100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1980

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 68,693
2 Christopher 0 49,092
3 Jason 0 48,173
4 David 0 41,923
5 James 0 39,325
6 Matthew 0 37,860
7 Joshua +2 36,060
8 John -1 35,279
9 Robert -1 34,281
10 Joseph +1 30,202
11 Daniel +1 29,895
12 Brian -2 28,721
13 Justin +9 26,757
14 William -1 25,652
15 Ryan -1 24,804
16 Eric +1 22,634
17 Nicholas -2 21,025
18 Jeremy -2 19,901
19 Andrew +1 19,729
20 Timothy -2 19,154
21 Jonathan +10 18,994
22 Adam +1 18,873
23 Kevin -4 17,983
24 Anthony -3 17,613
25 Thomas +1 17,570
26 Richard -1 16,663
27 Jeffrey -3 16,383
28 Steven -1 15,914
29 Charles -1 14,961
30 Brandon +5 14,167
31 Mark -1 14,156
32 Benjamin +1 13,635
33 Scott -4 13,311
34 Aaron -2 13,173
35 Paul -1 11,826
36 Nathan +1 11,144
37 Travis -1 10,771
38 Patrick +1 10,354
39 Chad -1 10,150
40 Stephen 0 10,066
41 Kenneth 0 9,614
42 Gregory 0 9,265
43 Jacob +2 8,525
44 Dustin +18 8,417
45 Jesse +5 8,381
46 Jose -2 8,320
47 Shawn -4 7,695
48 Sean +1 7,600
49 Bryan -3 7,513
50 Derek +22 7,248
51 Bradley -4 7,213
52 Edward -4 6,764
53 Donald -2 6,269
54 Samuel +1 6,011
55 Peter -2 5,967
56 Keith -4 5,886
57 Kyle -1 5,786
58 Ronald -4 5,760
59 Juan +2 5,435
60 George -3 5,297
61 Jared +4 5,208
62 Douglas -4 5,182
63 Gary -4 5,039
64 Erik +2 4,912
65 Phillip +3 4,638
66 Raymond +4 4,579
67 Joel +4 4,568
68 Corey -5 4,439
69 Shane -2 4,370
70 Larry -1 4,268
71 Marcus +5 4,257
72 Zachary +2 4,245
73 Craig +4 4,233
74 Derrick +6 4,136
75 Todd -15 4,129
76 Jeremiah +5 4,095
77 Antonio +2 4,089
78 Carlos -5 4,084
79 Shaun -15 3,926
80 Dennis -5 3,806
81 Frank -3 3,738
82 Philip +1 3,562
83 Cory -1 3,553
84 Brent 0 3,543
85 Gabriel +4 3,496
86 Nathaniel +9 3,493
87 Randy -1 3,390
88 Luis +14 3,358
89 Curtis +2 3,332
90 Jeffery -3 3,327
91 Alexander +3 3,283
92 Russell 0 3,272
93 Casey 0 3,219
94 Jerry -9 3,192
95 Wesley -5 3,166
96 Brett +1 3,131
97 Luke +13 3,109
98 Lucas +10 3,083
99 Seth +2 3,050
100 Billy -2 2,992
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 58,376
2 Amanda +1 35,818
3 Jessica +1 33,923
4 Melissa -2 31,634
5 Sarah +1 25,755
6 Heather +1 19,975
7 Nicole +2 19,917
8 Amy -3 19,834
9 Elizabeth +2 19,529
10 Michelle 0 19,122
11 Kimberly +1 18,499
12 Angela -4 17,970
13 Stephanie +2 17,840
14 Tiffany +14 16,229
15 Christina -1 16,139
16 Lisa -3 15,660
17 Rebecca 0 15,279
18 Crystal 0 14,256
19 Kelly -3 13,717
20 Erin +1 13,430
21 Laura -1 12,917
22 Amber 0 12,554
23 Rachel +4 11,622
24 Jamie -5 11,526
25 April -2 11,475
26 Mary -2 11,475
27 Sara +3 11,148
28 Andrea -2 10,453
29 Shannon -4 9,667
30 Megan +1 9,139
31 Emily +3 9,007
32 Julie -3 8,909
33 Danielle 0 8,844
34 Erica -2 8,757
35 Katherine +1 8,019
36 Maria +1 7,861
37 Kristin +36 7,702
38 Lauren +7 7,477
39 Kristen +23 7,315
40 Ashley +27 7,296
41 Christine -6 7,086
42 Brandy -3 6,409
43 Tara -5 6,283
44 Katie +19 6,135
45 Monica -5 6,034
46 Carrie -5 5,762
47 Alicia 0 5,752
48 Courtney +23 5,616
49 Misty -7 5,542
50 Kathryn 0 5,528
51 Patricia -7 5,309
52 Holly -4 5,285
53 Stacy -10 5,059
54 Karen -8 5,054
55 Anna +4 5,034
56 Tracy -7 4,969
57 Brooke +28 4,953
58 Samantha +8 4,921
59 Allison +11 4,870
60 Melanie -7 4,843
61 Leslie +4 4,778
62 Brandi -1 4,703
63 Susan -12 4,703
64 Cynthia -9 4,700
65 Natalie +3 4,645
66 Jill -14 4,556
67 Dawn -10 4,478
68 Dana -14 4,440
69 Vanessa +6 4,428
70 Veronica +6 4,381
71 Lindsay +17 4,355
72 Tina -14 4,259
73 Kristina +1 4,226
74 Stacey -14 4,222
75 Wendy -11 4,144
76 Lori -7 4,087
77 Catherine +1 4,080
78 Kristy -22 4,059
79 Heidi +4 4,027
80 Sandra -3 3,997
81 Jacqueline -1 3,878
82 Kathleen +2 3,858
83 Christy -11 3,674
84 Leah +14 3,638
85 Valerie +4 3,611
86 Pamela +4 3,536
87 Erika +4 3,515
88 Tanya +5 3,437
89 Natasha +21 3,428
90 Katrina +9 3,398
91 Lindsey +22 3,385
92 Melinda -10 3,202
93 Monique +48 3,162
94 Teresa -7 3,148
95 Denise -3 3,147
96 Tammy -17 3,133
97 Tonya -11 3,080
98 Julia +24 3,068
99 Candice +29 3,011
100 Gina -4 2,988