Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1980

Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1980. The 10 most popular names went to 24% of boys and 17% of girls, from 7,291 boy names and 12,159 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1980

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

Top girl names of 1980

  1. Jennifer 58,374
  2. Amanda 35,811
  3. Jessica 33,924
  4. Melissa 31,629
  5. Sarah 25,757
  6. Heather 19,973
  7. Nicole 19,917
  8. Amy 19,833
  9. Elizabeth 19,529
  10. Michelle 19,119
  11. Kimberly 18,497
  12. Angela 17,969
  13. Stephanie 17,841
  14. Tiffany 16,228
  15. Christina 16,141
  16. Lisa 15,664
  17. Rebecca 15,281
  18. Crystal 14,253
  19. Kelly 13,710
  20. Erin 13,428
  21. Laura 12,916
  22. Amber 12,553
  23. Rachel 11,618
  24. Jamie 11,529
  25. Mary 11,474
  26. April 11,472
  27. Sara 11,148
  28. Andrea 10,450
  29. Shannon 9,670
  30. Megan 9,134
  31. Emily 9,001
  32. Julie 8,906
  33. Danielle 8,845
  34. Erica 8,760
  35. Katherine 8,017
  36. Maria 7,875
  37. Kristin 7,701
  38. Lauren 7,476
  39. Kristen 7,316
  40. Ashley 7,296
  41. Christine 7,085
  42. Brandy 6,410
  43. Tara 6,283
  44. Katie 6,137
  45. Monica 6,034
  46. Carrie 5,761
  47. Alicia 5,753
  48. Courtney 5,618
  49. Misty 5,541
  50. Kathryn 5,527
  51. Patricia 5,310
  52. Holly 5,282
  53. Stacy 5,057
  54. Karen 5,055
  55. Anna 5,038
  56. Tracy 4,969
  57. Brooke 4,951
  58. Samantha 4,913
  59. Allison 4,868
  60. Melanie 4,841
  61. Leslie 4,776
  62. Susan 4,704
  63. Brandi 4,703
  64. Cynthia 4,700
  65. Natalie 4,645
  66. Jill 4,558
  67. Dawn 4,479
  68. Dana 4,438
  69. Vanessa 4,426
  70. Veronica 4,378
  71. Lindsay 4,353
  72. Tina 4,260
  73. Kristina 4,222
  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 3,533
  87. Erika 3,516
  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 3,149
  95. Denise 3,145
  96. Tammy 3,134
  97. Tonya 3,080
  98. Julia 3,069
  99. Candice 3,012
  100. Gina 2,991

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1980?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1980 (68,683 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (58,374 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1980?
Social Security records list 3,444,258 babies born in 1980 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,783,951 boys and 1,660,307 girls.