Popular baby names of 1984

In 1984, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (50,564 babies) and Michael for boys (67,735). Social Security records show 3,488,665 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 12,181 girls' names and 7,341 boys' names.

1984 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 18.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 23.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Jenna, Sheena, Chelsea, Joanna, Kara, Alexandra.
New in the boys' top 100: Alex.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983
1	Jennifer	50,564	–
2	Jessica	45,857	–
3	Ashley	38,773	↑1
4	Amanda	33,915	↓1
5	Sarah	25,887	–
6	Stephanie	23,025	↑2
7	Nicole	22,270	–
8	Melissa	21,896	↓2
9	Heather	21,489	–
10	Elizabeth	20,360	–
11	Megan	16,984	↑10
12	Crystal	16,560	↓1
13	Amy	15,988	↓1
14	Tiffany	15,861	–
15	Rachel	15,839	↑5
16	Danielle	15,670	↑13
17	Michelle	15,499	↓4
18	Amber	15,369	↓1
19	Laura	14,818	↑4
20	Christina	14,705	↓4
21	Lauren	14,475	↑3
22	Kimberly	14,445	↓7
23	Rebecca	13,348	↓4
24	Emily	12,786	↑1
25	Erin	12,622	↓7
26	Angela	11,291	↓4
27	Kelly	11,216	↓1
28	Andrea	10,350	↑2
29	Lisa	10,238	↓2
30	Katherine	10,157	↑4
31	Jamie	9,761	↓3
32	Sara	9,314	↓1
33	Mary	9,293	↓1
34	Erica	9,278	↓1
35	Lindsey	9,005	–
36	Lindsay	8,510	–
37	Shannon	8,476	↑1
38	Kristen	8,385	↓1
39	Samantha	8,038	↑1
40	Alicia	7,820	↑1
41	Brittany	7,665	↑23
42	April	7,566	↓3
43	Christine	7,299	↑4
44	Katie	7,175	↑1
45	Vanessa	7,156	↑4
46	Courtney	7,150	↓2
47	Kristin	7,007	↓5
48	Kathryn	6,538	↑2
49	Tara	6,284	↑2
50	Maria	6,136	↓7
51	Allison	6,041	↑8
52	Julie	5,942	↓6
53	Holly	5,928	↓5
54	Jenna	5,882	new
55	Natalie	5,555	↓3
56	Jacqueline	5,549	↓3
57	Anna	5,306	↓2
58	Monica	5,131	↓4
59	Victoria	5,076	↓1
60	Latoya	5,051	↑30
61	Brandi	4,848	↓5
62	Cynthia	4,622	–
63	Cassandra	4,583	↑7
64	Brandy	4,580	↓7
65	Meghan	4,505	↑10
66	Patricia	4,476	↓6
67	Stacy	4,447	↓6
68	Kristina	4,328	↓5
69	Catherine	4,240	↓3
70	Veronica	4,013	↓2
71	Kathleen	3,985	↑2
72	Diana	3,965	↓3
73	Dana	3,939	↓1
74	Krystal	3,933	↑4
75	Leslie	3,817	↓8
76	Valerie	3,722	↓2
77	Natasha	3,709	↓6
78	Carrie	3,691	↓13
79	Stacey	3,649	↓3
80	Sheena	3,597	new
81	Erika	3,542	↓1
82	Karen	3,536	↓5
83	Leah	3,535	↓1
84	Chelsea	3,530	new
85	Melanie	3,516	↓6
86	Candice	3,393	↓2
87	Julia	3,359	↓2
88	Joanna	3,332	new
89	Alexis	3,292	↓6
90	Susan	3,116	↓4
91	Tracy	3,051	↓2
92	Margaret	3,033	–
93	Bethany	2,980	↑6
94	Sandra	2,881	↓6
95	Kara	2,855	new
96	Alexandra	2,814	new
97	Nichole	2,806	↓4
98	Misty	2,792	↓11
99	Brooke	2,749	↓3
100	Kayla	2,681	↓19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983
1	Michael	67,735	–
2	Christopher	60,021	–
3	Matthew	49,767	–
4	Joshua	40,266	↑1
5	David	38,492	↓1
6	Daniel	36,531	↑2
7	James	35,859	↓1
8	John	32,610	↑1
9	Robert	31,768	↑1
10	Joseph	30,513	↑1
11	Jason	29,953	↓4
12	Ryan	28,724	↑1
13	Justin	26,769	↓1
14	Andrew	25,916	↑1
15	Brandon	25,673	↑2
16	William	24,900	–
17	Brian	24,720	↓3
18	Adam	23,939	–
19	Jonathan	23,345	–
20	Nicholas	21,017	↑1
21	Anthony	20,956	↑1
22	Eric	20,955	↓2
23	Steven	18,217	–
24	Kevin	17,858	↑1
25	Thomas	17,596	↓1
26	Timothy	16,987	–
27	Richard	15,607	–
28	Jeffrey	14,758	–
29	Aaron	13,401	–
30	Benjamin	13,266	↑2
31	Jeremy	13,250	↓1
32	Mark	13,214	↓1
33	Charles	12,942	–
34	Kyle	12,546	–
35	Stephen	12,096	–
36	Patrick	11,524	↑1
37	Jacob	11,358	↓1
38	Nathan	10,614	↑2
39	Scott	10,574	↓1
40	Paul	10,460	↓1
41	Dustin	10,403	↑2
42	Travis	10,241	↓1
43	Sean	10,024	↑1
44	Gregory	9,688	↓2
45	Zachary	9,065	↑5
46	Kenneth	8,790	↓1
47	Tyler	8,705	↑10
48	Bryan	8,270	↓1
49	Jose	8,013	↓1
50	Jesse	7,606	↓4
51	Chad	7,062	↓2
52	Derek	6,972	↓1
53	Bradley	6,567	↓1
54	Alexander	6,492	↑9
55	Samuel	6,362	↓1
56	Shawn	6,049	↓3
57	Marcus	5,996	↑1
58	Edward	5,914	↓3
59	Jared	5,685	↓3
60	Peter	5,633	↓1
61	Keith	5,327	–
62	Cody	5,209	↑19
63	Donald	5,062	↓3
64	Juan	4,644	↓2
65	Jordan	4,540	↑7
66	Joel	4,524	↑1
67	Ronald	4,507	↓3
68	George	4,265	↓3
69	Corey	4,243	↑5
70	Phillip	4,234	↓4
71	Douglas	4,142	↓2
72	Brett	4,096	↑1
73	Raymond	3,971	↓2
74	Carlos	3,964	↑1
75	Craig	3,959	↓5
76	Gary	3,951	↓8
77	Antonio	3,880	↓1
78	Ian	3,796	↓1
79	Derrick	3,661	↓1
80	Nathaniel	3,600	↓1
81	Philip	3,519	↑1
82	Casey	3,511	↑8
83	Cory	3,505	–
84	Erik	3,422	↓4
85	Shane	3,335	↓1
86	Frank	3,330	–
87	Gabriel	3,325	↑2
88	Luis	3,261	–
89	Brent	3,186	↑5
90	Victor	3,178	↑5
91	Larry	3,105	↓6
92	Todd	3,104	↓5
93	Alex	3,026	new
94	Jeffery	3,025	↓3
95	Vincent	2,972	↑2
96	Curtis	2,959	↑4
97	Dennis	2,953	↓5
98	Evan	2,937	↓5
99	Seth	2,911	↓1
100	Randy	2,909	↓4

Every name given in 1984

All 19,522 names Social Security recorded for 1984, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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