kristin	7,701	↑36
38	Lauren	7,476	↑7
39	Kristen	7,316	↑23
40	Ashley	7,296	↑27
41	Christine	7,085	↓6
42	Brandy	6,410	↓3
43	Tara	6,283	↓5
44	Katie	6,137	↑19
45	Monica	6,034	↓5
46	Carrie	5,761	↓5
47	Alicia	5,753	–
48	Courtney	5,618	↑23
49	Misty	5,541	↓7
50	Kathryn	5,527	–
51	Patricia	5,310	↓7
52	Holly	5,282	↓4
53	Stacy	5,057	↓10
54	Karen	5,055	↓8
55	Anna	5,038	↑4
56	Tracy	4,969	↓7
57	Brooke	4,951	↑28
58	Samantha	4,913	↑8
59	Allison	4,868	↑11
60	Melanie	4,841	↓7
61	Leslie	4,776	↑4
62	Susan	4,704	↓11
63	Brandi	4,703	↓2
64	Cynthia	4,700	↓9
65	Natalie	4,645	↑3
66	Jill	4,558	↓14
67	Dawn	4,479	↓10
68	Dana	4,438	↓14
69	Vanessa	4,426	↑6
70	Veronica	4,378	↑6
71	Lindsay	4,353	↑17
72	Tina	4,260	↓14
73	Kristina	4,222	↑1
74	Stacey	4,222	↓14
75	Wendy	4,141	↓11
76	Lori	4,085	↓7
77	Catherine	4,080	↑1
78	Kristy	4,059	↓22
79	Heidi	4,027	↑4
80	Sandra	4,002	↓3
81	Jacqueline	3,879	↓1
82	Kathleen	3,857	↑2
83	Christy	3,673	↓11
84	Leah	3,642	↑14
85	Valerie	3,613	↑4
86	Pamela	3,533	↑4
87	Erika	3,516	↑4
88	Tanya	3,436	↑5
89	Natasha	3,428	new
90	Katrina	3,397	↑9
91	Lindsey	3,386	new
92	Melinda	3,201	↓10
93	Monique	3,163	new
94	Teresa	3,149	↓7
95	Denise	3,145	↓3
96	Tammy	3,134	↓17
97	Tonya	3,080	↓11
98	Julia	3,069	new
99	Candice	3,012	new
100	Gina	2,991	↓4

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979
1	Michael	68,683	–
2	Christopher	49,079	–
3	Jason	48,164	–
4	David	41,891	–
5	James	39,312	–
6	Matthew	37,834	–
7	Joshua	36,052	↑2
8	John	35,274	↓1
9	Robert	34,266	↓1
10	Joseph	30,185	↑1
11	Daniel	29,888	↑1
12	Brian	28,715	↓2
13	Justin	26,763	↑9
14	William	25,639	↓1
15	Ryan	24,795	↓1
16	Eric	22,611	↑1
17	Nicholas	21,018	↓2
18	Jeremy	19,892	↓2
19	Andrew	19,730	↑1
20	Timothy	19,146	↓2
21	Jonathan	18,986	↑10
22	Adam	18,868	↑1
23	Kevin	17,972	↓4
24	Anthony	17,604	↓3
25	Thomas	17,564	↑1
26	Richard	16,656	↓1
27	Jeffrey	16,379	↓3
28	Steven	15,916	↓1
29	Charles	14,959	↓1
30	Mark	14,169	–
31	Brandon	14,161	↑4
32	Benjamin	13,622	↑1
33	Scott	13,300	↓4
34	Aaron	13,166	↓2
35	Paul	11,819	↓1
36	Nathan	11,138	↑1
37	Travis	10,764	↓1
38	Patrick	10,352	↑1
39	Chad	10,142	↓1
40	Stephen	10,062	–
41	Kenneth	9,608	–
42	Gregory	9,267	–
43	Jacob	8,520	↑2
44	Dustin	8,416	↑18
45	Jesse	8,374	↑5
46	Jose	8,323	↓2
47	Shawn	7,698	↓4
48	Sean	7,596	↑1
49	Bryan	7,513	↓3
50	Derek	7,240	↑22
51	Bradley	7,210	↓4
52	Edward	6,762	↓4
53	Donald	6,269	↓2
54	Samuel	6,014	↑1
55	Peter	5,967	↓2
56	Keith	5,887	↓4
57	Kyle	5,775	↓1
58	Ronald	5,757	↓4
59	Juan	5,434	↑2
60	George	5,300	↓3
61	Jared	5,205	↑4
62	Douglas	5,180	↓4
63	Gary	5,037	↓4
64	Erik	4,918	↑2
65	Phillip	4,633	↑3
66	Raymond	4,578	↑4
67	Joel	4,564	↑4
68	Corey	4,437	↓5
69	Shane	4,365	↓2
70	Larry	4,262	↓1
71	Marcus	4,260	↑5
72	Zachary	4,245	↑2
73	Craig	4,234	↑4
74	Derrick	4,135	↑6
75	Todd	4,128	↓15
76	Jeremiah	4,093	↑5
77	Antonio	4,085	↑2
78	Carlos	4,084	↓5
79	Shaun	3,923	↓15
80	Dennis	3,804	↓5
81	Frank	3,734	↓3
82	Philip	3,563	↑1
83	Cory	3,556	↓1
84	Brent	3,537	–
85	Gabriel	3,493	↑5
86	Nathaniel	3,492	↑9
87	Randy	3,390	↓1
88	Luis	3,359	new
89	Curtis	3,332	↑2
90	Jeffery	3,324	↓3
91	Alexander	3,279	↑3
92	Russell	3,269	–
93	Casey	3,215	–
94	Jerry	3,189	↓9
95	Wesley	3,165	↓6
96	Brett	3,128	↑2
97	Luke	3,109	new
98	Lucas	3,080	new
99	Seth	3,050	new
100	Billy	2,991	↓3

Every name given in 1980

All 19,454 names Social Security recorded for 1980, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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