1980
Top Baby Names of 1980
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1980
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 51
Patricia 5,310 52
Holly 5,282 53
Stacy 5,058 54
Karen 5,055 55
Anna 5,037 56
Tracy 4,969 57
Brooke 4,951 58
Samantha 4,913 59
Allison 4,868 60
Melanie 4,840 61
Leslie 4,776 62
Susan 4,704 62
Brandi 4,704 64
Cynthia 4,700 65
Natalie 4,647 66
Jill 4,558 67
Dawn 4,479 68
Dana 4,438 69
Vanessa 4,426 70
Veronica 4,381 71
Lindsay 4,353 72
Tina 4,260 73
Kristina 4,223 74
Stacey 4,222 75
Wendy 4,141 76
Lori 4,085 77
Catherine 4,080 78
Kristy 4,059 79
Heidi 4,027 80
Sandra 4,002 81
Jacqueline 3,879 82
Kathleen 3,857 83
Christy 3,673 84
Leah 3,642 85
Valerie 3,613 86
Pamela 3,535 87
Erika 3,517 88
Tanya 3,436 89
Natasha 3,428 90
Katrina 3,397 91
Lindsey 3,386 92
Melinda 3,201 93
Monique 3,163 94
Teresa 3,148 95
Denise 3,146 96
Tammy 3,134 97
Tonya 3,081 98
Julia 3,069 99
Candice 3,012 100
Gina 2,991 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1980
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 51
Bradley 7,209 52
Edward 6,763 53
Donald 6,268 54
Samuel 6,013 55
Peter 5,968 56
Keith 5,887 57
Kyle 5,776 58
Ronald 5,757 59
Juan 5,433 60
George 5,300 61
Jared 5,206 62
Douglas 5,180 63
Gary 5,037 64
Erik 4,914 65
Phillip 4,633 66
Raymond 4,577 67
Joel 4,565 68
Corey 4,438 69
Shane 4,367 70
Larry 4,263 71
Marcus 4,262 72
Zachary 4,245 73
Craig 4,235 74
Derrick 4,135 75
Todd 4,128 76
Jeremiah 4,093 77
Carlos 4,085 78
Antonio 4,084 79
Shaun 3,923 80
Dennis 3,806 81
Frank 3,735 82
Philip 3,562 83
Cory 3,556 84
Brent 3,538 85
Gabriel 3,494 86
Nathaniel 3,492 87
Randy 3,392 88
Luis 3,359 89
Curtis 3,332 90
Jeffery 3,324 91
Alexander 3,280 92
Russell 3,269 93
Casey 3,215 94
Jerry 3,191 95
Wesley 3,165 96
Brett 3,128 97
Luke 3,111 98
Lucas 3,081 99
Seth 3,050 100
Billy 2,991 About 1980 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1980, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.