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The most popular baby names of 1980

SSA recorded 3,444,258 births in 1980 across all reported names — 1,660,307 girls and 1,783,951 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1980

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1979.
#NameBirthsvs 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
73 Stacey 4,222 -13
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 +21
90 Katrina 3,397 +9
91 Lindsey 3,386 +22
92 Melinda 3,201 -10
93 Monique 3,163 +48
94 Teresa 3,149 -7
95 Denise 3,145 -3
96 Tammy 3,134 -17
97 Tonya 3,080 -11
98 Julia 3,069 +24
99 Candice 3,012 +29
100 Gina 2,991 -4

Top 100 boys' names in 1980

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1979.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +14
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 +13
98 Lucas 3,080 +10
99 Seth 3,050 +2
100 Billy 2,991 -3

Names that climbed fastest in 1980

Ranked by places gained against 1979, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1980Rank 1979Change
Renata girls 336 725 +389
Caitlin girls 365 677 +312
Christin girls 422 732 +310
Christen girls 447 680 +233
Deidra girls 547 776 +229
Jamaal boys 382 601 +219
Christian girls 528 744 +216
Morgan girls 243 458 +215
Dara girls 486 660 +174
Brittney girls 468 639 +171
Nicolette girls 516 685 +169
Candi girls 527 692 +165
Brenna girls 613 762 +149
Tia girls 230 376 +146
Sasha girls 370 508 +138

Names that fell fastest in 1980

NameRank 1980Rank 1979Change
Viviana girls 792 487 -305
Qiana girls 784 556 -228
Meghann girls 730 517 -213
Malissa girls 792 588 -204
Mindi girls 770 578 -192
Shanika girls 672 493 -179
Lakeshia girls 728 578 -150
Corrie girls 784 635 -149
Kylie girls 567 426 -141
Gena girls 784 654 -130
Kerrie girls 803 677 -126
Karrie girls 662 538 -124
Kiley girls 750 632 -118
Tanika girls 784 668 -116
Jaimie girls 710 595 -115

Names that first appear in 1980

1980 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1980

For these names, 1980 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.